color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; daltonism, achromatopia
aeolotropism
aeolotropism
noun
aeolotropy
aminopterins
aminopterins
noun
plural of aminopterin
amphicyrtous
amphierotism
amphigastria
amphithurons
amphithyrons
amphitropous
amphitropous
adj
(botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other.
ananthropism
anemotropism
anemotropism
noun
(botany) The orientation of plants in response to the direction of the wind.
anisometrope
anisotropism
anisotropism
noun
Alternative form of anisotropy
anthospermum
anthotropism
aparithmesis
aparithmesis
noun
(rhetoric) An answer to a proposition.
(rhetoric) The enumeration of parts or particulars.
aphorismatic
aphorismatic
adj
aphorismic
aposaturnium
aposaturnium
noun
(astronomy) Apoapsis around Saturn
appraisement
appraisement
noun
(dated) The act of appraising.
approximants
approximants
noun
plural of approximant
approximates
approximates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approximate
arteriospasm
arteriospasm
noun
(pathology) The spasm of an artery
astrocompass
astrocompass
noun
A form of compass in which direction is evaluated by sighting stars of known position
atherosperma
atmospherics
atmospherics
noun
radio interference caused by pulses of electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere as the result of lightning and other events (both natural and man-made)
atmospherium
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
automorphism
automorphism
noun
(algebra) An isomorphism of a mathematical object or system of objects onto itself.
The ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
basitemporal
basitemporal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the base of the temporal region
bepraisement
caprolactams
caprolactams
noun
plural of caprolactam
carpetbagism
carpetbagism
noun
Alternative form of carpetbaggism
chapelmaster
chapelmaster
noun
A director of music in a chapel, the musical director of a court and/or major church's choir and/or orchestra; often also a composer.
chemotropism
chemotropism
noun
(biology) The movement or growth of an organism in response to a chemical stimulus
chromatopsia
chromatopsia
noun
A visual aberration in which objects appear abnormally coloured, such as xanthopsia or cyanopia.
chromoplasts
chromoplasts
noun
plural of chromoplast
chymotrypsin
chymotrypsin
noun
An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.
circumscript
circumscript
adj
Limited, circumscribed.
comparatists
comparatists
noun
plural of comparatist
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
compartments
compartments
noun
plural of compartment
compensators
compensators
noun
plural of compensator
compensatory
compensatory
adj
(genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation
(of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury
Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something
competitress
competitress
noun
(archaic) A female competitor.
completories
completories
noun
plural of completory
complicators
complicators
noun
plural of complicator
comportments
comportments
noun
plural of comportment
compresbyter
comptrollers
comptrollers
noun
plural of comptroller
compulsatory
compulsatory
adj
Enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory.
compurgators
compurgators
noun
plural of compurgator
computerdoms
computereses
computerised
computerised
adj
Functioning upon or through the medium of computers; digital.
Having undergone computerisation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of computerise
computerises
computerises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerise
computerists
computerists
noun
plural of computerist
computerizes
computerizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize
computerless
computerless
adj
Without a computer.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
contemporise
contemporise
verb
Alternative form of contemporize
coppersmiths
coppersmiths
noun
plural of coppersmith
corporatisms
corporatisms
noun
plural of corporatism
counterstamp
counterstamp
noun
A countermark made with a stamp.
verb
To countermark with a stamp.
craftmanship
craftmanship
noun
Alternative form of craftsmanship
cratsmanship
cryptamnesia
cryptamnesia
noun
Alternative form of cryptomnesia
cryptamnesic
cryptamnesic
adj
Alternative form of cryptomnesic
cryptarithms
cryptarithms
noun
plural of cryptarithm
cryptogamist
cryptogamist
noun
(dated) One skilled in cryptogamic botany.
cryptogamous
cryptogamous
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams
cryptomerias
cryptomerias
noun
plural of cryptomeria
cryptomerous
cryptomnesia
cryptomnesia
noun
(psychology) The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience
cryptomnesic
cryptomnesic
adj
Relating to cryptomnesia.
cryptonymous
cryptonymous
adj
Relating to, or published under, a cryptonym.
cryptorchism
cryptorchism
noun
The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
cysticarpium
deemstership
demographist
departements
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
dermapterous
dermatoplasm
dermatoplast
dermatoscopy
dermatoscopy
noun
(medicine) The examination of skin lesions with a dermatoscope—a magnifier (typically x10) with a light and a liquid medium between the instrument and the skin, thus illuminating the lesion without reflected light.
dermopterous
desmotropism
deuteroplasm
deuteroplasm
noun
Synonym of deutoplasm
deuteroprism
dexiotropism
diastrophism
diastrophism
noun
(geology) The deformation of the Earth's crust to form the continents, mountains and other large features
diplarthrism
dispersement
dispersement
noun
Misspelling of disbursement.
dispiritment
dispiritment
noun
Dispiritedness; disheartenment.
disportments
disportments
noun
plural of disportment
disprovement
distemperate
distemperate
adj
(obsolete) diseased; disordered
(obsolete) immoderate
distempering
distempering
verb
present participle of distemper
distemperoid
distemperure
draftmanship
draftmanship
noun
Alternative form of draftsmanship
ectomorphism
ellipsometer
ellipsometer
noun
an instrument that uses polarized light to investigate the surface layers of semiconductor wafers etc. Used in ellipsometry.
ellipsometry
ellipsometry
noun
An optical technique for the investigation of the dielectric properties of thin films especially used in semiconductor manufacture.