color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; daltonism, achromatopia
actinomorphy
actinomorphy
noun
The condition of being actinomorphic.
aepyornithiformes
alimentotherapy
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
alymphopotent
ammotherapy
amorphophyte
amorphophyte
noun
Any plant with flowers of an irregular or anomalous shape
ampelotherapy
ampelotherapy
noun
(medicine) The therapeutic use of grapes.
ampherotoky
amphibiety
amphibolostylous
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.
amphictyonian
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphictyons
amphictyons
noun
plural of amphictyon
amphictyony
amphictyony
noun
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.
amphicyrtic
amphicyrtous
amphicytula
amphikaryotic
amphimictically
amphimictically
adv
By means of amphimixis.
amphiphithyra
amphiplatyan
amphiplatyan
adj
(anatomy, of a vertebra) Having flat surfaces at both ends
amphiprostylar
amphiprostylar
adj
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amphistylar
amphistylic
amphistylic
adj
(anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks.
amphistyly
amphitheatrically
amphitheatrically
adv
With some apparent characteristics of an amphitheatre.
amphithyra
amphithyron
amphithyrons
amphitoky
amphitryon
ampholyte
ampholyte
noun
(chemistry) An amphoteric electrolyte
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amyelotrophy
amyelotrophy
noun
(medicine) Atrophy of the spinal cord.
amygdalopathy
amygdalothripsis
amylophosphate
amyotrophia
amyotrophia
noun
Alternative form of amyotrophy
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
amyotrophy
amyotrophy
noun
(pathology) atrophy of muscles
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anemometrographically
anemopathy
anepithymia
angiolymphitis
anomalotrophy
anthropoclimatology
anthropoclimatology
noun
The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
anthropomancy
anthropomancy
noun
divination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails.
anthropometrically
anthropometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, anthropometry.
anthropometry
anthropometry
noun
The science of measuring the human body to ascertain the ranges and averages of dimensions of the human form, for various purposes including physical anthropology, epidemiology, the ergonomics of industrial design, and so on.
anthropomorphically
anthropomorphically
adv
In an anthropomorphic manner.
anthropomorphologically
anthropomorphologically
adv
(biology) With regard to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropomorphology
anthropomorphology
noun
(biology) Human morphology.
(biology) The study of human morphology.
(religion) The attribution of human characteristics to God.
anthropomorphously
anthropomorphously
adv
In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
anthroponomy
anthroponomy
noun
(anthropology) The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and the environment.
anthroponym
anthroponym
noun
The name of a person, especially a surname.
anthropopsychism
anthroposomatology
anthroposomatology
noun
(dated, rare) The sum of knowledge regarding the human body, comprehending anatomy, physiology, pathology, etc.
anthropotomy
anthropotomy
noun
The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
aphydrotropism
apothegmatically
apothegmatically
adv
In an apothegmatic way.
archaeopterygiformes
archipterygium
archipterygium
noun
(anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
arithmography
arithmography
noun
(linguistics) The encoding of words as numbers
A formal presentation of the properties of numbers.
aromatherapy
aromatherapy
noun
(alternative medicine) The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health.
arteriophlebotomy
arteriosympathectomy
arthrempyesis
arthroempyema
arthroempyesis
arthrophyma
asomatophyte
astrophotometry
astrophotometry
noun
The determination of the brightness of stars and other heavenly bodies.
atmospherically
atmospherically
adv
In an atmospheric manner.
With regard to the atmosphere.
atmospherology
atmospherology
noun
The study of a planetary atmosphere.
autohemotherapy
autohemotherapy
noun
(medicine) The intramuscular or subcutaneous, immediate hypodermic reinjection of blood previously removed from the patient.
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
automorphically
automorphically
adv
(mathematics) In terms of automorphisms
automysophobia
automysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of being dirty.
autonephrectomy
autophotometry
autoplasmotherapy
autopsychorhythmia
azinphosmethyl
azinphosmethyl
noun
Alternative form of azinphos-methyl
barometrography
barothermohygrograph
barothermohygrograph
noun
A device for measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity.
bathythermograph
bathythermograph
noun
A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
blastophyllum
blepharosphincterectomy
blepharosyndesmitis
blepharotomy
blepharotomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of a slice of eyelid tissue for examination
brachymetropia
brachymetropia
noun
(pathology) myopia
brachymetropic
calyptrimorphous
campholytic
cardiomyopathy
cardiomyopathy
noun
(pathology) The deterioration of the myocardium.
cataphrygianism
cataphyllum
cephalometry
cephalometry
noun
The measurement of the head, especially in order to study growth, development, and disease.
cephalomyitis
cephalotomy
cephalotomy
noun
(medicine) craniotomy; usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw
dissection or opening of the head
ceratophyllum
chamaephyte
chamaephyte
noun
(botany) Any low perennial plant whose buds overwinter just above soil level
chamaephytes
chamaephytes
noun
plural of chamaephyte
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chartophylacium
chasmophyte
chasmophyte
noun
(botany) chomophyte
cheiropterygium
cheiropterygium
noun
(anatomy) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.
chemitype
chemitype
noun
(dated) Any of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
chemitypies
chemitypy
chemitypy
noun
(historical) A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
chemoautotrophically
chemoautotrophically
adv
By chemoautotrophic means.
chemoautotrophy
chemoautotrophy
noun
(biology) A mode of growth in which CO₂ is the exclusive source of assimilated carbon, and energy is derived from chemical processes rather than light.
chemopallidectomy
chemopallidectomy
noun
(surgery) A pallidectomy that uses a chemical to destroy the globus pallidus.
chemoprophyalctic
chemoprophylactic
chemoprophylactic
adj
Of or pertaining to chemoprophylaxis.
noun
A chemoprophylactic drug.
chemoreceptivity
chemoreceptivity
noun
the ability of a sense organ to respond to a chemical stimulus
chemoserotherapy
chemotherapeutically
chemotherapeutically
adv
By means of chemotherapy
chemotherapy
chemotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
(oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.
chemotropically
chemotropically
adv
In a chemotropic manner.
chiasmatype
chiasmatypy
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chiropterygium
cholecystnephrostomy
cholecystonephrostomy
chromatodysopia
chromatographically
chromatographically
adv
With regard to, or by by using chromatography
chromatography
chromatography
noun
(analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterised by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) - the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases effects the separation.
chromatopathy
chromatoptometry
chromatoscopy
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromocollotype
chromocollotype
noun
A collotype image produced in two or more colours
chromocollotypy
chromocollotypy
noun
The production of chromocollotypes
chromolithography
chromolithography
noun
A form of lithography for printing pictures in colour.
chromophotography
chromophotography
noun
(dated) colour photography
chromotherapy
chromotherapy
noun
(alternative medicine) A form of alternative medicine involving the therapeutic use of colour and light.
chromotropy
chromotropy
noun
Synonym of chromotropism
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
chromotypic
chromotypic
adj
Relating to chromotypes; produced by chromotypy
chromotypographic
chromotypographic
adj
Relating to chromotypography.
chromotypography
chromotypography
noun
(dated) The printing of text in colour
chromotypy
chromotypy
noun
The production of chromotypes
chronocinematography
chronocinematography
noun
chronography by means of cinematography
chymotrypsin
chymotrypsin
noun
An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.
chymotrypsinogen
chymotrypsinogen
noun
(biochemistry) An inactive precursor to chymotrypsin