(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.
abichite
abichite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of clinoclase
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.
ablewhackets
abouchement
abrahamitic
abrahamitic
Adjective
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
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.
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
absinthismic
absinthismic
adj
Afflicted with absinthism.
abyssobenthonic
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
achievability
achievability
noun
The state or condition of being achievable.
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
achromatizable
achromobacter
achromobacterieae
achtehalber
acousticophobia
acousticophobia
noun
Fear of noise.
acrobatholithic
acrobatholithic
adj
Relating to the upward-projecting dome of a batholith
actinobranch
actinobranch
noun
(biology) An organ, in some anthozoans, that functions as a gill
actinobranchia
actinobranchia
noun
Alternative form of actinobranch
aerobranchiate
afterbreach
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
albrecht
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alphabetical
alphabetical
adj
(obsolete) literal
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alsbachite
ambatch
ambatch
noun
(countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.
A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
amblychromatic
amphibichnite
amphibiontic
amphibiotic
amphibiotic
adj
Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults
amphibiotica
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
analphabetical
analphabetical
adj
Alternative form of analphabetic
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
antibacchic
antibacchic
adj
Relating to an antibacchius
antibacchii
antibacchius
antibacchius
noun
(poetry) A rare metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable.
antibacklash
antibacklash
adj
(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
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
aporobranchiata
approachability
approachability
noun
The characteristic of being approachable; the ability to be approached.
arceuthobium
archabomination
archambault
archbotcher
archboutefeu
archdisturber
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.
archibuteo
archipresbyter
archpresbyter
archpresbyter
noun
(ecclesiastical) An archpriest.
archpresbyterate
archpresbytery
archpresbytery
noun
(ecclesiastical) The absolute dominion of presbytery.
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
aspidobranchiata
aspidobranchiate
asthenobiotic
athabasca
athabasca
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
athabascan
athabascan
Adjective
Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest.
Proper noun
The family of languages spoken by these peoples.
Noun
Any member of these peoples.
attachable
attachable
adj
Able to be attached.
attachableness
attachableness
noun
The state or quality of being attachable.
authenticatable
authenticatable
adj
Capable of being authenticated.
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.
azygobranchiata
azygobranchiate
bacchanalization
bacchanalization
noun
Riotous revelry.
bacchant
bacchant
adj
fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.
noun
A priest of Bacchus.
bacchante
bacchante
noun
a female bacchanal
a priestess of Bacchus
bacchantes
bacchantes
noun
plural of bacchante
bacchantic
bacchantic
adj
Bacchanalian.
Pertaining to the clergy of Bacchus.
bacchants
bacchants
noun
plural of bacchant
bachelorette
bachelorette
noun
(Canada) A very small bachelor (single room) apartment.
(Canada, US) An unmarried woman.
bacillariophyta
backchat
backchat
noun
(Britain) Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.
verb
To respond in a disputative, often sarcastic manner.
backchats
backchats
noun
plural of backchat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backchat
backcloth
backcloth
noun
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
backhatch
backlighted
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
backscratcher
backscratcher
noun
A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backstitch
backstitch
noun
(sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat.
verb
To sew with a backstitch.
backstitched
backstitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstitch
backstitches
backstitches
noun
plural of backstitch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstitch
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backstretch
backstretch
noun
(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
(figuratively) The middle part of an event.
(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
backstretches
backstretches
noun
plural of backstretch.
bactericholia
bacteriochlorophyll
bacteriochlorophyll
noun
(biology) A photosynthetic pigment occurring in various phototrophic bacteria, related to the chlorophylls.
bacteriohemolysin
bacteriopathology
bacteriophage
bacteriophage
noun
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
bacteriophages
bacteriophages
noun
plural of bacteriophage
bacteriophagia
bacteriophagic
bacteriophagic
adj
Of or pertaining to a bacteriophage.
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
bacteriophobia
bacteriophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of bacteria
bacteriorhodopsin
bacteriorhodopsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps
bacteriotherapeutic
bacteriotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bacteriotherapy.
bacteriotherapy
bacteriotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any therapeutic use of bacteria
bactetiophage
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
balneotechnics
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
baluchistan
baluchithere
baluchitheria
baluchitherium
bandersnatch
bandersnatch
Proper noun
An obscure, fictional creature mentioned in one of Lewis Carroll's poems.
baphometic
barmcloth
barmcloth
Noun
An apron.
baroswitch
baroswitch
noun
Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)