(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
adiamorphic
allomorphic
allomorphic
adj
Pertaining to allomorphism or to allomorphs.
amphibrachs
amphibrachs
noun
plural of amphibrach
amphicarpia
amphicarpic
amphicarpic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit of two kinds, either in shape or in time of ripening.
amphicarpus
amphichroic
amphichroic
adj
(chemistry) Exhibiting or producing two colours, as substances which may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
amphichrome
amphichromy
amphicrania
amphicrania
noun
(pathology) A headache affecting both sides of the head.
amphicyrtic
amphidromic
amphidromic
adj
Alternative form of amphidromical
Alternative form of amphidromous
Relating to a tidal node
amphierotic
amphimacers
amphimacers
noun
plural of amphimacer
amphiprotic
amphiprotic
adj
(chemistry) Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
amphitricha
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
antipharmic
antipharmic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Serving as an antidote.
archemperor
archmugwump
archoplasma
archprimate
archprimate
noun
The chief primate of a Christian church.
archtempter
archvampire
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
bimorphemic
bimorphemic
adj
Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes
Relating to bimorphemes
brachyprism
bromcamphor
cacomorphia
calomorphic
cameography
camphorated
camphorated
adj
Treated or impregnated with camphor.
camphorates
camphorates
noun
plural of camphorate
camphoronic
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
capharnaism
cecomorphae
cecomorphic
cephalogram
cephalogram
noun
An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
cephalomere
cephalomere
noun
(zoology) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.
cetomorphic
champerator
champerties
champerties
noun
plural of champerty
champertous
champertous
adj
Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
cheirospasm
cheirospasm
noun
(pathology) Any spasm of the muscles of the hand
chemigraphy
chemigraphy
noun
Any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specifically, a process of zinc etching not employing photography.
chemoceptor
chemoceptor
noun
chemoreceptor
chemosphere
chemosphere
noun
The region of the Earth's atmosphere (from 20 to 120 miles above the surface) in which photochemical reactions take place.
chemotropic
chemotropic
adj
(biology) of, related to, or in response to chemotropism
chlamyphore
chlamyphore
noun
(zoology, dated) A small South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus and Chlamyphorus retusus, now Calyptophractus retusus), covered with a leathery shell.
chromaphore
chromascope
chromascope
noun
An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
chromatrope
chromatrope
noun
An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light by means of rapidly rotating disks of various colours.
chromeplate
chromograph
chromograph
noun
(obsolete) chromolithograph
chromophage
chromophane
chromophane
noun
(biology) Any of several colouring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.
chromophile
chromophile
noun
(cytology) Any cell that can be easily stained.
chromophobe
chromophobe
noun
(cytology) Any cell that is resistant to staining
chromophore
chromophore
noun
(chemistry) (more generally) the group of atoms in a molecule in which the electronic transition responsible for a given spectral band is located
(chemistry) that part of the molecule of a dye responsible for its colour
chromophyll
chromophyll
noun
(biology) Any plant pigment (such as chlorophyll)
chromoplasm
chromoplasm
noun
Alternative form of chromatoplasm
chromoplast
chromoplast
noun
(biology) Any plastid in which a pigment is synthesized or stored
chromoscope
chromoscope
noun
A device that adds colours to a monochrome image or adjusts existing colours to appear more natural
chromoscopy
chromotrope
chromotrope
noun
(cytology) Any of a group of dyes that change colour under certain circumstances
chromotropy
chromotropy
noun
Synonym of chromotropism
chromotypic
chromotypic
adj
Relating to chromotypes; produced by chromotypy
chrysosperm
chrysosperm
noun
(obsolete) The seed of gold; an alchemical means of creating gold.
cinemograph
cinemograph
noun
(historical) An integrating anemometer.
comephorous
comprachico
comprachico
noun
(folklore) A person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.
comprehends
comprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprehend
comprehense
comradeship
comradeship
noun
The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
coopersmith
coppersmith
coppersmith
noun
A South Asian barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala, with crimson forehead and throat, best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer.
A person who forges things out of copper.
coracomorph
cormophytic
cormophytic
adj
Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte.
cosmography
cosmography
noun
The creation of maps of the universe.
The study of the size and geometry of the universe and changes in those with cosmic time.
cosmosphere
cosmosphere
noun
An apparatus for showing the position of the Earth with respect to the fixed stars, consisting of a hollow glass globe marked with the stars and constellations and containing a terrestrial globe.
crampfishes
crampfishes
noun
plural of crampfish
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
creophagism
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
cryptarithm
cryptarithm
noun
Synonym of alphametic (“type of puzzle”)
cymographic
cymographic
adj
Of or relating to the cymograph.
cynomorphic
cynomorphic
adj
doglike
cyphomandra
delomorphic
delomorphic
adj
delomorphous
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
dermopathic
dermopathic
adj
dermatopathic
dermophytic
dermophytic
adj
Relating to dermophytes
ectomorphic
ectomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an ectomorph
emparchment
endomorphic
endomorphic
adj
of or pertaining to an endomorph
ephraimitic
epicheirema
epicheirema
noun
Alternative form of epichirema
epitrichium
epitrichium
noun
The superficial layer of fetal epidermis; a membrane enveloping the embryo.
gramophonic
gramophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to the gramophone.
halomorphic
halomorphic
adj
Of soil: containing enough salt to affect plant growth.
haltemprice
hemeralopic
hemeralopic
adj
(medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
hemimorphic
hemimorphic
adj
(crystallography) Having the two ends (of an axis) modified with unlike planes.
hemiparetic
hemiparetic
adj
Relating to hemiparesis.
hemispheric
hemispheric
adj
(uncommon) Having the shape of half a sphere.
Pertaining to or operating throughout a hemisphere.
hemoproctia
hemotrophic
hemotrophic
adj
That obtains nutrition from blood
hippodromic
hippodromic
adj
Relating to a hippodrome.
hippometric
holomorphic
holomorphic
adj
(complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on an open set around every point in its domain.
Having holohedral symmetry.
homocarpous
homographic
homographic
adj
(geometry) Having the same invariants.
Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound.
Spelled identically.
homomorphic
homomorphic
adj
(algebra) Of or pertaining to homomorphism; having a homomorphism.
humperdinck
hylomorphic
hylomorphic
adj
Pertaining to hylomorphism.
hyperclimax
hypercosmic
hypercosmic
adj
(rare) Extraordinarily cosmic; that which truly transcends the very cosmos; supercosmic.
hyperemetic
hyperemetic
adj
Of or relating to hyperemesis.
hypermetric
hypermetric
adj
Having or relating to any syllables that are in a line beyond what the meter calls for.
Larger than normally measured.
hypermnesic
hypermnesic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to hypermnesia.
hypocarpium
hypocarpium
noun
(botany) An enlarged fleshy structure that forms below the fruit, from the receptacle or hypanthium.
hypocentrum
hypochromia
hypochromia
noun
(pathology) hypochromic anemia
hypochromic
hypochromic
adj
(medicine) Having a lower than normal amount of hemoglobin in the red blood cells
(physics, chemistry) Describing a decrease in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment
hypocorisms
hypocorisms
noun
plural of hypocorism
hypocrinism
hypodermics
hypodermics
noun
plural of hypodermic
hypomorphic
hypomorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) causing a partial loss of gene function.
hypothermic
hypothermic
adj
Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.
hypsochrome
hypsochrome
adj
hypsochromic
hypsochromy
hypsometric
hypsometric
adj
Of or pertaining to hypsometry (measuring elevation relative to sea level)
idiomorphic
idiomorphic
adj
idiomorphous; having a distinctive form
kanchipuram
kanchipuram
Proper noun
A city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India.
katamorphic
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
lagomorphic
lagomorphic
adj
Characteristic of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha.
Shaped like a hare.
lipochromic
machiasport
macrography
macrography
noun
Abnormally large handwriting
The examination of an object with the naked eye
The macroscopic appearance of an object
macrophages
macrophages
noun
plural of macrophage
macrophagic
macrophagic
adj
Of or pertaining to macrophages
macrophagus
macrophytes
macrophytes
noun
plural of macrophyte
macrophytic
macrophytic
adj
Relating to macrophytes.
macrosphere
macrosphere
noun
A relatively large sphere (in a variety of contexts)
marigraphic
marigraphic
adj
(oceanography) From, or produced by, a marigraph
melographic
melographic
adj
(dated, of a musical instrument) Capable of producing a written transcription of any music played upon it.
mercurophen
mercurophen
noun
The germicide sodium oxymercury orthonitrophenolate.
meromorphic
meromorphic
adj
(complex analysis, of a function) That is the ratio of two holomorphic functions (and so possibly infinite at a discrete set of points).