(military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
acceptingly
acceptingly
adv
In a accepting manner; tolerantly.
accomplicity
accomplicity
noun
(rare) The act or state of being an accomplice.
acetoxyphthalide
acetylperoxide
acetylphenylhydrazine
acetyltropeine
acidoproteolytic
acidoproteolytic
adj
Relating to acidoproteolytes
actipylea
adaptability
adaptability
noun
(biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
adaptationally
adaptationally
adv
In terms of, or by means of, adaptation.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adoptability
adoptability
noun
The property of being adoptable.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
aegyptilla
aerophilately
aerophilately
noun
(philately) The study or collection of airmail stamps, cancellations, etc.
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
aetiophyllin
aetiotropically
aglyphodontia
albitophyre
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
alimentotherapy
allocryptic
allopathetically
allopathically
allopathically
adv
By allopathic methods.
allopatrically
allopatrically
adv
In an allopatric manner
With regard to allopatry
allophytoid
allotriophagy
allotriophagy
noun
(rare) Having food cravings that are different from the expected or the norm
allotropically
allotropically
adv
With regard to allotropy
allotropicity
allotropicity
noun
The property of being allotropic.
allotypic
allotypic
adj
Of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype.
allotypical
allotypical
adj
(immunology, rare) Allotypic: of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype.
allotypically
allotypically
adv
In an allotypical manner
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
alloxyproteic
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
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.
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
aminopolypeptidase
aminopolypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase.
amitriptyline
amitriptyline
noun
(pharmacology) An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
amphibolostylous
amphicytula
amphimictically
amphimictically
adv
By means of amphimixis.
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.
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
ampollosity
ampullosity
ampullosity
noun
(rare, formal) turgidity of language; bombast
amygdalothripsis
amylopectin
amylopectin
noun
(biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
amyloplastic
amyloplastic
adj
starch-forming; amylogenic
amyloplastid
anabaptistically
anacamptically
anacamptically
adv
In an anacamptic manner; by reflection of sound.
anaglyptic
anaglyptic
adj
Of or pertaining to anaglyptics or to an anaglyph
anaglyptical
anaglyptics
anaglyptics
noun
(art) The art of carving or embossing in low relief
anaglyptographic
anaglyptographic
adj
Relating to anaglyptography.
anapaestically
anapaestically
adv
Alternative form of anapestically
anapestically
anapestically
adv
In an anapestic manner.
anaphylactic
anaphylactic
adj
Pertaining to anaphylaxis.
anaphylactically
anaphylactically
adv
In an anaphylactic manner
anaphylactin
anaphylactogenic
anaphylactogenic
adj
That tends to cause anaphylaxis.
anaphylactoid
anaphylactoid
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis
anaphylatoxin
anaphylatoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several toxic substances that trigger anaphylaxis
anaptyctical
anaptyctical
adj
Relating to anaptyxis.
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anatripsology
anatripsology
noun
(medicine) The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.
anemometrographically
anerythroplasia
anerythroplastic
angiolymphitis
angioparalytic
angioplasty
angioplasty
noun
(surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
anisotropically
anisotropically
adv
in an anisotropic manner; in such a way as to depend upon direction
ankylopoietic
ankyloproctia
anopisthographically
anorthographically
anteroposteriorly
anteroposteriorly
adv
(biology) Along the anteroposterior axis
anthophyllite
anthophyllite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown amphibole mineral; a mixed silicate of iron and magnesium.
anthophyllitic
anthropobiology
anthropobiology
noun
bioanthropology
anthropocentrically
anthropocentrically
adv
In an anthropocentric manner.
anthropoclimatology
anthropoclimatology
noun
The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
anthropodeoxycholic
anthropologically
anthropologically
adv
In a manner which pertains to anthropology.
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).
anthropopathically
anthropopathically
adv
In an anthropopathic manner.
anthroposociology
anthroposociology
noun
(dated, historical) The anthropological and sociological study of race as a means of establishing the superiority of certain peoples.
antianaphylactogen
antianaphylaxis
antianaphylaxis
noun
(immunology) desensitization to antigens
anticapitalistically
anticipatingly
anticipatingly
adv
In an anticipating manner; looking forward; expectantly.
anticipatively
anticipatively
adv
In an anticipative manner; expectantly.
anticipatorily
anticipatorily
adv
In an anticipatory manner.
anticomplementary
anticomplementary
adj
(geometry) antimedial
(immunology) That diminishes the action of an immunological complement
anticryptically
antiempirically
antiepilepsy
antiepilepsy
adj
Countering epilepsy.
antierysipelas
antierysipelas
adj
Preventing erysipelas.
antiexpressively
antihypnotically
antileprosy
antileprosy
adj
(medicine) Countering leprosy.
antimonopoly
antimonopoly
adj
(law) Usually with respect to laws or policies: in opposition to the creation or continuance of a monopoly.
antioptimistically
antiparalytic
antiparalytic
adj
(medicine) Acting against paralysis.
noun
A medicine to treat paralysis.
antiparalytical
antiparasitically
antiparliamentary
antiparliamentary
adj
(politics) Opposing parliament.
antipathetically
antipathetically
adv
In an antipathetic fashion.
antipatriarchally
antipatriarchally
adv
In an antipatriarchal way.
antipatriotically
antiperistatically
antipestilently
antiphilosophically
antiphilosophy
antiphilosophy
noun
(philosophy) An antitheoretical metaphilosophy critical of a priori justification aiming to dissolve misconceptions that traditional philosophy makes.
antiphonally
antiphonally
adv
In an antiphonal manner; in the manner of an antiphon.
antiphonically
antiphonically
adv
With antiphony.
antiphrastically
antiphrastically
adv
(rhetoric) By means of, or in terms of, antiphrasis.