A small, transitory electrical potential that follows, and is dependent upon the main potential produced when a nerve is stimulated; seen as a small positive or negative spike on an oscillograph output.
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amplexifoliate
amplification
amplification
noun
(electronics) Gain.
(genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
(organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants).
(physics) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
(translation studies) A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
amplifications
amplifications
noun
plural of amplification
amplificator
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
ampulliform
ampulliform
adj
Having the shape of a flask.
anopluriform
antishoplifting
antishoplifting
adj
That serves to counter shoplifting.
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
aspergilliform
aspergilliform
adj
(botany) Resembling the aspergillum in form
asperifoliae
asperifoliate
asperifoliate
adj
Alternative form of asperifolious
asperifolious
asperifolious
adj
(botany) Having rough leaves.
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
bishopful
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
burglarproofing
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
campaniliform
campaniliform
adj
Alternative form of campaniform
capilliform
capilliform
adj
Having the form of a hair
capitelliform
capituliform
capituliform
adj
Resembling a capitulum.
caprifoil
caprifoil
noun
(obsolete) A plant of the family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle.
caprifole
caprifole
noun
(obsolete) The woodbine or honeysuckle.
caprifoliaceae
caprifoliaceous
caprifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Caprifoliaceae family of honeysuckles.
caprifolium
caprimulgiformes
capsuliferous
capsuliferous
adj
(botany, anatomy) Bearing capsules
capsuliform
capsuliform
adj
Having the form of a capsule
cataleptiform
cataleptiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling catalepsy.
cenospecifically
cephalofacial
cephalofacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the head and face.
childproof
childproof
adj
Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.
Made safe for children.
Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.
verb
To make something childproof.
chlorophylliferous
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
coenospecifically
complaintful
complaintful
adj
(obsolete) Full of complaint.
complexification
complexification
noun
(countable, mathematics) An extension from a basis on real numbers to a basis on complex numbers.
(uncountable) The act or process of making something more complex.
complexified
complexified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complexify
complexifies
complexifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complexify
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
copaliferous
copaliferous
adj
Yielding copal.
coplaintiff
coplaintiff
noun
(law) Any of several plaintiffs bringing the same charge.
copperfield
cryptoinflationist
cupuliferous
cupuliferous
adj
(botany) Bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.
cupuliform
cupuliform
Adjective
Shaped like a cupule.
cycloparaffin
cycloparaffin
noun
(chemistry) A cycloalkane.
cypseliform
cypseliform
adj
(zoology) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidae, now known as the Apodidae.)
cypseliformes
disfellowship
disfellowship
noun
Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
verb
(transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
disprofitable
disprofitable
adj
(obsolete) unprofitable
dolphinfish
dolphinfish
noun
A large food and game fish of the Coryphaenidae family which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.
dolphinfishes
dolphinfishes
noun
plural of dolphinfish
duplification
ecospecifically
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
epididymodeferential
epifocal
epifocal
adj
epicentral
epifolliculitis
epileptiform
epileptiform
adj
Of or pertaining to epilepsy, or resembling epilepsy, particularly in regard to its associated seizures.
evilproof
excipuliform
exemplification
exemplification
noun
(law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
exemplificational
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
exemplificator
expressionful
expressionful
adj
Full of expression; expressive.
extraprofessional
extraprofessional
adj
Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
facioplegia
facioplegia
noun
(pathology) paralysis of the muscles of the face
facioscapulohumeral
facioscapulohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the face, scapula, and upper arms; applied to a form of muscular dystrophy.
fallopian
fallopian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Fallopian
faradopalpation
fascioplasty
feldspathization
feldspathization
noun
The process of conversion into feldspar.
feldspathoid
feldspathoid
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar.
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.
feldspathoidal
feldspathoidal
adj
(of a rock) Having feldspathoids.
felinophile
felinophile
noun
A person who likes cats.
felinophobe
felinophobe
noun
A person who dislikes cats.
fellowheirship
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
fellowshiped
fellowshiping
fellowshipped
fellowshipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fellowship
fellowshipping
fellowshipping
verb
present participle of fellowship
fellowships
fellowships
noun
plural of fellowship
felsophyric
felsosphaerite
femoropopliteal
femoropopliteal
adj
Relating to the femur and popliteus.
fibrinoplastic
fibrinoplastic
adj
Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.
fibrinoplastin
fibrinoplastin
noun
(biochemistry) An albuminous substance in the blood which, in combination with fibrinogen, forms fibrin.
fibrinopurulent
fibrinopurulent
adj
Relating to, or containing fibrin and pus
fibrolipoma
fibrolipoma
noun
(pathology) A lipoma characterised by the presence of fibrous connective tissue
fibrolipomatous
fibrolipomatous
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibrolipomas
fibropapilloma
fibropapilloma
noun
A fibrous papilloma
fibroplasia
fibroplasia
noun
The generation of fibrous tissue (especially in wound healing)
fibroplastic
fibroplastic
adj
(pathology) Relating to fibroplasia
fibropolypus
fibropurulent
filiopietistic
filiopietistic
adj
Expressing, or characterised by, filial piety.
filipendulous
filipendulous
adj
Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
filipinization
filipino
filipinos
filippino
filippo
filmographies
filmographies
noun
plural of filmography
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
filoplumaceous
filoplumaceous
adj
(zoology) Having the structure of a filoplume.
filoplume
filoplume
noun
(zoology, archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
filopodia
filopodia
noun
plural of filopodium
filopodium
filopodium
noun
(cytology) A slender cytoplasmic projection which extends from the leading edge of a migrating cell
fireplough
fireplow
fisherpeople
fisherpeople
noun
plural of fisherperson
fishpole
fishpole
noun
A boom pole.
A fishing pole.
fishpoles
fishpoles
noun
plural of fishpole
fishpool
fishpool
noun
A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
fissipalmation
fissiparously
fissiparously
adv
In a fissiparous manner.
flavoprotein
flavoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
flavopurpurin
flavopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
flickerproof
flipflop
flipflop
noun
Alternative form of flip-flop
flipflopped
flipflopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flipflop
flipflopping
flipflopping
verb
present participle of flipflop
floccipend
floodplain
floodplain
noun
(geography) An alluvial plain adjacent to a river formed by flooding during periods of high rain.
floodplains
floodplains
noun
plural of floodplain
floppier
floppier
adj
comparative form of floppy: more floppy
floppies
floppies
noun
plural of floppy
floppiest
floppiest
adj
superlative form of floppy: most floppy
floppily
floppily
adv
In a floppy manner.
floppiness
floppiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being floppy
floppinesses
flopping
flopping
noun
The motion of something that flops.
verb
present participle of flop
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
florianopolis
florigraphy
florigraphy
noun
Alternative form of floriography
floriparous
floripondio
floripondio
noun
The flowering plant Brugmansia arborea.
floriscope
fluorapatite
fluorapatite
noun
(mineralogy) A calcium halophosphate mineral, in which fluoride replaces the hydroxide of apatite, that is mined as a phosphate ore, and occurs in the enamel of teeth.