(biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites
(botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites
accomplisher
accomplisher
noun
One who accomplishes.
acrocephalia
acrocephalia
noun
(medicine) A deformity of the head in which the top is more or less pointed.
acrocephalic
acrocephalic
adj
Possessing a pointed skull.
noun
A person suffering from a pointed skull.
adelomorphic
aelurophobia
aelurophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobia
aerophysical
aerophysical
adj
Relating to aerophysics.
ailurophiles
ailurophiles
noun
plural of ailurophile
ailurophilia
ailurophilia
noun
A fondness or love for cats or other felines.
ailurophilic
ailurophilic
adj
Of or relating to ailurophilia or ailurophiles.
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
ailurophobia
ailurophobia
noun
An irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
allelomorphs
allelomorphs
noun
plural of allelomorph
allomorphism
allomorphism
noun
(chemistry) The property of a compound which has more than one crystalline form or allomorph.
allomorphite
allothimorph
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
amphimorulae
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
amyelotrophy
amyelotrophy
noun
(medicine) Atrophy of the spinal cord.
anchorpeople
anthropoglot
anthropoglot
noun
An animal (such as a parrot) with tongue similar to humans allowing human-like speech.
anthropoidal
anthropoidal
adj
anthropoid
anthropolite
anthropolite
noun
(paleontology, dated) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
anthropolith
anthropology
anthropology
noun
The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
antistrophal
antistrophal
adj
Of or relating to antistrophe (in Greek choruses and dances).
aphorismical
aphoristical
aphoristical
adj
Alternative form of aphoristic
aplacophoran
aplacophoran
noun
Any benthic mollusc of the class Aplacophora.
apocryphally
apocryphally
adv
In an apocryphal manner.
Regarding apocrypha.
apographical
approachable
approachable
adj
Easily approached; easy to talk to.
approachless
approachless
adj
Impossible to approach.
archesporial
archesporial
adj
Relating to the archesporia, cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archipelagos
archoplasmic
arsenophenol
arthroplasty
arthroplasty
noun
(surgery) The surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement.
arthropleura
arthropleure
artiphyllous
bachelorship
bachelorship
noun
The state of being a bachelor.
balanophorin
balneography
balneography
noun
A description of therapeutic baths.
bibliography
bibliography
noun
A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
biographical
biographical
adj
of or relating to an account of a person's life
blastophoral
blastophoric
blastophoric
adj
Relating to the blastophore.
blastosphere
blastosphere
noun
A blastula
blepharocera
blepharoncus
blepharostat
blepharostat
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to keep the eyelids apart during an operation
blepharotomy
blepharotomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of a slice of eyelid tissue for examination
borghalpenny
borophenylic
bothriolepis
breastplough
breastplough
noun
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
bryophyllums
bryophyllums
noun
plural of bryophyllum
calcographer
calcographer
noun
A person who draws using chalk
calcographic
calcographic
adj
Relating to, or in the style of, calcography.
calliphorine
calycophorae
calycophoran
calycophoran
noun
(zoology) Any siphonophore of the suborder Calycophorae
carbophilous
carpocephala
carpocephala
noun
plural of carpocephalum
caryophyllin
caryophyllin
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of caryophyllene
caryophyllus
catastrophal
catastrophal
adj
(rare) Catastrophic.
catchpollery
celeomorphae
celeomorphic
celidography
celiorrhaphy
cephalochord
cephalograph
cephalograph
noun
The instrument used in cephalography to produce cephalograms
cephalometer
cephalometer
noun
A device for positioning the head, and holding it steady, for an X-ray or surgery; a cephalostat.
An instrument for measuring the head.
cephalometry
cephalometry
noun
The measurement of the head, especially in order to study growth, development, and disease.
cephalomotor
cephalotribe
cephalotribe
noun
An obstetric instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
chalcography
chalcography
noun
engraving on copper or brass
chalcopyrite
chalcopyrite
noun
(mineralogy) A yellow mineral that is a mixed sulfide of copper and iron, with the chemical formula CuFeS₂.
chalkography
chaperonless
chaperonless
adj
Alternative form of chaperoneless
chartophylax
chartophylax
noun
(historical) An ecclesiastical officer in charge of official documents and records in the Greek Orthodox Church in Byzantine times.
chiropodical
chiropodical
adj
Relating to chiropody.
chlamyphorus
chlorapatite
chlorapatite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
chlorophenol
chlorophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several chlorinated derivatives of phenol, some of which are used as antiseptics or disinfectants
chlorophylls
chlorophylls
noun
plural of chlorophyll
chloropicrin
chloropicrin
noun
(organic chemistry) The chlorinated derivative of nitromethane CCl₃NO₂ that is used as a pesticide and tear gas
chloroplasts
chloroplasts
noun
plural of chloroplast
chloroprenes
chloroprenes
noun
plural of chloroprene
chlorospinel
chlorospinel
noun
(mineralogy) A green form of spinel
choletherapy
chondroplast
choripetalae
chromatophil
chromatophil
noun
(cytology) A chromatophilic cell or structure
chromeplated
chromolipoid
chromophilia
chromophilia
noun
Alternative form of chromatophilia
chromophilic
chromophilic
adj
Readily stained with dyes.
chromoplasts
chromoplasts
noun
plural of chromoplast
chrysolophus
cirsomphalos
clinographic
clinographic
adj
Relating to a mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.
clothespress
clothespress
noun
A receptacle for clothes.
cohelpership
colporrhagia
colporrhagia
noun
(pathology) vaginal hemorrhage
colporrhaphy
colporrhaphy
noun
(surgery) suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina
colporrhexis
colporrhexis
noun
vaginal laceration
conchospiral
conchospiral
noun
A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.
coprophiliac
coprophiliac
adj
having to do with a marked interest in excrement, especially the use of feces or filth for sexual excitement.
noun
someone with a marked interest in excrement, especially the use of feces or filth for sexual excitement.
coprophilias
coprophilias
noun
plural of coprophilia
coprophilism
coprophilous
coprophilous
adj
living in, or growing on excrement
copublishers
copublishers
noun
plural of copublisher
corporalship
corporalship
noun
The rank or office of corporal.
corrivalship
corrivalship
noun
(obsolete) joint rivalry
criocephalus
cryophyllite
cumulophyric
cumulophyric
adj
(geology) Synonym of glomeroporphyritic
cyclographer
cyclophrenia
cyclophrenia
noun
bipolar disorder
cyclorrhapha
cylindrophis
cypselomorph
dactylograph
dactylograph
noun
(archaic) A typewriter.
(archaic) A typist.
declinograph
delomorphous
delomorphous
adj
(biology, of a cell, tissue culture etc) Having a precise and well-formed limit or boundary.
dephlegmator
dephlegmator
noun
(chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapours is effected.
diplarthrous
diplographic
diplographic
Adjective
Relating to diplography or the diplograph.
drosophyllum
electrograph
electrograph
noun
(historical) A cinematograph using the arclight.
(historical) A sciagraph.
(historical) An instrument for the reproduction at a distance of pictures, maps, etc., by means of electricity.
A machine used in gravure printing
A recording electrometer; also, the graph produced by such a device.
electropathy
electropathy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease by electricity.
electrophile
electrophile
noun
(chemistry) A compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
electrophone
electrophone
noun
(music) any instrument designed to create sounds using electric currents
electrophore
electrophore
noun
(chemistry) Any electrophilic compound, often used as a tracer, that can be detected in very small amounts by electron-capture mass spectrometry
(obsolete, physics) electrode
electrophori
ellipsograph
ellipsograph
noun
A mechanical instrument used to trace out an ellipse.
elliptograph
elliptograph
noun
Alternative form of ellipsograph
endophragmal
endophragmal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
epistropheal
epitrochlear
epitrochlear
adj
Relating to the epitrochlea.
eremophilous
eriophyllous
erythrophyll
erythrophyll
noun
(biochemistry) The red pigment of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.