A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
Accidental character or effect.
The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.
The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
accommodators
accommodators
noun
plural of accommodator
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
adamantoblast
adamantoblast
noun
(obsolete) ameloblast
adenometritis
adhesivemeter
adhesivemeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the adhesive qualities of a substance.
admeasurement
admeasurement
noun
Apportionment.
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
administerial
administerial
adj
Of or pertaining to administering or administration.
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
administrants
administrants
noun
plural of administrant
administrated
administrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of administrate
administrates
administrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administrate
administrator
administrator
noun
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
(law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
adminstration
admissability
admissability
noun
The state or quality of being admissable or allowable.
admissibility
admissibility
noun
The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
admonishments
admonishments
noun
plural of admonishment
admonitionist
admonitionist
noun
One who admonishes, or believes in a policy of doing so.
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
advertisement
advertisement
noun
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
amplitudinous
anathematised
anathematised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anathematise
antidogmatism
antidogmatism
noun
Opposition to dogma.
antidogmatist
antifeudalism
antifeudalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to a feudal system.
antimodernism
antimodernism
noun
A movement that opposes modernism.
antimodernist
antimodernist
adj
Opposing modernism.
noun
One who opposes modernism.
antispasmodic
antispasmodic
adj
(pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms.
antivandalism
antivandalism
adj
(law enforcement) Opposing or proscribing vandalism.
archdogmatist
armageddonist
astrodynamics
astrodynamics
noun
The study of the motion of rockets and other spacecraft usually from Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation.
atticomastoid
autoschediasm
autoschediasm
noun
Anything done with little forethought or preparation.
basidiomycete
basidiomycete
noun
(mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
benedictinism
bestsellerdom
bestsellerdom
noun
The quality of having the status of bestseller.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
blandishments
blandishments
noun
plural of blandishment
blomstrandine
blomstrandine
noun
(mineralogy) A basic oxide mineral containing a mixture of several rare earths
brachydontism
catadicrotism
catadicrotism
noun
The quality of being catadicrotic.
catanadromous
catanadromous
adj
(zoology) Ascending and descending freshwater streams from and to the sea, as the salmon does; anadromous.
centrodesmose
chaetosomidae
chiasmodontid
chiasmodontid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Chiasmodontidae.
chondromatous
chondromatous
adj
Having or relating to chondromata.
chondroseptum
chondrosteoma
christmastide
christmastide
Noun
The Christmas season.
The Twelve Days of Christmas.
chromoplastid
chromoplastid
noun
(botany) A protoplasmic granule of some other colour than green.
circumstanced
circumstanced
adj
(in combination) In the specified situation or circumstances.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumstance
cleidomastoid
cleidomastoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clavicle and the mastoid process
coastguardman
coastguardman
noun
(dated) A coastguard.
commendations
commendations
noun
plural of commendation
commensurated
commensurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commensurate
committedness
committedness
noun
The state or condition of being committed; commitment.
compactedness
compactedness
noun
The state or quality of being compacted.
completedness
completedness
noun
The quality of being completed.
condemnations
condemnations
noun
plural of condemnation
condylomatous
condylomatous
adj
Relating to condyloma.
confederatism
contemporised
contemporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporise
contrabandism
contrabandism
noun
traffic in contraband goods; smuggling
coredemptress
coredemptress
noun
A female coredeemer.
credentialism
credentialism
noun
Excessive emphasis on the importance of educational, academic, legal, or regulatory qualifications.
cyclostomidae
damnabilities
decompensated
decompensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decompensate
decompensates
decompensates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompensate
decomposition
decomposition
noun
A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.
decrementless
decrementless
adj
Without decrement.
delightsomely
delightsomely
adv
In a delightsome manner.
delimitations
delimitations
noun
plural of delimitation
demagnetising
demagnetising
verb
present participle of demagnetise
dematerialise
dematerialise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dematerialize.
demeritorious
demeritorious
adj
Causing demerit.
demibastioned
demilitarised
demilitarised
adj
(British spelling) alternative form of demilitarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demilitarise
demilitarizes
demilitarizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize
democratising
democratising
verb
present participle of democratise
demodulations
demodulations
noun
plural of demodulation
demolitionist
demolitionist
noun
One who carries out demolition.
demonolatrous
demonolatrous
adj
Relating to, or taking part in, demonolatry; demon-worshipping.
demonstrandum
demonstrating
demonstrating
verb
present participle of demonstrate
demonstration
demonstration
noun
(mathematics, philosophy) A proof.
(prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
A show of military force.
An event at which something will be demonstrated.
Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
demonstrative
demonstrative
adj
(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to
given to open displays of emotion
that serves to demonstrate, show or prove
noun
A demonstrative adjective.
A demonstrative pronoun.
demonstrators
demonstrators
noun
plural of demonstrator
demonstratory
demonstratory
adj
Serving to demonstrate something.
demulsibility
demultiplexes
demultiplexes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demultiplex
demythologise
demythologise
verb
Alternative spelling of demythologize
denominations
denominations
noun
plural of denomination
denouncements
denouncements
noun
plural of denouncement
densitometers
densitometers
noun
plural of densitometer
densitometric
densitometric
adj
Obtained by use of a densitometer
Of or pertaining to densitometry
depressomotor
depressomotor
adj
(medicine) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centres.
dermanaplasty
dermapostasis
dermaskeleton
dermatocoptes
dermatologies
dermatologies
noun
plural of dermatology
dermatologist
dermatologist
noun
A person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.
dermatophagus
dermatoplasty
dermatoplasty
noun
(surgery) Plastic surgery of the skin, especially the use of skin grafts.
dermosclerite
dermoskeletal
dermoskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to the dermoskeleton.
dermoskeleton
dermoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) An exoskeleton.
dermostenosis
derotrematous
descriptivism
descriptivism
noun
(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
desmodontidae
desmognathism
desmognathous
desmognathous
adj
(zoology) having the maxillopalatine bones united; applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, such as ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds
desquamations
desquamations
noun
plural of desquamation
destructivism
destructivism
noun
An art movement that involves destroying objects in front of spectators.
deterministic
deterministic
adj
(computing, of an algorithm) For a given particular input, always producing the same output through the same sequence of states.
(mathematics, of a Turing machine) Having at most one instruction associated with any given internal state.
(philosophy) Of, or relating to determinism.
(physics, of a system) Having exactly predictable time evolution.
dethronements
dethronements
noun
plural of dethronement
deuterogamist
deuterogamist
noun
(theology, law) One who believes in the moral right to, and the lawfulness of, remarriage after divorce or spousal death.
(theology, law) One who remarries after the divorce or death of their spouse.
deuteronomist
deuteronomist
Noun
A writer of Deuteronomy in the Bible.
devotionalism
devotionalism
noun
(religion) Devotional behaviour.
dexamethasone
dexamethasone
noun
(pharmacology, biochemistry) A synthetic member of the glucocorticoid-class of steroid hormones, having the chemical formula C₂₂H₂₉FO₅, and used especially as an anti-inflammatory agent.
dharmashastra
diageotropism
diageotropism
noun
(botany) The tendency of plant organs, such as roots, to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the centre of the Earth.
diastasimetry
diathermanous
diathermanous
adj
Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal.
diatomiferous
dichotomising
dichotomising
verb
present participle of dichotomise
dichotomistic
dichotomously
dichotomously
adv
In a dichotomous manner
dictyodromous
diffusiometer
digitigradism
dilettanteism
dilettanteism
noun
Alternative form of dilettantism
dimensuration
diminishments
diminishments
noun
plural of diminishment
dimwittedness
dimwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being dimwitted.
disaccomodate
disaccustomed
disaccustomed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disaccustom
disagreements
disagreements
noun
plural of disagreement
disambiguated
disambiguated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disambiguate
disambiguates
disambiguates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disambiguate
disassimilate
disassimilate
verb
(physiology) To subject to disassimilation.
disburdenment
disburdenment
noun
The removal of a burden; an unburdening.
disbursements
disbursements
noun
plural of disbursement
discomfitures
discomfitures
noun
plural of discomfiture
discomforting
discomforting
verb
present participle of discomfort
discomycetous
disconformity
disconformity
noun
(geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel sedimentary strata.
(religion) nonconformity
discriminated
discriminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of discriminate