(mineralogy) A rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral, visually identical to kupletskite.
astrophysical
astrophysical
adj
Of or pertaining to astrophysics.
atmospherical
atmospherical
adj
atmospheric
auriphrygiate
auriphrygiate
adj
Embroidered or decorated with gold
austrophilism
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autocephality
autocephality
noun
(Christianity) The right of autonomy for a church; specifically, the right to resolve all internal problems on its own authority and to appoint its own bishops, including the head of the church, without any obligatory expression of dependence on another church.
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
autoprothesis
autopsychosis
bacillophobia
bacillophobia
noun
The fear of microbes.
bacteriophage
bacteriophage
noun
(microbiology, virology) A virus that specifically infects bacteria.
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
bactetiophage
barristership
barristership
noun
The role or status of a barrister.
bathmotropism
bathmotropism
noun
Synonym of bathmotropy
bathysophical
bedfellowship
bedfellowship
noun
The state or role of being bedfellows.
beglerbegship
beglerbegship
noun
The role or status of a beglerbeg.
benthopelagic
benthopelagic
adj
Both benthic and pelagic.
noun
Any such organism.
bibliographer
bibliographer
noun
A person who compiles bibliographies, or who studies bibliography.
bibliographic
bibliographic
adj
Of or pertaining to bibliography.
bibliophagist
bibliophagist
noun
(rare) A bibliophage; one who loves to read books.
bibliophagous
bibliophagous
adj
Book-consuming.
bibliophilism
bibliophilism
noun
A love of books.
bibliophilist
bibliophilist
noun
A lover of books; a bibliophile.
bibliotherapy
bibliotherapy
noun
A nonpharmacological therapy using reading materials to meet people’s therapeutic or developmental needs.
biogeographer
biogeographer
noun
A person engaged in biogeography.
biogeographic
biogeographic
adj
Of or pertaining to biogeography, the study of the geographical arrangement of plants and animals
biophotometer
biophotometer
noun
Any photometer designed for use in biochemical analysis
biophotophone
biophotophone
noun
(historical) An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds; an early kind of film projector.
biophysically
biophysically
adv
With regard to biophysics.
biophysicists
biophysicists
noun
plural of biophysicist
biophysiology
biophysiology
noun
(biology, physiology) biological physiology
biopsychology
biopsychology
noun
biological psychology
blastospheric
blastospheric
adj
(embryology) blastular
blepharydatis
boardsmanship
boardsmanship
noun
Alternative form of boardmanship
botanophilist
botanophilist
noun
Synonym of botanophile
brachiopodist
brachiopodous
brachycephali
brachygraphic
brachygraphic
adj
Relating to brachygraphy.
brachypyramid
bradysphygmia
brahmanaspati
branchiopodan
breithauptite
breithauptite
noun
(mineralogy) A nickel antimonide mineral with the chemical formula NiSb, having a metallic opaque copper-red appearance.
bretwaldaship
bridemaidship
bridgehampton
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
bronchiospasm
bronchophonic
bronchoplegia
bronchoscopic
bronchoscopic
adj
Of or pertaining to bronchoscopy.
cacographical
cacographical
adj
Synonym of cacographic
cacomorphosis
cacopharyngia
cacophthalmia
calciphylaxis
calciphylaxis
noun
A syndrome of vascular calcification, thrombosis and skin necrosis, seen almost exclusively in patients with chronic kidney disease.
calligraphers
calligraphers
noun
plural of calligrapher
calligraphist
calligraphist
noun
calligrapher
calliphoridae
callithumpian
callithumpian
adj
(US) Of, relating to, or resembling a callithump.
campephagidae
cancerophobia
cancerophobia
noun
Alternative form of cancerphobia
candidateship
candidateship
noun
Candidacy.
carcinophobia
carcinophobia
noun
Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
cardiamorphia
cardiatrophia
cardiographer
cardiographer
noun
Synonym of cardiographist
cardiographic
cardiographic
adj
(physiology) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.
cardiohepatic
cardiohepatic
adj
Relating to the heart and the kidneys
cardionephric
cardionephric
adj
nephrocardiac
cardiophrenia
cardiorrhaphy
cardiorrhaphy
noun
(surgery) suture to the wall of the heart
cardiotherapy
cardiotherapy
noun
The treatment of heart disease
cardiotrophia
caricographer
carpentership
carpentership
noun
The role or trade of a carpenter.
carphiophiops
cartographies
cartographies
noun
plural of cartography
castellanship
castellanship
noun
The position or status of castellan.
catastrophism
catastrophism
noun
(biology) The doctrine that, in addition to the more gradual effects of evolution, huge catastrophic events shape the earth's flora and fauna by causing major die-offs which make way for the emergence of new organisms.
(geology) The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust.
The practice or tendency of catastrophizing, regarding bad things as catastrophic.
catastrophist
catastrophist
adj
Of, having, or being a theory that explains a situation by positing one or more catastrophic events, as opposed to gradual changes.
noun
A catastrophist person: a person who subscribes to a catastrophist theory.
catchpoleship
caulophylline
celidographer
cephalanthium
cephalanthium
noun
(botany) An anthodium.
cephalization
cephalization
noun
(biology) An evolutionary trend in which the neural and sense organs become centralized at one end (the head) of an animal.
(medicine) The redistribution of blood flow from the base of the lung towards the upper lobe vessels as a consequence of pulmonary venous hypertension, usually described on a chest radiograph.
cephaloclasia
cephalodiscid
cephalodiscus
cephalofacial
cephalofacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the head and face.
cephalometric
cephalometric
adj
Relating to cephalometrics
cephalomyitis
cephaloplegia
cephaloplegic
cephaloridine
cephaloridine
noun
A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
cephalospinal
cephalosporin
cephalosporin
noun
Any of a class of natural and synthetic antibiotics developed from Acremonium fungi, having a cepham structure.
cephalotripsy
cephalotripsy
noun
(medicine) The act or operation of crushing the head of a foetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.
ceramographic
cercopithecid
cercopithecid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the family Cercopithecidae, the Old World monkeys.
cercopithecus
cerographical
cerographical
adj
Synonym of cerographic
chairmanships
chairmanships
noun
plural of chairmanship
chalcographic
chalcophanite
chalcophanite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.
chamaecyparis
chamecephalic
champagnizing
champagnizing
verb
present participle of champagnize
championships
championships
noun
plural of championship
charlatanship
charlatanship
noun
The state of being a charlatan; charlatanism.
chartographic
chauffeurship
chauffeurship
noun
The condition of being, or employment as, a chauffeur.
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
chemiotropism
chemisorption
chemisorption
noun
(chemistry) the process in which a substance is adsorbed on the surface of another by means of chemical rather than physical bonding
chemisorptive
chemisorptive
adj
Relating to chemisorption
chemosorption
chemosorptive
chenopodiales
chieftainship
chieftainship
noun
(countable) The area ruled by a chieftain
(uncountable) The state of being a chieftain
chilectropion
chimopeelagic
chionablepsia
chionablepsia
noun
inflammation of the eyes caused by exposure to ultraviolet light
snow blindness
chirographary
chirographers
chirographers
noun
plural of chirographer
chiropatagium
chiropatagium
noun
The interdigital wing membrane of bats
chiropodistry
chiropodistry
noun
(archaic) chiropody
chiropractics
chiropractics
noun
The practice of a chiropractor; chiropractic.
chiropractors
chiropractors
noun
plural of chiropractor
chlorophaeite
chlorophyllin
chlorophyllin
noun
(biochemistry) Any water-soluble derivative of chlorophyll in which the central magnesium atom is replaced (often with copper), and a number of side-chains are converted into sodium salts.
chloroplastic
chloroplastic
adj
Containing chloroplasts
Of or pertaining to a chloroplast
chloroplastid
chloroplastid
noun
(botany) A granule of chlorophyll.
cholerophobia
cholerophobia
noun
A morbid fear of cholera.
chondrolipoma
choreographic
choreographic
adj
Balletic.
Of or pertaining to choreography.
chorepiscopal
chorepiscopal
adj
Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his change or authority.
chorepiscopus
chorepiscopus
noun
A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
choripetalous
choripetalous
adj
(botany) Having separate, unconnected petals; polypetalous.