(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
angiotomy
angiotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body
atomology
atomology
noun
(dated) The doctrine of atoms.
cryptogam
cryptogam
noun
Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
cystogram
cystogram
noun
A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
emetology
emetology
noun
(medicine) The study of the causes of emesis, i.e., vomiting, usually sub-specialities of gastroenterology or neurology.
etymology
etymology
noun
(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
(countable) The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.
(countable) The origin and historical development of a word; the derivation.
(uncountable, linguistics) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
fogramity
gamostely
gantryman
gantryman
noun
A worker who carries ore from the gantry to the kiln to be calcined prior to smelting.
gasometry
gasometry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of gases; the determination of the relative proportion of gases in a mixture.
germanity
gigmanity
gigmanity
noun
(derogatory, dated) Narrow concern about, and pride in, one's respectability; a petty sense of decorum.
glumosity
gummosity
gummosity
noun
The quality of being gummy; a viscous or adhesive quality.
gymnastic
gymnastic
adj
Of or pertaining to gymnastics.
Of or pertaining to the gymnasia (ancient Greek schools).
noun
(obsolete) A gymnast.
gymnodont
gymnodont
noun
(zoology) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates on each jaw.
gymnonoti
gymnotoka
gyrectomy
gyrometer
gyrometer
noun
A device that measures angular velocity (and/or acceleration)
gyromitra
kerygmata
kerygmata
noun
plural of kerygma
lymington
lymington
Proper noun
a town and ferry port in district, Hampshire, England
magistery
magistery
noun
(countable) An art or a skill.
(countable) Synonym of magistracy (“the dignity or office of a magistrate; the collective body of magistrates”)
(countable, pharmacology, veterinary medicine) A medicine prepared for a specific use.
(obsolete) A concentrated extract of a substance.
(obsolete) The product of such a transformation.
(uncountable) The quality possessed by a master; authority, mastership, mastery; also, the exercise of authority.
(uncountable, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of magisterium (“the teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church”)
A fine substance deposited by precipitation, formerly applied to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions.
A pure quality with the power to cure or to turn one substance into another; also, a substance such as a philosopher's stone able to turn one substance into another.
magnality
magnality
noun
(dated) A great or wonderful thing; a marvel.
magnetify
magnetify
verb
(rare) To magnetize.
malignity
malignity
noun
A non-benign cancer; a malignancy.
The quality of being malign or malignant; badness, evilness, monstrosity, depravity, maliciousness.
mantology
mantology
noun
(rare) Divination.
martyring
martyring
verb
present participle of martyr
mastology
mastology
noun
(anatomy, pathology) The study of breasts
(rare or obsolete) Synonym of mammalogy (study of mammals)
megabytes
megabytes
noun
plural of megabyte
megadonty
meltingly
meltingly
adv
So as to melt, or seem to melt.
metagnomy
metagnomy
noun
(rare, literary) divination, clairvoyance
metrology
metrology
noun
(countable) A system of weights and measures.
(uncountable) The science of weights and measures or of measurement.
migratory
migratory
adj
(of birds, etc) Migrating.
Roving; wandering; nomadic.
mistyping
mistyping
noun
(countable) A mistyped word.
verb
present participle of mistype
mutinying
mutinying
noun
An act of mutiny or rebellion.
verb
present participle of mutiny
myologist
myologist
noun
A person who works in myology.
mystagogs
mystagogs
noun
plural of mystagog
mystagogy
mystagogy
noun
The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.
mythogeny
mythogony
mythology
mythology
noun
(countable and uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.
(countable and uncountable) Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe.
(countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.
(uncountable) The systematic collection and study of myths.
nightmary
nightmary
adj
Characterized by, beset by, or resembling, nightmares.
nystagmic
nystagmic
adj
Exhibiting or pertaining to nystagmus (involuntary eye movement).
nystagmus
nystagmus
noun
(pathology) rapid involuntary eye movement, usually lateral
orthogamy
orthogamy
noun
(botany) fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant
othygroma
pantagamy
pantagamy
noun
(historical) A system of communistic marriage, once practised in the Oneida community.
peggymast
phytogamy
pterygium
pterygium
noun
(pathology) An abnormal mass of tissue in the corner of the eye that obstructs vision
(zoology) A generalized limb of a vertebrate
smithying
smithying
verb
present participle of smithy
stegomyia
stymieing
stymieing
verb
present participle of stymie
symington
teemingly
teemingly
adv
In great numbers; crowdedly.
tetragamy
tetragamy
noun
Marriage for the fourth time.
thingummy
thingummy
noun
Synonym of thingy: something one cannot remember the name of, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.
Synonym of whatshisname: someone one cannot remember the name of.
timenoguy
timenoguy
noun
(nautical) A rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each other.
toymaking
toymaking
noun
The work of a toymaker: the manufacture of toys.
tumefying
tumefying
verb
present participle of tumefy
tympaning
zygantrum
zygantrum
noun
(anatomy) zygosphene.
zygomatic
zygomatic
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of, relating to, or located in the area of the zygomatic bone or zygomatic arch.