(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominothoracic
abdominothoracic
adj
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
abhorrence
abhorrence
noun
(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
abhorrences
abhorrences
noun
plural of abhorrence
abhorrency
abhorrency
noun
(obsolete) Aberrancy.
(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
abiotrophic
abiotrophic
adj
(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
abrachia
abrachia
noun
(medicine) The congenital absence of both arms
abrachias
abrachias
noun
plural of abrachia
abrahamic
abrahamic
Adjective
Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch.
Descended from the religious tradition of Abraham.
abrahamitic
abrahamitic
Adjective
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
abranchial
abranchial
adj
(zoology) Lacking gills.
abranchialism
abranchialism
noun
The condition of being without gills.
abranchian
abranchiata
abranchiata
noun
(obsolete, zoology) An order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta.
(obsolete, zoology)Any of a number of other groupings of gill-less animals.
abranchiate
abranchiate
adj
(zoology) Without gills.
noun
(zoology) An organism that does not have gills.
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
abroach
abroach
adj
Astir; moving about.
Tapped; broached.
adv
(obsolete) Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
(obsolete) In a state to be diffused or propagated.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
acarophobia
acarophobia
noun
(medicine) The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
acerbophobia
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
achroglobin
achromatizable
achromobacter
achromobacterieae
achtehalber
acrobatholithic
acrobatholithic
adj
Relating to the upward-projecting dome of a batholith
acrophobia
acrophobia
noun
phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
acrophobias
acrophobias
noun
plural of acrophobia
actinobranch
actinobranch
noun
(biology) An organ, in some anthozoans, that functions as a gill
actinobranchia
actinobranchia
noun
Alternative form of actinobranch
aerobranchia
aerobranchiate
aerophobic
aerophobic
adj
Disliking or avoiding air.
Having a fear of flying in aircraft.
afterbreach
agoraphobiac
agoraphobiac
noun
One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
ahorseback
ahorseback
adv
On the back of a horse; horseback.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
alabarch
alabarch
noun
The title of the governor or chief magistrate of the Jews in Alexandria under the Ptolemies and Roman emperors.
alberich
albrecht
alhambraic
amblychromatic
amblyrhynchus
americophobe
americophobe
Noun
Americanophobe
amphibrach
amphibrach
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
(prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
amphibrachic
amphibrachic
adj
Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.
amphibrachs
amphibrachs
noun
plural of amphibrach
amphicribral
amphicribral
adj
(botany) In which the phloem surrounds the xylem
anabranch
anabranch
noun
(hydrology, of a water channel) A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.
anabranches
anabranches
noun
plural of anabranch
anchorable
anchorable
adj
Capable of being anchored.
That can be used as an anchorage.
ancraophobia
anisobranchiate
antebrachia
antebrachia
noun
plural of antebrachium
antebrachial
antebrachial
adj
(anatomy) relating to the forearm
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antechamber
antechamber
noun
A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
antechambers
antechambers
noun
plural of antechamber
anthrohopobiological
antiblennorrhagic
antiblennorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering or preventing blennorrhoea.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine that counters or prevents blennorrhoea.
antibrachial
antibrachial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.
antichamber
antichamber
noun
Obsolete form of antechamber.
antihydrophobic
antihydrophobic
adj
Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
noun
(rare) A remedy for hydrophobia.
antithrombic
antithrombic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the action of antithrombin
aporobranchia
aporobranchian
aporobranchiata
approachability
approachability
noun
The characteristic of being approachable; the ability to be approached.
approachabl
approachable
approachable
adj
Easily approached; easy to talk to.
approachableness
approachableness
noun
The state or quality of being approachable.
arachnephobia
arachnephobia
noun
Misspelling of arachnophobia.
arceuthobium
archabomination
archaimbaud
archambault
archbald
archbanc
archbancs
archband
archbeacon
archbeadle
archbishop
archbishop
noun
A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
archbishopess
archbishopess
noun
(rare) A female archbishop.
(rare) The wife of an archbishop.
archbishopric
archbishopric
noun
(ecclesiastical) The jurisdiction of an archbishop.
(ecclesiastical) The rank or office of an archbishop.
archbishoprics
archbishoprics
noun
plural of archbishopric
archbishopry
archbishops
archbishops
noun
plural of archbishop
archbold
archbotcher
archboutefeu
archbp
archbuffoon
archbuilder
archcupbearer
archdissembler
archdisturber
archebanc
archebancs
archebiosis
archebiosis
noun
(biology) The origination of living matter from non-living; abiogenesis.
archhumbug
archibald
archibaldo
archibenthal
archibenthic
archibenthic
adj
Relating to the upper part of the benthic region, from the sublittoral to the abyssal
archibenthos
archiblast
archiblastic
archiblastoma
archiblastula
archiblastula
noun
(biology) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form.
archibold
archibuteo
archicerebra
archicerebrum
archipresbyter
archisymbolical
archpresbyter
archpresbyter
noun
(ecclesiastical) An archpriest.
archpresbyterate
archpresbytery
archpresbytery
noun
(ecclesiastical) The absolute dominion of presbytery.
archpublican
archrebel
archrobber
archsnob
archvagabond
armbrecht
arthrobacter
arthrobacterium
arthrobranch
arthrobranch
noun
A gill, of a crustacean, that is attached to the membrane between the body and the base of the leg
arthrobranchia
aschaffenburg
aspidobranchia
aspidobranchiata
aspidobranchiate
auberbach
auerbach
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
azygobranchia
azygobranchiata
azygobranchiate
bacchar
baccharis
baccharoid
bacharach
bacharach
Noun
A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine.
bacheller
bachelor
bachelor
noun
(Canada) A bachelor apartment.
(obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
(obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
(obsolete) An unmarried woman.
A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
bachelordom
bachelordom
noun
The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
bachelordoms
bachelorette
bachelorette
noun
(Canada) A very small bachelor (single room) apartment.