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.
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
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amygdalothripsis
amyotrophia
amyotrophia
noun
Alternative form of amyotrophy
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anemometrographically
anepithymia
angiolymphitis
anthropoclimatology
anthropoclimatology
noun
The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
anthropometrically
anthropometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, anthropometry.
anthropomorphically
anthropomorphically
adv
In an anthropomorphic manner.
anthropomorphologically
anthropomorphologically
adv
(biology) With regard to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropopsychism
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.
arteriophlebotomy
arteriosympathectomy
arthrempyesis
arthroempyesis
atmospherically
atmospherically
adv
In an atmospheric manner.
With regard to the atmosphere.
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
automorphically
automorphically
adv
(mathematics) In terms of automorphisms
automysophobia
automysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of being dirty.
autopsychorhythmia
azinphosmethyl
azinphosmethyl
noun
Alternative form of azinphos-methyl
blepharosphincterectomy
blepharosyndesmitis
brachymetropia
brachymetropia
noun
(pathology) myopia
brachymetropic
calyptrimorphous
campholytic
cardiomyopathy
cardiomyopathy
noun
(pathology) The deterioration of the myocardium.
cataphrygianism
cephalomyitis
chartophylacium
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.
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
chemotherapeutically
chemotherapeutically
adv
By means of chemotherapy
chemotropically
chemotropically
adv
In a chemotropic manner.
chiasmatype
chiasmatypy
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chiropterygium
chromatodysopia
chromatographically
chromatographically
adv
With regard to, or by by using chromatography
chromolithography
chromolithography
noun
A form of lithography for printing pictures in colour.
chromotypic
chromotypic
adj
Relating to chromotypes; produced by chromotypy
chromotypographic
chromotypographic
adj
Relating to chromotypography.
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
chymotryptic
chymotryptic
adj
Of or pertaining to chymotrypsin
cinematographically
cinematographically
adv
By means of cinematography.
cinematography
cinematography
noun
Motion picture photography.
The art, process, or job of filming movies.
cinephotomicrography
cinephotomicrography
noun
cinematographic photomicrography
climatography
climatography
noun
A scientific description of climates
climatotherapy
climatotherapy
noun
The relocation of a patient to a different climate so as to aid recovery from or management of a condition.
comprehensibility
comprehensibility
noun
The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity.
compsothlypidae
cormophytic
cormophytic
adj
Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte.
cryptarithm
cryptarithm
noun
Synonym of alphametic (“type of puzzle”)
cryptarithms
cryptarithms
noun
plural of cryptarithm
cryptorchidism
cryptorchidism
noun
(andrology) The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
cryptorchism
cryptorchism
noun
The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
cumaphytic
cumaphytism
cymaphytic
cymaphytism
cystoepithelioma
cytomorphological
cytomorphological
adj
Of or pertaining to cytomorphology
cytomorphosis
cytomorphosis
noun
(biology) The changes in form of a cell as it develops.
dactylosymphysis
dactylosymphysis
noun
(medicine) the joining of two fingers or toes with a web, often as a hereditary disorder (normal in some birds)
dermatoglyphic
dermatoglyphic
adj
Relating to the study and subject matter of dermatoglyphics.
dermatoglyphics
dermatoglyphics
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
The study of such patterns.
dermatophytic
dermatophytic
adj
Being or relating to a dermatophyte.
dermatophytosis
dermatophytosis
noun
(medicine) A fungal infection of the skin caused by a dermatophyte, ringworm.
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
diacetylmorphine
diacetylmorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The INN name for the drug heroin.
diaphanometry
diaphragmatically
diaphragmatically
adv
(Of breathing) by expanding/contracting the lungs by lowering/raising the diaphragm, instead of by expanding the chest
By use of the diaphragm; in a diaphragmatic way
diathermotherapy
diethyltryptamine
diethyltryptamine
noun
A psychedelic drug closely related to dimethyltryptamine.
dihydrostreptomycin
dihydrostreptomycin
Noun
A particular antibiotic.
dimethylsulphoxide
dimethylsulphoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfoxide
dimethyltryptamine
dimethyltryptamine
noun
An N-methylated indoleamine derivative, a serotonergic hallucinogen found in several plants, especially Prestonia amazonica (Apocynaceae) and in mammalian brain, blood, and urine. Not to be confused with 5-MeO-DMT (5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine).
dioctophyme
diphenylmethane
diphenylmethane
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic hydrocarbon (C₆H₅)₂CH₂; it is an intermediate in the synthesis of many other compounds
diphenylquinomethane
diphyllobothrium
diphysitism
dissympathize
dissympathy
dissympathy
noun
Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference.
dynamometamorphic
dynamometamorphism
dyophysitism
dyschromatopsia
dyschromatopsia
Noun
dichromatism
dyschromatoptic
dyschromatoptic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to dyschromatopsia.
dysphemistic
dysphemistic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
ectodynamomorphic
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
electromyographic
electromyographic
adj
Relating to electromyography.
electromyographical
electromyographical
adj
Of or pertaining to electromyography.
electromyographically
electromyographically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, electromyography.
electrophotomicrography
embryotrophic
embryotrophic
adj
That provides nourishment to an embryo
emmeniopathy
empathetically
empathetically
adv
In an empathetic way.
empathically
empathically
adv
In an empathic manner.
emphatically
emphatically
adv
(modal) Most definitely; truly.
(obsolete) Not really, but apparently.
In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.
emphyteusis
emphyteusis
noun
(law) A right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; long leasehold
emphyteutic
emphyteutic
adj
(law) Of, pertaining to, or subject to emphyteusis