A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
Accidental character or effect.
The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.
The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
accomplishers
accomplishers
noun
plural of accomplisher
adelomorphous
adelomorphous
adj
(medicine) Having a form that is not clearly defined, especially as applied to the principal cells in the pepsin glands of the stomach.
administerial
administerial
adj
Of or pertaining to administering or administration.
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
admirableness
admirableness
noun
The state or quality of being admirable.
aimlessnesses
aimlessnesses
noun
plural of aimlessness
albuminoscope
alchemistical
alchemistical
adj
Of or pertaining to alchemists.
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
allelotropism
alloisomerism
alloisomerism
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of geometric isomerism
alongshoreman
alongshoreman
noun
(archaic) Alternative form of longshoreman
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
amaryllideous
amaryllideous
adj
= amaryllidaceous
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
amblycephalus
ameliorations
ameliorations
noun
plural of amelioration
amendableness
amendableness
noun
The state or quality of being amendable.
amicabilities
amicabilities
noun
plural of amicability
ampelidaceous
ampelidaceous
adj
(botany, obsolete) Of or belonging to the Ampelidaceae (now Vitaceae).
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amygdalaceous
amygdalaceous
adj
(botany) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
angioneoplasm
anomalousness
anomalousness
noun
The state or quality of being anomalous.
antebaptismal
antifeudalism
antifeudalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to a feudal system.
antihemolysin
antiprelatism
aplostemonous
aplostemonous
adj
Alternative form of haplostemonous
apometabolism
apometabolous
apotelesmatic
apotelesmatic
adj
(obsolete, astrology) Relating to the casting of horoscopes.
Relating to an issue of fulfilment.
archeptolemus
arteriopalmus
aschelminthes
assemblywoman
assemblywoman
noun
A female member of an assembly.
assemblywomen
assemblywomen
noun
plural of assemblywoman
astrometrical
astrometrical
Adjective
astrometric
atmosphereful
atmospherical
atmospherical
adj
atmospheric
autocomplexes
autohemolysin
autohemolysin
noun
(immunology) Any hemolysin produced by the affected person's own body
autohemolysis
autohemolysis
noun
hemolysis by the action of an autohemolysin
balsameaceous
balsamiferous
balsamiferous
adj
That yields balsam
balsaminaceae
basichromiole
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
bellowsmaking
berkeleianism
bespecklement
bestsellerdom
bestsellerdom
noun
The quality of having the status of bestseller.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bidimensional
bidimensional
adj
two-dimensional
bimetallistic
bimetallistic
adj
Relating to, or supporting, bimetallism.
bimillenniums
bisymmetrical
bisymmetrical
adj
Alternative form of bisymmetric
blabbermouths
blabbermouths
noun
plural of blabbermouth
blameableness
blameableness
noun
Alternative form of blamableness
blamelessness
blamelessness
noun
The characteristic of being blameless.
blandishments
blandishments
noun
plural of blandishment
blasphemously
blasphemously
adv
In blasphemous manner.
blastomycetes
blastomycetic
blastomycetic
adj
Related to, or caused by fungi of the genus Blastomyces, now Zymonema.
blenniiformes
blennymenitis
blepharospasm
blepharospasm
noun
(medicine) A physiological condition characterized by recurring involuntary twitches or closing of the eyelids.
blomstrandine
blomstrandine
noun
(mineralogy) A basic oxide mineral containing a mixture of several rare earths
booksellerism
bristlemouths
bristlemouths
noun
plural of bristlemouth
bromeliaceous
bromeliaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Bromeliaceae of flowering plants
bumblebeefish
calamiferious
calamospermae
camaldolesian
cameralistics
cameralistics
noun
The science of finance or public revenue.
campbellsburg
celiomyositis
cephalomyitis
ceremonialism
ceremonialism
noun
A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
ceremonialist
ceremonialist
noun
A person who is fond of ceremonial in religion
ceremoniously
ceremoniously
adv
In a ceremonious manner.
ceruloplasmin
ceruloplasmin
noun
(biochemistry) A blue metalloprotein that contains copper; it acts as a ferroxidase in association with transferrin.
chamaeleontis
chambersville
chamecephalus
champagneless
champagneless
adj
Without champagne.
chancellorism
chausseemeile
cheilostomata
chemosurgical
chemosurgical
adj
Of or pertaining to chemosurgery.
cherryblossom
chlamydospore
chlamydospore
noun
A thick-walled spore that is the resting stage of some bacteria.
cholesteatoma
cholesteatoma
noun
(pathology) A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
cholesteremia
chryselectrum
chryselectrum
noun
A gold-coloured form of amber.
chrysomelidae
circumspangle
circumspectly
circumspectly
adv
In a circumspect manner. With consideration for all that is pertinent.
circumspheral
circumstellar
circumstellar
adj
(astronomy) That surrounds, or revolves around a star
clamorousness
clamorousness
noun
The state or quality of being clamorous.
cleidomastoid
cleidomastoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the clavicle and the mastoid process
cleistogamous
cleistogamous
adj
(botany) Pertaining to cleistogamy.
clemclemalats
clethrionomys
climaciaceous
clishmaclaver
clishmaclaver
noun
(Scotland) Gossip; silly chatter.
clistothecium
clothesmonger
cochlospermum
coelelminthes
coelospermous
coelospermous
adj
(botany) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.
colorimetrics
colorimetrics
noun
colorimetry
colorimetrist
colorimetrist
noun
One who is involved in colorimetry.
colubriformes
columbiferous
columbiferous
adj
That contains or yields columbium
columbiformes
columniferous
columniferous
adj
(botany) Bearing columns.
comfortlessly
comfortlessly
adv
In a comfortless manner
commeasurable
commeasurable
adj
Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.
commensurable
commensurable
adj
(mathematics) (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number ᵂᴾ
Able to be measured using a common standard.
Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.
commensurably
commensurably
adv
In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
commercialise
commercialise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of commercialize.
commercialism
commercialism
noun
A tendency to value profit over everything else.
The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business.
commercialist
commercialist
noun
Someone who engages in commerce.
Someone who supports commercial activity.
commonalities
commonalities
noun
plural of commonality
commonwealths
commonwealths
noun
plural of commonwealth
companionless
companionless
adj
Without a companion; friendless, alone.
compendiously
compendiously
adv
In a compendious manner.
complacencies
complacencies
noun
plural of complacency
complementers
complementers
noun
plural of complementer
completedness
completedness
noun
The quality of being completed.
complexedness
complexedness
noun
The state or quality of being complexed.
complexionist
complimenters
complimenters
noun
plural of complimenter
complutensian
complutensian
Adjective
Of or relating to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares), a city near Madrid in Spain.
compositively
compositively
adv
In a compositive manner.
compressingly
compressingly
adv
So as to compress.
compressional
compressional
adj
The quality of compression
compressively
compressively
adv
In a compressive way.
compromisable
compromisable
adj
Capable of being compromised.
comradeliness
comradeliness
noun
The state or quality of being comradely.
conceptualism
conceptualism
noun
(philosophy) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects; the doctrine that universals have an existence in the mind apart from any concrete embodiment.
The art movement towards conceptual art.
conglomerates
conglomerates
noun
plural of conglomerate
consolamentum
consolamentum
noun
(Christianity, historical) The unique sacrament ritual of the Cathars.