(transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
(transitive) To finish successfully.
(transitive, Philippines) to fill out a form.
(transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
(transitive, obsolete) To gain; to obtain.
achenodium
achromasia
achromasia
noun
Absence of normal skin pigmentation (from bruising, stress or disease); pallor or achromia.
The inability of a cell or tissue to be stained.
achromatic
achromatic
adj
(biology) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue
(music) Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
Being achromatic in subject
Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
achromatin
achromatin
noun
(biology) Tissue that is not stained by fluid dyes.
achromycin
agallochum
agallochum
noun
agalloch
alcoholdom
alcoholism
alcoholism
noun
(pathology) Acute alcohol poisoning.
A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
almochoden
ammochaeta
ammochryse
ammochryse
Noun
A soft, glossy yellow stone.
amphibolic
amphibolic
adj
(geology) Of, resembling or containing the mineral amphibole.
Of, pertaining to or exhibiting amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
amphichrom
amphictyon
amphictyon
noun
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
amphigonic
amphigonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or arising from amphigony
amphigoric
amphigoric
adj
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
amphodarch
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
anachorism
anachorism
noun
Something that is incongruous with the spirit of the country.
anamorphic
anamorphic
adj
(mycology) Of or relating to the anamorph, an asexual stage in the development of certain fungi.
Producing various optically distorted images.
andromache
andromache
Proper noun
the wife of Hector
anemochord
anemochore
anemochore
noun
An organism that spreads by wind, as a plant with wind-borne seeds.
anharmonic
anharmonic
adj
(geometry) Describing the section of a line by four points, A, B, C, D, when their mutual distances are such that AB divided by CB is not equal to AD divided by CD.
(mechanics) Exhibiting anharmonicity
Not harmonic. Inharmonic.
anomatheca
antichrome
aphorismic
aphorismic
adj
Relating to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.
apochromat
apochromat
noun
(optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
archemorus
archistome
archmocker
archoplasm
archoplasm
noun
(cytology, dated) The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist.
archoptoma
autochrome
autochrome
noun
An early photograph produced by means of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic dyed grains of potato starch under silver halide emulsion.
autochromy
autochromy
noun
The production of autochrome photographs.
auxochrome
auxochrome
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift in its spectrum
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
bambochade
baphometic
bichromate
bichromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate
biharmonic
biharmonic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a class of fourth-order partial differential equations which arises in areas of continuum mechanics
noun
Any equation of this kind.
brachycome
brachydome
brachydome
noun
(crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis.
cacochymia
cacochymia
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A vitiated state of the humours, or bodily fluids.
cacochymic
cacochymic
adj
(archaic) Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.
cacothymia
cacothymia
noun
An unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular disorder as from a malfunctioning thymus gland.
calyphyomy
cameograph
camphanone
campholide
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
camphorize
camphorone
camphoroyl
canthotomy
canthotomy
noun
The surgical division of the canthus, usually the outer canthus.
cathomycin
cathomycin
Noun
novobiocin
centrahoma
cetomorpha
chaetosema
chaetosema
noun
A cluster of sensory bristles on the head of some insects
chaetosoma
chairwoman
chairwoman
noun
(obsolete) A charwoman
A female chairperson
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chalazogam
chamaeleon
chamaeleon
noun
Alternative spelling of chameleon
chamaerops
chamberino
chameleons
chameleons
noun
plural of chameleon
chamoising
chamoising
verb
present participle of chamois
chamoisite
chamoisite
noun
(mineralogy) Alternative form of chamosite
chamomilla
chamomilla
noun
camomile
champenois
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
champignon
champignon
noun
(obsolete) Any mushroom.
Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chariotman
charlemont
charmonium
charmonium
noun
(physics) Any meson formed from a charm quark and its antiquark.
chasmogamy
chasmogamy
noun
(botany) The production of flowers that open and expose the stamens and styles.
chaumontel
chemopause
chemotaxis
chemotaxis
noun
(biology, biochemistry) The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant.
cherimolla
chiasmodon
chilomonas
chilostoma
chimaeroid
chimaeroid
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the suborder Chimaeroidei
chimborazo
chimborazo
Proper noun
An inactive volcano in central Ecuador, whose peak is the highest in the country and the furthest point from the centre of the Earth.
chinawoman
chinawoman
noun
(obsolete) A female dealer in porcelain.
chiromance
chiromancy
chiromancy
noun
Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand.
chirospasm
chirospasm
noun
Alternative form of cheirospasm
chloasmata
chloraemia
chloraemia
noun
Alternative form of chloremia
chloralism
chloralism
noun
(medicine) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.
chloramide
chloramide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The compound NHCl₂; part of the chloramine class.
(organic chemistry, countable) Any amide in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced with chlorine
chloramine
chloramine
noun
(chemistry) any of a class of unstable compounds of nitrogen and chlorine R₁R₂NCl; also the parent compound NH₂Cl, used to manufacture hydrazine, and as the antiseptic chloramine-T
chloromata
choanosome
choanosome
noun
An inner region of a sponge, supported on the choanoskeleton, that contains the choanocytes
choliambic
choliambic
adj
(poetry) Employing or relating to choliambs, or limping iambs.
noun
(poetry) A choliamb.
chondrioma
chondromas
chondromas
noun
plural of chondroma
chorasmian
chorasmian
Adjective
of, from, or pertaining to Chorasmia
Noun
a person from Chorasmia
Proper noun
an extinct Eastern Iranian language once spoken in Chorasmia
choriambic
choriambic
adj
Of or relating to a choriamb.
noun
A choriamb.
choriambus
choriambus
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.
choriomata
choristoma
choristoma
noun
A collection of normal cells in an abnormal location.
choromania
choromania
noun
Alternative form of choreomania
choromanic
chromaffin
chromaffin
adj
(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.
chromaphil
chromatics
chromatics
noun
(music) Chromatic harmonies or notes.
(optics) The science of colours; the branch of optics that deals with the properties of colours.
chromatism
chromatism
noun
(optics) chromatic aberration
(psychology) chromesthesia
The state of being coloured
chromatist
chromatist
noun
A person whose speciality is chromatics
chromatium
chromatize
chromatize
verb
To treat a metal surface with chromate
chromatoid
chromatoid
adj
Resembling chromatin.
noun
(cytology) The part of a nucleus comprising DNA and proteins where chromosomes are formed.
chromatone
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromidial
chromidial
adj
Relating to chromidia
chromogram
chromonema
chromonema
noun
(genetics) The central coiled filament of a chromatid upon which the chromomeres lie
chromopsia
chronogram
chronogram
noun
(genetics) A phylogenetic tree that has branch spans proportional to evolutionary time.
A sentence or inscription whose letters, when interpreted according to a system (such as Roman numerals) in which letters correspond to numeric values, stand for a particular date (usually the date of inscription) when rearranged.
chrosperma
chrysomyia
climograph
climograph
noun
A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation
clothesman
clothesman
noun
Someone who sells clothes
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
coachmaker
coachmaker
noun
A coachbuilder.
coachsmith
coachsmith
noun
A builder of coaches.
coachwoman
coachwoman
noun
A woman who drives a horse-drawn coach; a female coach driver.
cochabamba
cochairman
cochairman
noun
A joint chairman.
cochairmen
cochairmen
noun
plural of cochairman
cochampion
cochampion
noun
joint champion
comanchean
commiphora
conenchyma
cormophyta
cornishman
cornishman
Noun
A man from Cornwall.
couchmaker
couchmaker
noun
A manufacturer of couches.
cyathiform
cyathiform
adj
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cymophobia
cynomorpha
dichogamic
dichogamic
adj
Relating to dichogamy
dichotomal
dichromasy
dichromasy
noun
Alternative spelling of dichromacy
dichromate
dichromate
noun
(chemistry) any salt of dichromic acid; in solution the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻) is in equilibrium with the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents