(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.
absentmindedly
absentmindedly
adv
Alternative form of absent-mindedly
abstractedness
abstractedness
noun
The state of being abstracted; abstract character.
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
accidentalness
accidentalness
noun
The quality of being accidental; casualness.
accommodations
accommodations
noun
plural of accommodation
accreditations
accreditations
noun
plural of accreditation
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
achondroplasia
achondroplasia
noun
(teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
acipenseroidei
acquaintedness
acquaintedness
noun
(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
addlepatedness
addlepatedness
noun
The quality of being addlepated.
adenodiastasis
adenodiastasis
noun
(pathology) The ectopia of a gland
adenologaditis
adenosarcomata
adenosarcomata
noun
plural of adenosarcoma
adenosclerosis
adenosclerosis
noun
(medicine) The hardening of a gland.
adenostemonous
adiadokokinesi
adiathermanous
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
administerings
administerings
noun
plural of administering
administrating
administrating
verb
present participle of administrate
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.
administrative
administrative
adj
Of or relating to administering or administration.
administrators
administrators
noun
plural of administrator
administratrix
administratrix
noun
A female administrator.
adminstrations
admissibleness
admissibleness
noun
The state or quality of being admissible.
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
adulterateness
adulterateness
noun
The state or quality of being adulterate.
adulterousness
adulterousness
noun
A state of being adulterous.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventuresomes
advertisements
advertisements
noun
plural of advertisement
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicist
noun
A person who studies aerodynamics.
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
alexandrianism
alexandrianism
Noun
The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Alexandrian Wicca.
alexandropolis
ambitendencies
ambitendencies
noun
plural of ambitendency
amidosulphonal
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
amphicondylous
amphisbaenidae
anacardiaceous
anacardiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.
anacatadidymus
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anametadromous
anarthropodous
ancistrocladus
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androdioecious
androdioecious
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.
andromonoecism
anhydroglocose
animadversions
animadversions
noun
plural of animadversion
anisodactylous
anisodactylous
adj
(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
antaphrodisiac
antaphrodisiac
adj
Capable of reducing the sex drive.
noun
A medicinal substance capable of reducing (inhibiting or eliminating) the sex drive/libido.
antidepressant
antidepressant
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting depression.
noun
(pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.
antidepressive
antidepressive
adj
Counteracting depression.
noun
An antidepressant.
antidynastical
antidysenteric
antidysenteric
adj
(pharmacology) Working against dysentery.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine for dysentery.
antifederalism
antifederalism
noun
Alternative form of anti-federalism
antifederalist
antifederalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-federalist
antimasquerade
antimodernness
antipriesthood
antiquatedness
antiquatedness
noun
The state or quality of being antiquated.
antiradicalism
antiradicalism
noun
Opposition to radical ideologies.
antisacerdotal
antisacerdotal
adj
Hostile to priests or the priesthood.
antisepticised
antisepticised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antisepticise
antisepticized
antisepticized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antisepticize
antispasmodics
antispasmodics
noun
plural of antispasmodic
antistadholder
appendectomies
appendectomies
noun
plural of appendectomy
appendicostomy
appendicostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of an opening into the vermiform appendix, typically via the navel
archdeaconries
archdeaconries
noun
plural of archdeaconry
archdeaconship
archdeaconship
noun
The rank or office of an archdeacon.
archimandrites
archimandrites
noun
plural of archimandrite
arrondissement
arrondissement
noun
(Quebec) A borough, a submunicipal administrative division
An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries
aspidobranchia
aspidoganoidei
aspidospermine
aspidospermine
noun
(medicine) An alkaloid, obtained from quebracho bark, that was once used as a respiratory stimulant and antispasmodic, and as an antipyretic in typhoid fever
associatedness
associatedness
noun
The state or quality of being associated.
asterospondyli
astrodiagnosis
astrodiagnosis
noun
The use of astrology to diagnose illness.
atlantodidymus
atlantomastoid
atlantomastoid
adj
Relating to the atlas (bone) and mastoid (process)
attitudinising
attitudinising
verb
present participle of attitudinise
autodecrements
autodecrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autodecrement
autodiagnostic
autodiagnostic
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodiagnosis; self-diagnosing.
autosensitized
azodisulphonic
backhandedness
backhandedness
noun
(of writing) Leftward slant.
Backwardness of direction.
Deceit or neglect.
Indirection.
Insincerity, irony, or sarcasm.
The use of a backward flip of the hand.
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
balanoglossida
balanopsidales
balsamodendron
bareheadedness
bareheadedness
noun
the quality of being bareheaded
basidiogenetic
basisphenoidal
basisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of basisphenoid
bastardisation
bastardisation
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardization.
bastardization
bastardization
noun
(by extension) The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
(more generally) The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.
Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
blandiloquious
blearyeyedness
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boneheadedness
boneheadedness
noun
The state or quality of being boneheaded.
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
brainardsville
branchiopodous
branchiostomid
branchiostomid
noun
(zoology) Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.
bronchadenitis
bullheadedness
bullheadedness
noun
The characteristic of being bullheaded.
burrheadedness
cadaverousness
cadaverousness
noun
The state or quality of being cadaverous.
calculatedness
calculatedness
noun
The quality of being calculated.
callianassidae
camaldolensian
candolleaceous
candolleaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Candolleaceae.
carboxydomonas
cardinalfishes
cardinalfishes
noun
plural of cardinalfish
cardiocentesis
cardiocentesis
noun
(surgery) incision or puncture into the heart
cardiodynamics
cardiodynamics
noun
The (study of the) action of the heart
cardionecrosis
cardioneurosis
cardioneurosis
noun
Da Costa's syndrome
celebratedness
celebratedness
noun
celebrity; fame
centrodorsally
centrodorsally
adv
In a centrodorsal manner.
chandlersville
chondrarsenite
chondroglossal
chondroplastic
chondroplastic
adj
Relating to chondroplasty.
chondrosarcoma
chondrosarcoma
noun
(oncology) A type of bone cancer, a cartilage-based tumour.
chondrosternal
chondrosternal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the costal cartilage and the sternum
chordacentrous
chromdiagnosis
chrysomonadina
chrysomonadine
chrysomonadine
noun
Alternative form of chrysomonad
cladoselachian
cladoselachian
noun
Any extinct cartilaginous fish of the genus †Cladoselache
coastguardsman
coastguardsman
noun
A member of a coastguard.
coastguardsmen
coastguardsmen
noun
plural of coastguardsman
commandingness
commandingness
noun
The state or quality of being commanding.
commendatories
commendatories
noun
plural of commendatory
commissionated
commissionated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commissionate
compassionated
compassionated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compassionate
conceptualised
conceptualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conceptualise
condensability
condensability
noun
The condition of being condensable.
condensational
condensational
adj
Of or pertaining to condensation.
conditionalism
conditionalism
noun
The doctrine that salvation after death is conditional
conditionalist
conditionalist
noun
A believer in conditionalism.
condylarthrous
confederations
confederations
noun
plural of confederation
conquistadores
conquistadores
noun
plural of conquistador
considerations
considerations
noun
plural of consideration
consolidations
consolidations
noun
plural of consolidation
consuetudinary
consuetudinary
adj
(law) Customary; considered law by virtue of the fact that it is generally observed.
noun
A ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
An unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity.