simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
adaptational
adaptational
adj
(biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes.
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive
adaptiveness
adaptiveness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenotyphoid
adiapneustia
adiapneustia
noun
(medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adjutantship
adjutantship
noun
The role or status of adjutant.
adoptianisms
adoptionisms
adoptionists
adoptionists
noun
plural of adoptionist
adpromission
adrenotropic
adrenotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex
adrianopolis
aglyphodonta
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
allophanamid
ampelopsidin
amphicondyla
amphisbaenid
amphisbaenid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenidae; a worm lizard.
amygdophenin
anaphrodisia
anaphrodisia
noun
(medicine) Lack of desire for sex.
anaphroditic
anaphroditic
adj
(rare) Without sexual intercourse.
anapodeictic
anapodeictic
adj
(rare, rhetoric) Not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
anarthropoda
anchistopoda
andrographis
andropetalar
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
androphorous
androphorous
adj
Having the physical features of a male.
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
antependiums
antependiums
noun
plural of antependium
anteprandial
anteprandial
adj
Before a meal, especially before dinner.
anthropoidal
anthropoidal
adj
anthropoid
anthropoidea
antihydropic
antihydropic
adj
(medicine) Countering dropsy.
noun
(medicine) A remedy for dropsy.
antihydropin
antiperiodic
antiperiodic
adj
(mathematics) Exhibiting antiperiodicity.
(medicine) preventing the regular recurrence of symptoms
noun
(medicine) A drug that prevents the regular recurrence of symptoms.
antipodagric
antipodagric
adj
(medicine) That acts against gout
noun
A medicine for gout.
antipodagron
antipredator
antipredator
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-predator
antispending
antispending
adj
(politics) Opposed to or combating spending, especially government spending
antispreader
antispreader
noun
Any of several devices that prevent spreading
anuradhapura
appendectomy
appendectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
appendicious
appendicitis
appendicitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
appenditious
applaudingly
applaudingly
adv
in an applauding manner
apprehending
apprehending
noun
An act by which something is apprehended.
verb
present participle of apprehend
approvedness
approvedness
noun
The state or quality of being approved.
aproterodont
asclepiadean
aspredinidae
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
basisphenoid
basisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone, especially to a centre of ossification there in the embryo
noun
The basisphenoid bone
bipectinated
bipectinated
adj
Alternative form of bipectinate
bipinnatifid
bipinnatifid
adj
(botany) Doubly pinnatifid.
boardmanship
boardmanship
noun
The skills or position of serving on a board.
brachypodine
bradyphrenia
bradyphrenia
noun
(neurology) The slowness of thought common to many disorders of the brain
branchiopoda
branchiopods
branchiopods
noun
plural of branchiopod
campanulated
campanulated
adj
Alternative form of campanulate (“bell-shaped”)
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
cardinalship
cardinalship
noun
The office (or term of office) of a cardinal
cardsharping
cardsharping
noun
The trickery used by a cardsharp to cheat in card games.
cephalodynia
cephalodynia
noun
(pathology) Synonym of headache
cephalopodan
chamaedaphne
champagnized
champagnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagnize
chandragupta
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
chondrophore
chondrophore
noun
Any hydrozoan of the former order Chondrophora (now included in order Anthoathecata).
chondrophyte
chondrophyte
noun
An abnormal mass of cartilage that can develop on a bone
chondroplast
clapboarding
clapboarding
verb
present participle of clapboard
clinopyramid
clupanodonic
clupanodonic
adj
Of or pertaining to clupanodonic acid or its derivatives
cnidophorous
cnidophorous
adj
Relating to cnidophores
coadaptation
coadaptation
noun
Alternative spelling of co-adaptation
codependence
codependency
codependency
noun
(countable) Something that is codependent
(uncountable) The state of being codependent; codependence
codependents
codependents
noun
plural of codependent
codeveloping
codeveloping
verb
present participle of codevelop
codpitchings
complemented
complemented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complement
complexioned
complexioned
adj
(in combination) Having a specified type of complexion.
complimented
complimented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compliment
composedness
composedness
noun
The state or quality of being composed.
compoundable
compoundable
adj
That can be compounded.
compoundness
compoundness
noun
The state or quality of being compound.
comprehended
comprehended
adj
Included; comprised; contained.
Understood.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comprehend
comprehender
comprehender
noun
Agent noun of comprehend: one who comprehends.
conduplicate
conduplicate
adj
(botany) Of leaves: folded (doubled) lengthwise.
conidiophore
conidiophore
noun
A fungal hypha that produces conidia.
conidiospore
conidiospore
noun
(biology) A unicellular spore produced asexually by a fungus
contemplated
contemplated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemplate
contraponend
contraponend
noun
(logic) The original proposition involved in a contraposition.
copresidents
copresidents
noun
plural of copresident
coproduction
coproduction
noun
A production in which two or more people, groups or companies work together.
corespondent
corespondent
noun
(law) One of two or more persons against whom a lawsuit is made; but especially a person charged with committing adultery with the defendant in a divorce proceeding.
corresponded
corresponded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of correspond
corresponder
corresponder
noun
One who corresponds, or writes letters.
coryphaenoid
counterpaled
counterpaned
counterpaned
adj
Fitted with a counterpane.
counterplead
counterplead
verb
(transitive) To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
counterposed
counterposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterpose
cuprocyanide
cuspidations
cyanoplastid
cylindrophis
cypridinidae
cyprinoidean
dampproofing
dampproofing
noun
Alternative spelling of damp proofing
dantophilist
daphnephoria
dappernesses
dasyproctine
dasystephana
deappetizing
deaspiration
deaspiration
noun
The act, process or result of deaspirating.
decapitating
decapitating
verb
present participle of decapitate
decapitation
decapitation
noun
(politics) The unseating of a senior politician.
Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.
The ousting or destruction of the ruling body of a government or other organization.
decempennate
decipherment
decipherment
noun
Decryption.
The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
declinograph
decompensate
decompensate
verb
(medicine, psychology, of a bodily organ or mental state) To deteriorate in function due to an inability to invoke normal defensive mechanisms that compensate for ailments and other stresses.
decomponible
decomponible
adj
(archaic) decomposable
decompoundly
decompoundly
adv
In an decompound manner.
decrepitness
decrepitness
noun
decrepitude.
deepfreezing
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
defensorship
defensorship
noun
The state or business of a defensor.
dehypnotized
dehypnotized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehypnotize
deipnophobia
deipnophobia
noun
(rare) A fear of banquets or dinner parties.
delphinoidea
demicaponier
demipauldron
demonography
demonography
noun
(figuratively) A list of people, institutions, etc. regarded as evil.
A bestiary dealing with demons.
demonophobia
demonophobia
noun
An irrational fear of demons.
demonopolize
demonopolize
verb
(transitive) To break up (a monopoly), sometimes by privatizing a previously nationalized industry.
demospongiae
dendrography
dendrography
noun
The scientific description of trees
deoppilation
deoppilation
noun
(obsolete) The removal of whatever stops up the passages.