(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
achitophel
ahithophel
aitchpiece
allopathic
allopathic
adj
Of or pertaining to allopathy.
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
amphanthia
amphiaster
amphiaster
noun
(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphibiety
amphictyon
amphictyon
noun
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
amphidetic
amphidetic
adj
(biology, of the ligament of some bivalves) That extends in front of, and behind, the beak
amphistoma
amphistome
amphistome
noun
Any trematode of the genus Paramphistomum (previously Amphistoma)
amphistyly
amphithect
amphithere
amphithere
noun
(heraldry) A type of winged serpent
amphithura
amphithyra
amphitokal
amphitrite
amphitrite
noun
Any polychaete worm of the genus Amphitrite.
amphitryon
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
angiopathy
angiopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
anorthopia
anorthopia
noun
(medicine) A defect of vision in which straight lines appear to be curved
anthophila
anthophile
anthophile
noun
(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.
A person who loves flowers.
anthropoid
anthropoid
adj
(anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.
having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance
having characteristics of an ape
noun
An anthropoid animal.
antibishop
antibishop
noun
(historical, ecclesiastical, chiefly in medieval and early modern history) A pretender to the episcopal office, such as a bishop appointed by an antipope. [from 18th c.]
antigraphy
antipascha
antipathic
antipathic
adj
Characterized by antipathy.
antiphates
antiphonal
antiphonal
adj
(music) Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts.
noun
A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.
An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.
antiphoner
antiphoner
noun
An antiphonal.
antiphonic
antiphonic
adj
Having the presence of an antiphon between two choirs with a call and a response in song or in chant, usually in the form of a hymn or a psalm.
antiphonon
antiphysic
antisiphon
antisiphon
adj
Preventing the siphoning of fluid.
apartheids
apartheids
noun
plural of apartheid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apartheid
apesthesia
apesthetic
aphaeretic
aphaeretic
adj
(rare, medicine, linguistics) Of the nature of apheresis.
aphanesite
aphanitism
aphoristic
aphoristic
adj
Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, maxims or epigrams; gnomic.
aphroditic
aphroditic
adj
(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
venereal
aphronitre
aphthongia
aphthongia
noun
(medicine, archaic) An inability to speak caused by muscular spasms.
aphthonite
apophantic
apophantic
adj
Involving a declaration, statement, or proposition.
apostrophi
apothecial
apothecial
adj
(lichenology) Relating to the apothecium.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
apotheosis
apotheosis
noun
(loosely) Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
(psychology) The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this.
A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development).
The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
apothesine
apotihecal
apsinthion
araphostic
araphostic
adj
Alternative form of araphorostic
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
archiplata
archpapist
archpirate
archpirate
noun
A leader of pirates.
archpriest
archpriest
noun
(Eastern Orthodox Church) The highest rank given to a married priest.
(Roman Catholicism) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.
archspirit
artophoria
artophoria
noun
plural of artophorion
asiphonate
asiphonate
adj
(zoology) Lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
noun
(zoology) Any mollusk lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
asphalting
asphalting
noun
An application of asphalt.
verb
present participle of asphalt
asphaltite
asphaltite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of various bitumens containing asphaltenes.
asphyxiant
asphyxiant
adj
That can cause asphyxiation
noun
Any substance that can cause asphyxia
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
asthenopia
asthenopia
noun
An ophthalmological condition that manifests itself through nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue, red eyes, eye strain, pain in or around the eyes, blurred vision, headache and occasional double vision.
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
austrophil
authorship
authorship
noun
The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
The source; origin; origination
autopathic
autopathic
adj
Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure and characteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic.
autophagia
autophagia
noun
The eating of one's own body.
autophobia
autophobia
noun
Fear or dislike of automobiles.
The morbid fear of being alone or of oneself.
self-hatred
autophytic
baphometic
batophobia
batophobia
noun
The fear of high objects or of high objects falling down.
battleship
battleship
noun
(military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
(military, nautical, archaic) A ship of the line.
A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).
A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
beautyship
bibliotaph
bibliotaph
noun
(rare) One who "buries" books, typically by hoarding them unread, hiding them, locking them away, or otherwise shutting them up and keeping them from use
binaphthyl
binaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, analogous to biphenyl, formed from two naphthalene residues linked by a single bond
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
brihaspati
brihaspati
Proper noun
The name of the priest of the Gods.
The planet Jupiter.
caliphates
caliphates
noun
plural of caliphate
callithump
callithump
noun
(US) A burlesque serenade; a charivari.
(US) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
cantorship
cantorship
noun
The state or business of a cantor.
cardiopath
cardiopath
noun
A person who suffers from a cardiopathy
carpathian
carpathian
Adjective
From, in or relating to Carpathians.
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
cataphasia
cataphasia
noun
A speech defect characterised by repetition of individual words.
cataphatic
cataphatic
adj
(by extension) That which actively defines a thing by describing what it is characteristic thereof.
(theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
cataphonic
cataphonic
adj
Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.
cataphoria
cataphoric
cataphoric
adj
Of or relating to cataphora.
cataphysic
cattleship
cattyphoid
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
cephalitis
cephalitis
noun
(medicine, dated) encephalitis
(medicine, dated) phrenitis
chainplate
chainplate
noun
(nautical) A plate on the side of a sailing ship to which the shrouds are attached.
chapatties
chapatties
noun
plural of chapatty
chaptalize
chaptalize
verb
To add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content.
chaptering
chaptering
verb
present participle of chapter
chichipate
chiroptera
chutzpadik
chutzpadik
adj
Showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen.
chutzpanik
crotaphion
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
cumaphytic
curateship
curateship
noun
The position of a curate; a curacy.
cyathaspis
cymaphytic
cytopathic
cytopathic
adj
That damages or destroys cells
cytophagic
dadupanthi
dantophily
dehepatize
diaphorite
diaphorite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.
diastrophe
diastrophy
dictagraph
dictagraph
noun
Alternative form of dictograph
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
dictograph
dictograph
noun
(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.
dinaphthyl
dinaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) binaphthyl
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two naphthyl radicals in a compound
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
diphtheria
diphtheria
noun
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
dipsopathy
dipsopathy
noun
(medicine, archaic) The treatment of disease by abstaining from liquids; a thirst cure.
Alcoholism.
dispatched
dispatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dispatch
dispatcher
dispatcher
noun
(computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
(gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
dispatches
dispatches
noun
plural of dispatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispatch
disulphate
disulphate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(chemistry) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
dittograph
dittograph
noun
An instance of dittography in a text.
dystrophia
dystrophia
noun
dystrophy
ecphractic
ecphractic
adj
(medicine, dated) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so remove obstructions; deobstruent.
noun
(dated) Any medicine of this kind.
elephantic
elephantic
adj
(not comparable) Having elephantiasis
Of or relating to elephants
gigantic; massive
empathetic
empathetic
adj
Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings; empathic.
empathized
empathized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of empathize
empathizes
empathizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empathize
emphatical
emphatical
adj
emphatic
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
endopathic
enthalpies
enthalpies
noun
plural of enthalpy
ephraimite
ephraimite
Noun
An of the tribal patriarch a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.