The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.
verb
(transitive) To treat with acupuncture.
adenotyphus
adipomatous
adstipulate
aftersupper
agastrophus
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
allotropous
allotropous
adj
(biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species of plant, or an insect which does not feed exclusively on one type of flower.
(botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar.
alpetragius
alphatoluic
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
amateurship
amateurship
noun
The quality or character of an amateur.
amphanthium
amphicytula
amphipneust
amphistomum
amphithuron
amphitokous
ampullosity
ampullosity
noun
(rare, formal) turgidity of language; bombast
amputations
amputations
noun
plural of amputation
anoplanthus
antenuptial
antenuptial
adj
Occurring before marriage; prenuptial.
antependium
antependium
noun
(ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
antepenults
antepenults
noun
plural of antepenult
anthropodus
antidumping
antidumping
adj
(economics, trade, diplomacy) Intended to combat or prevent dumping, the sale of goods below cost for anticompetitive purposes
antipendium
antipopular
antipopular
adj
Opposing the people.
antipuritan
antipuritan
noun
One who opposes puritanism.
antitropous
antitropous
adj
(botany) Displaying, of, or pertaining to antitropy.
apatosaurus
apatosaurus
noun
A large sauropod dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus of the late Jurassic Period. Apatosaurs had a long neck and tail and a relatively small head.
aphroditeum
aphroditous
apiculation
apicultural
apicultural
adj
(agriculture) relating to beekeeping
apicultures
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
apopetalous
apopetalous
adj
(botany) Having distinct or free petals.
aporocactus
apostrophus
apoturmeric
apparatuses
apparatuses
noun
plural of apparatus
appetitious
appurtenant
appurtenant
adj
Ancillary or subsidiary.
Of or pertaining to an appurtenance.
noun
(law, nominalized, informal) An appurtenance.
An appendage or attachment.
aptitudinal
aptitudinal
adj
Relating to aptitude.
archpuritan
artocarpous
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
aspermatous
aspermatous
adj
Alternative form of aspermous
assumptions
assumptions
noun
plural of assumption
assumptious
assumptious
adj
assuming; presumptuous; prone to assume things or take them for granted
asteropaeus
astroscopus
atropaceous
attapulgite
attapulgite
noun
(mineralogy) A clay mineral that is a constituent of fuller's earth and bentonite
audiotaping
audiotaping
verb
present participle of audiotape
audiotypist
audiotypist
noun
Alternative form of audio typist
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
augitophyre
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
ausgespielt
auspicating
auspicating
verb
present participle of auspicate
austrophile
autantitypy
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
autocarpian
autocarpous
autocarpous
adj
(botany) Having fruit formed by self-pollination
autocephaly
autocephaly
noun
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autoceptive
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autopelagic
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
autophonous
autoplastic
autoplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing him/herself rather than the environment or situation.
Of or pertaining to autoplasty (type of lesion repair with healthy tissue).
autopoloist
autopotamic
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autopticity
autopticity
noun
The condition of being autoptic; an autoptic event
autorrhaphy
autotherapy
autotherapy
noun
(medicine) Self-treatment of a medical condition.
(medicine) The spontaneous cure of a medical condition.
(medicine) Treament of a disease by administration of filtrates from the patient's own pathological secretions, such as the ingestion of discharge from wounds.
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
autotropism
autotropism
noun
The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line unless influenced by external stimuli.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bicuspidate
bicuspidate
adj
Having two points or prominences (as teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid.
bipupillate
bipupillate
adj
(zoology) Having an eyespot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different colour, as in some butterflies.
bistipulate
brahmaputra
brahmaputra
Proper noun
A great river in India.
Noun
A domestic fowl, the Brahmapootra.
buphthalmia
buphthalmia
noun
buphthalmos; abnormal enlargement of the eyeball
buphthalmic
buphthalmic
adj
Exhibiting, or relating to, buphthalmia.
buphthalmos
buphthalmos
noun
(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
buphthalmum
buprestidae
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
butterpaste
callithumps
callithumps
noun
plural of callithump
campanulate
campanulate
adj
Shaped like a bell.
camptosorus
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
capillitium
capillitium
noun
A mass of sterile fibers within a fruiting body interspersed among spores.
capitoulate
capitoulate
noun
(historical) The former districts of Toulouse, France, responsible for electing the capitouls.
(historical) The office or term of office of a capitoul.
Rule by capitouls, (specifically, historical) the former municipal government of Toulouse, France, under their direction.
capitularly
capitularly
adv
In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
capitulated
capitulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capitulate
capitulates
capitulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate
capitulator
capitulator
noun
A person who capitulates.
capiturlary
capsulation
capsulation
noun
(medicine) The enclosing of (typically) a drug in a capsule
capsulotome
capsulotome
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to incise the capsule of the lens of the eye
capsulotomy
capsulotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts
carnaptious
carnaptious
adj
bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
cataphyllum
catapultier
catapultier
noun
The operator of a catapult.
catapulting
catapulting
verb
present participle of catapult
catawampous
caulopteris
cauponation
champertous
champertous
adj
Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
chapultepec
chitragupta
chitragupta
Proper noun
A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
compurgator
compurgator
noun
(historical, law) An ‘oath-helper’ in Anglo-Saxon or Germanic law who testified to the character of an accused person.
(now historical, law) A character witness in canon law who swore an oath that the accused was innocent.
computation
computation
noun
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
The result of computation; the amount computed.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
conspurcate
conspurcate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To pollute; to defile.
constuprate
constuprate
verb
(obsolete) To rape, violate.
contrapunto
contrapunto
noun
(music) counterpoint
copulations
copulations
noun
plural of copulation
copulatives
copulatives
noun
plural of copulative
corporature
corporature
noun
(obsolete) The state of being embodied; bodily existence.
counterapse
counterapse
noun
(architecture) An apse opposite another apse.
counterpace
counterpaly
counterpane
counterpane
noun
(dated) The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket; a coverlet, bedspread.
counterpart
counterpart
noun
(law) A duplicate of a legal document.
(paleontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
One who or that which resembles another.
verb
(transitive) To counterbalance.
counterplan
counterplan
noun
A plan set up in opposition to another plan.
verb
To set up a plan in opposition to another plan.
counterplay
counterplay
noun
(chess) A counterattack in a different part of the board.
(video games, sociology) A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game.
A game move made as a response.
verb
To counter; to contrast or contradict.
To make a counterplay; to play in response.
counterplea
counterplea
noun
(law) A plea made in opposition to another.
counterpray
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
crepitacula
crotaphytus
cryptoglaux
crypturidae
culpability
culpability
noun
The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.