(biology) The growth of an organism either towards, or away from a region of higher oxygen content.
agapemonist
agapemonite
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
amboceptoid
amboceptoid
noun
(obsolete) A hypothetical form of amboceptor that has undergone a degenerative change and lost its cytophil or complementophile groups.
aminopterin
aminopterin
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-amino analog of folic acid used as a chemotherapy drug.
amphibolite
amphibolite
noun
Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
amphierotic
amphodelite
amplexation
amplexation
Noun
An embrace.
amylopectin
amylopectin
noun
(biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
anemotropic
anemotropic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to anemotropism.
anticomplex
antiemperor
antiemperor
noun
(politics) One who declares himself emperor in opposition to a reigning emperor.
aphroditeum
apicoectomy
apicoectomy
noun
(surgery) An endodontic surgical procedure whereby a tooth's root tip is removed and a root end cavity is prepared and filled with a biocompatible material
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
apostematic
apoturmeric
appointment
appointment
noun
(US) An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
(in the plural) Equipment, furniture.
(law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
(obsolete) The allowance paid to a public officer.
(religion) Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed
approximate
approximate
adj
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
verb
(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
(transitive) To come near to; to approach.
(transitive, intransitive) To estimate.
armipotence
armipotence
noun
Power in arms; military might.
ataxophemia
ataxophemia
noun
Defective coordination of words in speech; atactic aphasia; incoherence.
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
azeotropism
azeotropism
noun
azeotropy
bicomponent
bicomponent
adj
Having two components
bontempelli
cetomorphic
chemiphotic
chemotropic
chemotropic
adj
(biology) of, related to, or in response to chemotropism
cleptomania
cleptomania
noun
Dated form of kleptomania.
coemptional
coemptional
adj
Relating to coemption.
coimplicate
coleoptilum
colpotomies
colpotomies
noun
plural of colpotomy
compactible
compactible
adj
Capable of being compacted.
compaginate
compaginate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unite or hold together.
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
compatibles
compatibles
noun
plural of compatible
compatience
compendiate
compendiate
verb
(obsolete) To sum or collect together.
competingly
competingly
adv
So as to compete.
competition
competition
noun
(countable) A contest for a prize or award.
(uncountable) The action of competing.
(uncountable, collectively) The competitors in such a contest.
competitive
competitive
adj
(biochemistry) Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it.
(economics) Capable of competing successfully.
(euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.
(of someone's character) Inclined to compete.
Of or pertaining to competition.
competitors
competitors
noun
plural of competitor
competitory
competitory
adj
(dated) Acting in competition or rivalry.
competitrix
competitrix
noun
(rare) A female competitor.
compilement
compilement
noun
The act or process of compiling; compilation.
complecting
complecting
verb
present participle of complect
complection
complection
noun
Obsolete spelling of complexion.
completions
completions
noun
plural of completion
complicated
complicated
adj
(biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
Difficult or convoluted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complicate
complicates
complicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complicate
compliments
compliments
noun
Good wishes.
plural of compliment
compositely
compositely
adv
In a composite manner
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compositure
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
computerise
computerise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerize.
computerist
computerist
noun
(dated) A computer user.
computerite
computerize
computerize
verb
(transitive, computing) To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
(transitive, computing) To enter data into such a system.
(transitive, computing) To equip with a computer or a computer system.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
coopersmith
copartiment
coppersmith
coppersmith
noun
A South Asian barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala, with crimson forehead and throat, best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer.
A person who forges things out of copper.
cosmopolite
cosmopolite
adj
(biology) Distributed throughout the world; having a wide geographical distribution.
(communication) Oriented, exposed to or open to ideas and influences outside one's own social system or group.
Of or relating to cosmopolites; cosmopolitan.
noun
(US) The butterfly painted lady (Vanessa cardui).
One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.
crepidomata
cryptomeria
cryptomeria
noun
A Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica
decomposite
decomposite
adj
(botany) decompound
Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.
noun
Anything decompounded.
deplumation
deplumation
noun
(medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids.
(metaphoric) The stripping of someone's symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation.
The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
dermatoptic
dermatropic
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
dermotropic
dermotropic
adj
Synonym of dermatotropic
desmotropic
despoilment
despoilment
noun
The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
despumation
despumation
noun
Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
dioctophyme
diopsimeter
dioptometer
dioptometer
noun
An instrument used to measure ocular refraction, in order to prescribe corrective lenses.
dioptometry
dioptomiter
diplomatize
diplomatize
verb
(intransitive) To engage in diplomacy.
(transitive) To effect by means of diplomacy.
disportment
disportment
noun
(obsolete) Act of disporting; diversion; play.
disposement
disposement
noun
(obsolete) disposal
ectomorphic
ectomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an ectomorph
ectoplasmic
ectoplasmic
adj
(parapsychology) Relating to, or having the properties or appearance of, ectoplasm.
electropism
emancipator
emancipator
noun
A person who emancipates.
embonpoints
embonpoints
noun
plural of embonpoint
emetophobia
emetophobia
noun
An inordinate fear of vomit or vomiting, especially in public.
emmetropism
entomophila
entomophily
entomophily
noun
(botany) pollination by insects
epistemolog
epistemonic
epithelioma
epithelioma
noun
(medicine) Any tumor that originates in the epithelium
epitomatory
epitomising
epitomising
verb
present participle of epitomise
epitomizing
epitomizing
verb
present participle of epitomize
eremopteris
extemporise
extemporise
verb
(intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way.
(intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
(transitive) To make or create ex tempore.
(transitive, music) To compose extemporaneously or improvise.
extemporize
extemporize
verb
(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
(transitive) To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.
geomorphist
geotropisms
geotropisms
noun
plural of geotropism
haemoptysis
haemoptysis
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemoptysis
hemapoietic
hemapoietic
adj
Alternative form of hemopoietic
hematopenia
hematopexis
hemianoptic
hemiatrophy
hemiatrophy
noun
(pathology) atrophy that affects only one half of the body
hemipeptone
hemipeptone
noun
(biochemistry) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter, which (unlike antipeptone) is convertible into leucin and tyrosin by the continued action of pancreatic juice. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by boiling dilute sulphuric acid.
hemiprotein
hemiprotein
noun
(biochemistry) An insoluble proteid substance formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid, and apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
hemipteroid
hemipteroid
noun
(zoology) A hemipteran or one of the closely related thrips and lice within the Exopterygota
hemipterous
hemipterous
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran
hemitropism
hemitropous
hemitropous
adj
(botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous
Turned half round; half inverted.
hemoplastic
hemoplastic
adj
Alternative form of haemoplastic
hemopoietic
hemopoietic
adj
Of or pertaining to hemopoiesis.
hemoproctia
hemoprotein
hemoprotein
noun
Alternative spelling of hemeprotein
hemospastic
hemotrophic
hemotrophic
adj
That obtains nutrition from blood
herpetiform
herpetiform
adj
Resembling the symptoms of herpes.
hippometric
homeopathic
homeopathic
adj
(informal) Extremely dilute, insipid.
Of or pertaining to homeopathy.
noun
Any of the diluted remedies used in homeopathy.
homeporting
homeporting
verb
present participle of homeport
homoeotypic
hospitalmen
hypermotile
hypermotile
adj
Abnormally or excessively motile.
hypobromite
hypobromite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) any salt or ester of hypobromous acid
hypothecium
hypothecium
noun
The layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the thecium
hypothermia
hypothermia
noun
(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.
hypothermic
hypothermic
adj
Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.
hypsometric
hypsometric
adj
Of or pertaining to hypsometry (measuring elevation relative to sea level)
idempotency
idempotency
noun
Idempotence.
idempotents
idempotents
noun
plural of idempotent
impatronize
impatronize
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make lord or master.
impedometer
imperatorin
imperatorin
noun
(organic chemistry) A furocoumarin isolated from Urena lobata, Angelica archangelica, and various other plants.
imperforata
imperforate
imperforate
adj
(medicine) Synonym of atretic
Not perforated, as:
noun
(philately) A postage stamp that has not been perforated.
impermeator
impermeator
noun
A device in a steam engine for forcing lubricating oil uniformly into the cylinder.
impersonate
impersonate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.
(transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
impestation
impetration
impetration
noun
(obsolete) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
(obsolete, UK, law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm.
impetratory
impetratory
adj
(obsolete) Containing or expressing entreaty.
impetuosity
impetuosity
noun
The condition or quality of being impetuous, impatient; fury; violence.
The quality of making rash or arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive or forceful manner.