(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
achroodextrinase
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
adenopharyngitis
amphisporangiate
anaglyptographic
anaglyptographic
adj
Relating to anaglyptography.
anarchosocialist
androgametophore
anerythroplastic
anopisthographic
anopisthographic
adj
Not opisthographic; bearing writing on one side only.
anorthographical
anthraceniferous
anthracitiferous
anthracitization
anthraconecrosis
anthropocentrism
anthropocentrism
noun
A viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of something, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.
anthropometrical
anthropometrical
adj
Pertaining to anthropometry.
anthropomorphise
anthropomorphise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthropomorphize.
anthropomorphism
anthropomorphism
noun
(theology) The attribution of human characteristics to divine beings.
The attribution of human characteristics and behavior to something not human.
anthropomorphist
anthropomorphist
noun
(religion) One who attributes the human form to God.
One who anthropomorphizes.
anthropomorphite
anthropomorphite
noun
One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to a deity.
anthropomorphize
anthropomorphize
verb
(transitive) To attribute human-like characteristics to (something that is non-human).
(transitive) To endow with human qualities.
anthropomorphous
anthropomorphous
adj
Describing an animal or inanimate object using human characteristics; employing anthropomorphism.
Resembling a human being.
anthropophagical
anthropophagical
adj
Alternative form of anthropophagic
anthropophuistic
anthropophuistic
adj
Of or relating to anthropophuism.
anthropopithecus
anthropopsychism
anthroposophical
anthroposophical
adj
anthroposophic
anthropotheistic
anticalligraphic
anticalligraphic
adj
Rejecting the calligraphic style in writing.
antichristianism
antichristianism
Proper noun
Opposition to the Christian religion.
antichristianity
antidiphtheritic
antidiphtheritic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering diphtheria.
noun
Any drug or agent that counters diphtheria.
antihemorrheidal
antihierarchical
antihierarchical
Adjective
Opposing a hierarchy or hierarchies in general.
antihypertensive
antihypertensive
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
noun
(pharmacology) an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
antimonarchistic
antiphrastically
antiphrastically
adv
(rhetoric) By means of, or in terms of, antiphrasis.
antipornographic
antipornographic
adj
Opposing pornography.
antirachitically
antirachitically
adv
So as to prevent rickets.
antistrophically
antistrophically
adv
With the use of antistrophe.
anythingarianism
anythingarianism
noun
(religion) Beliefs and practices of an anythingarian.
apprehensibility
apprehensibility
noun
The quality of being apprehensible.
archaeomagnetism
archaeomagnetism
noun
(geology, physics) Magnetism of the Earth in the geologic past; the measurement of this magnetism in order to date a specimen.
archocystosyrinx
arithmetizations
arithmetizations
noun
plural of arithmetization
arthrochondritis
arthrochondritis
noun
(pathology) chondritis of a joint
arthromeningitis
aspidobranchiata
aspidobranchiate
australanthropus
authoritarianism
authoritarianism
noun
A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system.
bellerophontidae
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blepharoadenitis
blepharoadenitis
noun
Alternative form of blepharadenitis
blepharostenosis
brachistochronic
branchiopneustic
branchiostegidae
branchiostomidae
bromonaphthalene
bromonaphthalene
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric brominated derivatives of naphthalene
broncholithiasis
broncholithiasis
noun
(pathology) lithiasis of the bronchi
burschenschaften
caducibranchiata
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
characterisation
characterisation
noun
(British spelling) Alternative form of characterization
characterization
characterization
noun
The act or process of characterizing.
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chlorophenothane
chlorophenothane
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (“DDT”)
chondroarthritis
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
chondrosarcomata
chondrosarcomata
noun
plural of chondrosarcoma
christianisation
christianization
christianization
Noun
The act or process of converting or being converted to Christianity.
christianography
christianomastix
chronogrammatist
chronogrammatist
noun
A writer of chronograms.
chronoisothermal
chronoisothermal
adj
Relating to a chronoisotherm
chronometrically
chronometrically
adv
In terms of or by means of chronometry, the scientific observation of time.
chronophotograph
chronophotograph
noun
(historical) A single photographic frame in chronophotography.
chryselephantine
chryselephantine
adj
Made of gold and ivory.
cinematographers
cinematographers
noun
plural of cinematographer
cinematographies
cinematographies
noun
plural of cinematography
cinematographist
cinematographist
Noun
A cinematographer.
circumhorizontal
circumhorizontal
Adjective
Around the horizon.
clearsightedness
clearsightedness
noun
Alternative spelling of clear-sightedness
counterchallenge
counterchallenge
noun
A challenge made in response to another challenge.
counterhammering
counterthwarting
craniotopography
craniotopography
noun
(dated, rare) The layout of the cranium and the parts of the brain beneath it.
cryptobranchiata
cryptobranchiate
cryptobranchiate
adj
(zoology) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.
cryptobranchidae
cylindrarthrosis
dehydrosparteine
demonstratorship
demonstratorship
noun
A position as a demonstrator (at a university etc.).
demorphinization
demorphinization
noun
The gradual reduction in the dose of morphine to a person who is addicted to it
desulphurization
desulphurization
noun
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of desulfurization
diacetylmorphine
diacetylmorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The INN name for the drug heroin.
dihydroxyacetone
dihydroxyacetone
noun
(biochemistry) The only ketotriose
(organic chemistry) The compound CO(CH₂OH)₂ that has a number of industrial uses
dimethylcarbinol
diphenylthiourea
disfranchisement
disfranchisement
noun
The act of disfranchising.
The deprivation of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.
echinosphaerites
elasmobranchiate
elasmobranchiate
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.
noun
(zoology) Any of the Elasmobranchii.
electromechanics
electromechanics
noun
the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by electrostatics or electromagnetics
electronographic
electronographic
adj
Relating to an electronograph or to electronography.
electrotechnical
electrotechnical
adj
Of or pertaining to electrotechnology
electrothermancy
endocrinotherapy
endocrinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease by administration of hormones produced by the endocrine glands
enfranchisements
enfranchisements
noun
plural of enfranchisement
enneacontahedral
enneacontahedral
adj
Having the form of an enneacontahedron.
enneacontahedron
enneacontahedron
noun
A polyhedron with 90 faces.
enteradenography
enterochromaffin
enterochromaffin
adj
(cytology) Describing epithelial cells of the intestinal mucosa that contain serotonin; they are stained using chromium salts
enterohemorrhage
enteropathogenic
enteropathogenic
adj
of or pertaining to an enteropathogen
of, pertaining to, or causing disease of the intestinal tract
entomophthorales
erotographomania
erotographomania
noun
An abnormal interest in erotic literature.
An obsession with writing love letters or love poems, usually in connection with sexual arousal.
ethnocentrically
ethnocentrically
adv
In an ethnocentric way.
ethnographically
ethnographically
adv
regarding the ethnography (of a region)
extraparenchymal
extraparenchymal
adj
Unrelated to a parenchyma
faintheartedness
faintheartedness
noun
The quality or state of being fainthearted.
falseheartedness
falseheartedness
noun
The quality of being falsehearted.
farsightednesses
featherstitching
featherstitching
verb
present participle of featherstitch
frankheartedness
frankheartedness
noun
open-heartedness
frontosphenoidal
gastrohypertonic
gelatinochloride
gerontotherapies
graphoanalytical
greatheartedness
greatheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being greathearted; courage or magnanimity.
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
heavyheartedness
heavyheartedness
noun
Alternative form of heavy-heartedness
heliocentrically
heliocentrically
adv
In a heliocentric manner.
hematobranchiate
hematocrystallin
hematocrystallin
noun
(biology, archaic) hemoglobin
hemilaryngectomy
hemilaryngectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of the anterior of the larynx, typically together with underlying thyroid cartilage
hemineurasthenia
hemopneumothorax
hemopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together
hepatolenticular
hepatolenticular
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to the liver and the lens of the eye, which suffer degenerative effects in Wilson's disease.
heteroagglutinin
heteroinoculable
heterosiphonales
heterotransplant
heterotransplant
noun
Synonym of heterograft
verb
Synonym of xenotransplant
hexachloroethane
hexachloroethane
noun
(organic chemistry) The fully chlorinated derivative of ethane CCl₃-CCl₃ that is used as an oxidizing agent, and in munitions
hierophantically
hierophantically
adv
In a hierophantic manner; in the manner of a hierophant.
homeocrystalline
homofermentative
homofermentative
adj
That produce (almost entirely) a single fermentation product (typically lactic acid)
humanitarianisms
humanitarianisms
noun
plural of humanitarianism
hyalocrystalline
hydrazimethylene
hydrodynamometer
hydrodynamometer
noun
An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact.
hydroformylation
hydroformylation
noun
(chemistry) The reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to form an aldehyde.