(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
abdominocystic
abdominocystic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominohysterotomy
abdominohysterotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.
abdominoposterior
accommodateness
accommodateness
noun
(rare) Fitness.
accommodatingness
accommodationist
accommodationist
noun
Someone who tries to accommodate and compromise with an opposition.
accommodations
accommodations
noun
plural of accommodation
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
acrodontism
actinodermatitis
actinodermatitis
noun
actinic dermatitis
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
adamantoblast
adamantoblast
noun
(obsolete) ameloblast
adamantoblastoma
adamstown
adamstown
Proper noun
The capital and only settlement of the
A village in Ireland
A in Maryland.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
adaptionism
adaptionism
noun
Alternative form of adaptationism
ademonist
adenectomies
adenectomies
noun
plural of adenectomy
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocystoma
adenocystoma
noun
(pathology) An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
adenocystomatous
adenoidectomies
adenoidectomies
noun
plural of adenoidectomy
adenolipomatosis
adenolipomatosis
noun
(pathology) The formation of numerous adenolipomas in the neck, axilla and groin
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenometritis
adenosarcomata
adenosarcomata
noun
plural of adenosarcoma
adenostemonous
adenostoma
adiathermanous
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
administration
administration
noun
(countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
(government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
(uncountable, business) Management.
(uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
administrational
administrational
adj
(nonstandard) Relating to administration.
administrationist
administrations
administrations
noun
plural of administration
administrator
administrator
noun
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
(law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
administrators
administrators
noun
plural of administrator
administratorship
administratorship
noun
The position or role of an administrator.
adminstration
adminstrations
admirations
admirations
noun
plural of admiration
admonishment
admonishment
noun
The act of admonishing; a reprimand or rebuke.
admonishments
admonishments
noun
plural of admonishment
admonitionist
admonitionist
noun
One who admonishes, or believes in a policy of doing so.
admonitions
admonitions
noun
plural of admonition
adoptianism
adoptianism
noun
Alternative form of adoptionism
adoptianisms
adoptionism
adoptionism
noun
(Christianity) A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity.
adoptionisms
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adrenalectomies
adrenalectomies
noun
plural of adrenalectomy
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventuresomeness
adventuresomeness
noun
The state or quality of being adventuresome.
adventuresomes
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicist
noun
A person who studies aerodynamics.
aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
noun
(physics) The scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases, especially when travelling at a high velocity.
aldermaston
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
aminopeptidase
aminopeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or protein
aminopolypeptidase
aminopolypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase.
amontillados
amontillados
noun
plural of amontillado
amplitudinous
anadicrotism
anametadromous
anastomosed
anastomosed
adj
Joined by anastomosis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anastomose
anatomised
anatomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomise
andamentos
anecdotalism
anecdotalism
noun
A predisposition to relate anecdotes.
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
anthomedusae
anthomedusan
anthomedusan
noun
Any hydrozoan of the former order Anthomedusae (now Anthoathecata)
anthropomorphised
anthropomorphised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthropomorphise
antiadministration
antiadministration
adj
(politics) Opposing a particular administration
anticonfederationism
antidemocracies
antidiscrimination
antidiscrimination
adj
(law) Opposing or disallowing discrimination
antidogmatism
antidogmatism
noun
Opposition to dogma.
antidogmatist
antidomestic
antidomestic
adj
Opposing what is domestic.
antidomestically
antidotism
antidotism
noun
The administration of an antidote
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antimethodicalness
antimodernism
antimodernism
noun
A movement that opposes modernism.
antimodernist
antimodernist
adj
Opposing modernism.
noun
One who opposes modernism.
antimodernistic
antimodernness
antimonides
antimonides
noun
plural of antimonide
antipedobaptism
antipedobaptism
noun
Alternative form of antipaedobaptism
antipodism
antipodism
noun
(topology) The relation between points on a sphere which are directly opposite each other; or the function which maps a point to its opposite point.
A form of foot juggling where the juggler lies on his or her back, usually on a sort of chair.
antispasmodic
antispasmodic
adj
(pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms.
antispasmodics
antispasmodics
noun
plural of antispasmodic
appendectomies
appendectomies
noun
plural of appendectomy
appendicectomies
appendicectomies
noun
plural of appendicectomy
appendicocaecostomy
appendicostomy
appendicostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of an opening into the vermiform appendix, typically via the navel
armageddonist
arrondissement
arrondissement
noun
(Quebec) A borough, a submunicipal administrative division
An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries
arrondissements
arrondissements
noun
plural of arrondissement
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
astrodynamic
astrodynamic
adj
Pertaining to astrodynamics.
astrodynamics
astrodynamics
noun
The study of the motion of rockets and other spacecraft usually from Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation.
atlantodidymus
atlantomastoid
atlantomastoid
adj
Relating to the atlas (bone) and mastoid (process)
autodecomposition
autodecomposition
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner
autodecrements
autodecrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autodecrement
badmintons
badmintons
noun
plural of badminton
barnstormed
barnstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm
bisdimethylamino
blepharosyndesmitis
blomstrandine
blomstrandine
noun
(mineralogy) A basic oxide mineral containing a mixture of several rare earths
bodements
bodements
noun
plural of bodement
bombardments
bombardments
noun
plural of bombardment
bottomlands
bottomlands
noun
plural of bottomland
brachydontism
brainstormed
brainstormed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brainstorm
branchiostomid
branchiostomid
noun
(zoology) Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.
branchiostomidae
bunomastodontidae
catanadromous
catanadromous
adj
(zoology) Ascending and descending freshwater streams from and to the sea, as the salmon does; anadromous.
cathodoluminescence
cathodoluminescence
noun
(physics) A form of luminescence produced by the bombardment of a metal or a phosphor by electrons (as in a traditional television).
cathodoluminescent
cathodoluminescent
adj
Exhibiting cathodoluminescence.
centrodesmose
centrodesmus
chiasmodontid
chiasmodontid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Chiasmodontidae.
chiasmodontidae
cholecystoduodenostomy
cholecystoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) anastomosis of the gallbladder and the duodenum
choledochoduodenostomy
choledochoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) anastomosis of the common bile duct to part of the duodenum
choledochoenterostomy
chondroblastoma
chondroblastoma
noun
(pathology) A rare bone tumor, usually benign and slow-growing, that originates from chondroblasts
chondrofibromatous
chondromatous
chondromatous
adj
Having or relating to chondromata.
chondrosarcomata
chondrosarcomata
noun
plural of chondrosarcoma
chondrosarcomatous
chondroseptum
chondrosteoma
christendom
coadjustment
coadjustment
noun
mutual adjustment
coadminister
coadminister
verb
(transitive) To administer (a drug, etc.) along with another material.