(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chemiatry
chemiatry
noun
iatrochemistry
chemistry
chemistry
noun
(countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
(informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc.
chemitype
chemitype
noun
(dated) Any of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.
chemitypy
chemitypy
noun
(historical) A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is heated so that it melts and fills the hollows of the engraving, which is then destroyed using hydrochloric acid.
chemotaxy
chilotomy
chymistry
chymistry
noun
(historical) Early Modern chemistry, as proto-scientific and not fully distinct from alchemy.
Obsolete form of chemistry.
chyometer
chyometer
noun
(chemistry) An instrument for measuring liquids, consisting of a tube with a piston inside.
cumaphyte
cyclothem
cyclothem
noun
(geology) A vertical stratigraphic sequence caused by repeated flooding by the sea
cymaphyte
cytolymph
cytolymph
noun
Synonym of hyaloplasm
dichotomy
dichotomy
noun
(astronomy) A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures.
(biology, taxonomy) The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts.
(botany) Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive.
(logic) The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.
Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality.
dysthymic
dysthymic
adj
Having or relating to dysthymia.
noun
A person diagnosed with dysthymia, or dysthymic depression.
ecthymata
ecthymata
noun
plural of ecthyma
erythemic
erythemic
adj
(medicine) Erythematous.
eurythmic
eurythmic
adj
(music) harmonious
of, or relating to, eurythmics
of, or relating to, eurythmy
euthycomi
haemocyte
haemocyte
noun
Alternative spelling of hemocyte
hemitypic
hemocytes
hemocytes
noun
plural of hemocyte
hemolytic
hemolytic
adj
Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells.
homolytic
homolytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis
homotypic
homotypic
adj
(botany) Said of a taxon name which shares the exact same type as a different name and thus must necessarily refer to the same taxon.
hylactism
ichthyism
lymphatic
lymphatic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.
(obsolete) Madly enthusiastic; frantic.
Lacking energy or enthusiasm; having characteristics once associated with an excess of lymph: lack of muscle tone, paleness, sluggishness, etc.
noun
(anatomy) A vessel that transports lymph.
maccarthy
matchably
miryachit
miryachit
noun
(obsolete) A nervous disorder said to have been encountered in Siberia, characterized by a jumping tic and the involuntary imitation of the words and actions of other people.
mycophyte
myctophid
myctophid
noun
Any of the small deep-sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, known for their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.
myctophum
myopathic
myopathic
adj
Pertaining to myopathy
mythicise
mythicise
verb
Alternative form of mythicize
mythicism
mythicism
noun
(in particular) The opinion that Jesus of Nazareth did not exist in any way whatsoever.
(theology) The scholarly opinion that the gospels are mythological expansions of historical data.
The creative potential for the creation of mythology; the faculty of mythopoeia.
The habitual practice of attributing everything to mythological causes; superstition, the opposite of rationalism, or of realism.
The view that a certain figure or event is unhistorical or mythical, chiefly in the context of pseudo-scholarship or conspiracy theories.
mythicist
mythicist
noun
An adherent of mythicism (view that a certain person is mythical and never existed).
mythicize
mythicize
verb
(transitive) To interpret in terms of mythology.
(transitive) To make into a myth.
mythopeic
mytishchi
myxotheca
orchotomy
orchotomy
noun
The surgical removal of a testicle; castration.
promythic
rachitomy
rhythmics
rhythmics
noun
The study of rhythm.
schmaltzy
schmaltzy
adj
Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.
scytheman
scytheman
noun
One who uses a scythe; a mower.
sympathic
symphytic
tachytomy
theomachy
theomachy
noun
a battle among gods
a fight against the gods, as the mythological battle of the giants against the gods
an opposition to divine will
theomancy
theomancy
noun
(historical) A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles.
thymelici
thymocyte
thymocyte
noun
a lymphocyte, produced in the thymus, that develops into a T cell
yachtsman
yachtsman
noun
A man who sails a yacht.
yachtsmen
yachtsmen
noun
plural of yachtsman
yamstchik
yamstchik
noun
(historical) In 19th-century Russia, someone who delivered post by means of a horse-drawn carriage.