(anatomy) A term sometimes used for diarthrosis, and also for synarthrosis. Also called dearticulation.
(anatomy) An articulation, especially one that permits free motion in the joint; a hinge joint.
The act of dislocating a joint.
abnormalcies
abnormalcies
noun
plural of abnormalcy
abnormalcy
abnormalcy
noun
Synonym of abnormality
abstractional
abstractional
adj
Pertaining to abstraction.
accelerando
accelerando
adv
(music) With a gradual increase in speed.
noun
(by extension) Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing).
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
accelerandos
accelerandos
noun
plural of accelerando
acceleration
acceleration
noun
(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
accelerations
accelerations
noun
plural of acceleration
accordantly
accordantly
adv
In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably.
accordingly
accordingly
adv
(conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.
(manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably
acculturation
acculturation
noun
A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.
A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
acculturational
acculturational
adj
Of or pertaining to acculturation
acculturationist
acculturationist
noun
A specialist in the study of acculturation.
acetobromanilide
acetonitrile
acetonitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The simplest organic cyanide or nitrile, CH₃CN, formally derived from acetic acid
acetylcholinesterase
acetylcholinesterase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
acetylrosaniline
acetyltropeine
acherontical
achondroplasia
achondroplasia
noun
(teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
achondroplastic
achondroplastic
adj
(teratology) Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.
achroglobin
achronical
achronical
adj
(astronomy) Alternative form of achronic
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
acknowledger
acknowledger
noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
adv
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
acrindolin
acrindoline
acroclinium
acroclinium
noun
Any Australian plant of the former genus Acroclinium (now named Rhodanthe)
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acrolein
acrolein
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
acroleins
acroleins
noun
plural of acrolein
acrolithan
acrolithan
Adjective
Relating to, or like, an acrolith.
acromiosternal
acronal
acronal
adj
Relating to an acron
acronical
acronical
adj
(astronomy) Alternative form of acronycal
Occurring at sunset.
Occurring at the end of life.
acronically
acronichal
acronichally
acronycal
acronycal
adj
(astronomy) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star.
acronycally
acronycally
adv
In an acronycal manner; rising when the sun sets, and vice versa.
acronychal
acronychal
adj
Alternative form of acronical
acronychally
acronymically
acronymically
adv
In an acronymic way; in such a way as to form an acronym.
acrophonically
acrophonically
adv
In an acrophonic way.
acropolitan
acropolitan
adj
Of or befitting an acropolis, especially in lofty glory and in the capacity to inspire awe; compare Acropolitan.
acrostolion
acrylonitrile
acrylonitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) A toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH₂=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber.
actinodielectric
actinoelectric
actinoelectric
adj
(physics) Synonym of photoconductive
actinoelectrically
actinoelectricity
actinoelectricity
noun
photoconductivity
actinometrical
adarticulation
adarticulation
noun
arthrodia
adenographical
adenosclerosis
adenosclerosis
noun
(medicine) The hardening of a gland.
adrenalcortical
adrenalectomies
adrenalectomies
noun
plural of adrenalectomy
adrenalectomize
adrenalectomize
verb
(transitive) To subject to an adrenalectomy.
adrenalectomized
adrenalectomized
adj
Having been adrenalectomized (subjected to adrenalectomy).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adrenalectomize
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
adrenalectomy
adrenalectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
adrenocortical
adrenocortical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the adrenal cortex.
adrenolytic
adrenolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That inhibits the production or function of adrenaline
aeolharmonica
aeolharmonica
noun
(music, obsolete) A form of harmonium.
aerodynamical
aerodynamical
adj
Synonym of aerodynamic
aerodynamically
aerodynamically
adv
From the perspective of aerodynamics.
In an aerodynamic manner, in a manner which reduces drag.
aerogenically
aerogenically
adv
By means of aerogenesis.
aeromechanical
aeromechanical
adj
Of or pertaining to aeromechanics.
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
aeronautically
aeronautically
adv
In a aeronautical manner; with respect to aeronautics or aviation.
aeronomical
aeronomical
adj
Of or pertaining to aeronomy
aerotechnical
aerotechnical
adj
Relating to the technical aspects of flight.
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
agranulocytosis
agranulocytosis
noun
(pathology) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.
agranuloplastic
agronomical
agronomical
adj
agronomic
agronomically
agronomically
adv
With reference to agronomics
alarcon
albocarbon
albocinereous
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alchornea
alcicornium
alcoran
alcoranic
alcoranic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Qur'an; qur'anic.
alcoranist
alcoranist
Noun
One who follows the Qur'an exactly as it is written.
alcornoco
alcornoco
noun
Alternative form of alcornoque
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
alcovinometer
alcyonaria
alcyonarian
alcyonarian
noun
(zoology) Any of the Alcyonaria, a subclass of the Anthozoa.
alcyonarians
alcyonarians
noun
plural of alcyonarian
alcyoniform
aleconner
aleconner
noun
(historical, UK) An officer appointed yearly at the leet of ancient English communities to ensure the goodness and wholesomeness of bread, ale, and beer.
(historical, UK) One of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London, England for the sinecure of inspecting the measures used in public houses.
alectoridine
alectoromancy
alectoromancy
noun
Alternative form of alectryomancy
alectrion
alectrionidae
alectryomancy
alectryomancy
noun
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
alectryon
aleksandrovac
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
alexipharmacon
alexipharmacon
noun
An antidote to a poison.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alkoranic
allantochorion
allantochorion
noun
A form of the chorion that is fused to the allantois
allegoricalness
allegoricalness
noun
The state or quality of being allegorical.
allocrotonic
alorcinic
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
altercation
altercation
noun
Heated or angry dispute
altercations
altercations
noun
plural of altercation
alterocentric
alterocentric
adj
centred on other people
aluminoferric
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
ambicoloration
amelcorn
amelcorn
noun
A variety of wheat from which starch is produced (Triticum spelta).
amelcorns
amicronucleate
aminoglutaric
aminoglutaric
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a glutaric group
aminovaleric
amminochloride
amniochorial
amniochorial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the amnion and the chorion
anachronical
anachronical
Adjective
Not in the correct date order. Chronologically incorrect.
anachronically
anachronically
adv
In an anachronic manner.
anachronismatical
anachronismatical
adj
(archaic) anachronistic
anachronistical
anachronistical
adj
anachronistic
anachronistically
anachronistically
adv
In an anachronistic manner; in the manner of an anachronism.
anachronously
anachronously
adv
anachronistically
anacreontically
anacreontically
adv
In an anacreontic manner.
anaerobically
anaerobically
adv
In an anaerobic manner; in a way that does not require oxygen. Generally used of metabolic processes.
anaerobiotically
anaerobiotically
adv
In an anaerobiotic manner.
anaeroplastic
anaglyptographic
anaglyptographic
adj
Relating to anaglyptography.
anaphorical
anaphorical
adj
Synonym of anaphoric
anaphorically
anaphorically
adv
In an anaphoric manner.
anaplerotic
anaplerotic
adj
(biochemistry, of a reaction) Forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway (eg. the tricarboxylic acid cycle).
(medicine, dated) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
noun
A remedy which promotes such granulation.
anarchoindividualist
anarchosocialist
anarchosyndicalism
anarchosyndicalism
noun
Alternative form of anarcho-syndicalism
anarchosyndicalist
anarchosyndicalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anarcho-syndicalist
anatomicochirurgical
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
ancestorial
ancestorial
adj
Ancestral.
ancestorially
ancestorially
adv
In an ancestorial context.
anchimonomineral
anchorable
anchorable
adj
Capable of being anchored.
That can be used as an anchorage.
anchoretical
anchoretical
adj
anchoretic
anchorhold
anchorhold
noun
(figurative) Firm hold; security.
The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.