color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; daltonism, achromatopia
actinomorphy
actinomorphy
noun
The condition of being actinomorphic.
aeroporotomy
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
amblyopsidae
aminopyrines
aminopyrines
noun
plural of aminopyrine
amorphophyte
amorphophyte
noun
Any plant with flowers of an irregular or anomalous shape
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
ampelograpny
ampelosicyos
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphicondyla
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphicyrtous
amphithyrons
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
amphorophony
amyelotrophy
amyelotrophy
noun
(medicine) Atrophy of the spinal cord.
amygdophenin
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
amyloplastic
amyloplastic
adj
starch-forming; amylogenic
amyloplastid
anthroponomy
anthroponomy
noun
(anthropology) The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and the environment.
anthropotomy
anthropotomy
noun
The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
antimonopoly
antimonopoly
adj
(law) Usually with respect to laws or policies: in opposition to the creation or continuance of a monopoly.
antipolygamy
antipolygamy
adj
Opposing polygamy.
apocalyptism
apocalyptism
noun
Apocalypticism.
apogamically
apogamically
adv
By means of apogamy.
apomecometry
apomecometry
noun
The art of measuring the distance of far-off objects.
aponeurotomy
aponeurotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of aponeuroses
appendectomy
appendectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
aromatherapy
aromatherapy
noun
(alternative medicine) The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health.
asomatophyte
asymptomatic
asymptomatic
adj
(pathology) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in subclinical cases.
noun
A patient who exhibits no symptoms of disease.
asymptotical
asymptotical
adj
asymptotic
berycomorphi
blepharotomy
blepharotomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of a slice of eyelid tissue for examination
bryophyllums
bryophyllums
noun
plural of bryophyllum
bulbophyllum
calycocarpum
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
campylodrome
campylometer
capsulectomy
capsulectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of a capsule, especially one that surrounds an implant
caulophyllum
cephalodymia
cephalodymus
cephalomancy
cephalomancy
noun
Divination by the study of the skull or head of a donkey or goat. Sometimes described as the roasting of an ass's head on hot coals.
cephalometry
cephalometry
noun
The measurement of the head, especially in order to study growth, development, and disease.
cephalophyma
ceramography
chemotherapy
chemotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.
(oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.
chlamyphorus
chrysamphora
chymotrypsin
chymotrypsin
noun
An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.
chymotryptic
chymotryptic
adj
Of or pertaining to chymotrypsin
cladophyllum
clinopyramid
coccygomorph
coemployment
colopexotomy
cometography
cometography
noun
A scientific description of comets.
comicography
comicography
noun
A comprehensive list of comic books to which a particular person has contributed.
companionway
companionway
noun
(nautical) a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship
compassivity
compaternity
compaternity
noun
(obsolete) The relationship of a godfather to a person.
compellingly
compellingly
adv
In a compelling manner.
compensatory
compensatory
adj
(genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation
(of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury
Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something
complacently
complacently
adv
In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
complexively
compresbyter
compressedly
compressedly
adv
In a compressed manner.
compressibly
compressibly
adv
In a compressible way.
compulsatory
compulsatory
adj
Enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory.
compulsively
compulsively
adv
In a compulsive manner; obsessively.
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
compulsorily
compulsorily
adv
in a compulsory manner.
compurgatory
compurgatory
adj
compurgatorial
contemporary
contemporary
adj
From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).
noun
(dated) A rival newspaper or magazine.
Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
Something existing at the same time.
contemptibly
contemptibly
adv
In a contemptible manner.
copolymerism
copolymerize
copolymerize
verb
(chemistry) To polymerize so as to form a copolymer
copolymerous
crymotherapy
cryptogamian
cryptogamian
adj
Of or relating to the cryptogams.
cryptogamist
cryptogamist
noun
(dated) One skilled in cryptogamic botany.
cryptogamous
cryptogamous
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptogams
cryptoglioma
cryptogramma
cryptomerias
cryptomerias
noun
plural of cryptomeria
cryptomerous
cryptomnesia
cryptomnesia
noun
(psychology) The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience
cryptomnesic
cryptomnesic
adj
Relating to cryptomnesia.
cryptonymous
cryptonymous
adj
Relating to, or published under, a cryptonym.
cryptorchism
cryptorchism
noun
The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
cumulophyric
cumulophyric
adj
(geology) Synonym of glomeroporphyritic
cymbocephaly
cynomorphous
cypselomorph
decompoundly
decompoundly
adv
In an decompound manner.
demonography
demonography
noun
(figuratively) A list of people, institutions, etc. regarded as evil.
A bestiary dealing with demons.
depolymerize
depolymerize
verb
(chemistry) To decompose a polymer into smaller fragments.
dermatophony
dermatophyte
dermatophyte
noun
Arthroderma species
Epidermophyton species
Microsporum species
Trichophyton species
dermatoscopy
dermatoscopy
noun
(medicine) The examination of skin lesions with a dermatoscope—a magnifier (typically x10) with a light and a liquid medium between the instrument and the skin, thus illuminating the lesion without reflected light.
deutonymphal
deutonymphal
adj
Pertaining to deutonymphs
dioptrometry
dioptrometry
noun
(medicine) The measurement of the accommodative and refractive states of the eye.
diplostemony
diplostemony
noun
(botany) The condition of being diplostemonous.
dipodomyinae
disemploying
disemploying
verb
present participle of disemploy
drosophyllum
dyophysitism
dysmeromorph
dysporomorph
eidoptometry
ellipsometry
ellipsometry
noun
An optical technique for the investigation of the dielectric properties of thin films especially used in semiconductor manufacture.
emancipatory
emancipatory
adj
Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
embryography
embryography
noun
The scientific description of embryos.
embryophytes
embryophytes
noun
plural of embryophyte
embryoscopic
embryoscopic
adj
Relating to embryoscopy.
embryotrophe
embryotrophy
emmeniopathy
enoptromancy
enoptromancy
noun
Divination by means of a mirror or other reflective surfaces.
entotympanic
entotympanic
adj
Synonym of endotympanic
epicystotomy
epidemiology
epidemiology
noun
(sciences) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.
(sciences) The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.
epipedometry
epistemology
epistemology
noun
(countable) A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge.
(uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.
episyllogism
episyllogism
noun
(logic) A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism (the prosyllogism).
epitomically
epitomically
adv
In an epitomic manner.
esophagotomy
esophagotomy
noun
(surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
euphemiously
extemporally
extemporally
adv
In an extemporal manner.
fagopyrismus
fagopyrismus
noun
Dated form of fagopyrism.
gametophytes
gametophytes
noun
plural of gametophyte
gametophytic
gametophytic
adj
(botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte.
(botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
gamophyllous
gamophyllous
adj
(botany) Composed of leaves or segments (e.g. perianth) united by their edges, compare apophyllous (free segments).
grypotherium
gymnocarpous
gymnocarpous
adj
(botany) Having fruit that is either smooth or not adherent to the perianth
(fungi) Having the hymenium exposed while the spores are forming.
gymnosophist
gymnosophist
noun
One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic.
gymnospermae
gymnospermal
gymnospermic
gymnospermic
adj
(botany) Synonym of gymnospermous
gymnosporous
gymnosporous
adj
Having or relating to gymnospores.
haematophyte
hemapophysis
hemapophysis
noun
(anatomy) The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib.