(teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
acipenseroidei
actinocrinidae
adarticulation
adarticulation
noun
arthrodia
adenemphractic
adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinoma
noun
(oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue.
adenographical
adenosclerosis
adenosclerosis
noun
(medicine) The hardening of a gland.
adiathermanous
administerings
administerings
noun
plural of administering
administrating
administrating
verb
present participle of administrate
administration
administration
noun
(countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
(government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
(uncountable, business) Management.
(uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
administrative
administrative
adj
Of or relating to administering or administration.
administrators
administrators
noun
plural of administrator
administratrix
administratrix
noun
A female administrator.
adminstrations
adrenocortical
adrenocortical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the adrenal cortex.
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
advertisements
advertisements
noun
plural of advertisement
aepyornithidae
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicist
noun
A person who studies aerodynamics.
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
aggrandizement
aggrandizement
Noun
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
airconditioned
airconditioned
adj
Alternative spelling of air-conditioned
alexandrianism
alexandrianism
Noun
The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Alexandrian Wicca.
alexandropolis
allotriodontia
altitudinarian
altitudinarian
adj
Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.
noun
One who is lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.
amminochloride
anacardiaceous
anacardiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
ancistrocladus
androdioecious
androdioecious
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.
andromedotoxin
andromedotoxin
noun
One of the grayanotoxins; grayanotoxin I.
andromonoecism
angiochondroma
angiohydrotomy
animadversions
animadversions
noun
plural of animadversion
anoplotherioid
antaphrodisiac
antaphrodisiac
adj
Capable of reducing the sex drive.
noun
A medicinal substance capable of reducing (inhibiting or eliminating) the sex drive/libido.
antherozooidal
anthrapyridine
antidemocratic
antidemocratic
adj
Opposed to the tenets of democracy.
antidepressant
antidepressant
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting depression.
noun
(pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.
antidepressive
antidepressive
adj
Counteracting depression.
noun
An antidepressant.
antiderivative
antiderivative
noun
(calculus) A function whose derivative is a given function; an indefinite integral
antidicomarian
antidictionary
antidictionary
noun
(computational linguistics) The set of all words of minimal length that never appear in a particular string.
antidiphtheria
antidiphtheria
adj
Preventing diphtheria.
antidiphtheric
antidiphtheric
adj
Alternative form of anti-diphtheric
antidiphtherin
antidiphtherin
noun
(historical) A certain vaccine against diphtheria.
antidromically
antidromically
adv
(neurology) In an antidromic manner.
antidysenteric
antidysenteric
adj
(pharmacology) Working against dysentery.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine for dysentery.
antifederalism
antifederalism
noun
Alternative form of anti-federalism
antifederalist
antifederalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-federalist
antilocapridae
antimasquerade
antimodernness
antimoniureted
antiorthodoxly
antipeduncular
antipriesthood
antiproductive
antiprudential
antiprudential
adj
Lacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.
antiradicalism
antiradicalism
noun
Opposition to radical ideologies.
antisacerdotal
antisacerdotal
adj
Hostile to priests or the priesthood.
antistadholder
appendicularia
apprehendingly
apprehendingly
adv
With apprehension or understanding.
apprenticehood
apprenticehood
noun
(obsolete) apprenticeship
archdeaconries
archdeaconries
noun
plural of archdeaconry
archdeaconship
archdeaconship
noun
The rank or office of an archdeacon.
archidiaconate
archidiaconate
noun
archdeaconry
archimandrites
archimandrites
noun
plural of archimandrite
argenticyanide
arrondissement
arrondissement
noun
(Quebec) A borough, a submunicipal administrative division
An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries
aspidobranchia
aspidospermine
aspidospermine
noun
(medicine) An alkaloid, obtained from quebracho bark, that was once used as a respiratory stimulant and antispasmodic, and as an antipyretic in typhoid fever
asterospondyli
astrodiagnosis
astrodiagnosis
noun
The use of astrology to diagnose illness.
attitudinarian
attitudinarian
noun
One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.
auricyanhydric
bastardisation
bastardisation
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardization.
bastardization
bastardization
noun
(by extension) The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
(more generally) The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.
Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
benedictionary
benedictionary
noun
A collected series of benedictions.
benzhydroxamic
bewilderedness
bewilderedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewildered.
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
biodegradation
biodegradation
noun
The decomposition of any material by microorganisms.
blanchardville
bloodthirsting
bloodthirsting
adj
Alternative form of bloodthirsty
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
bodenbenderite
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
brachydiagonal
brachydiagonal
adj
Relating to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.
noun
The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
brachypinacoid
brachypinacoid
noun
(crystallography) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.
brainardsville
branchiobdella
branchiopodous
branchiostomid
branchiostomid
noun
(zoology) Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.
branchipodidae
bridgebuilding
bridgebuilding
noun
The construction of bridges.
brobdingnagian
brobdingnagian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Brobdingnagian
bronchadenitis
bronchodilator
bronchodilator
noun
(medicine) Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs
bronchotyphoid
brooklandville
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
campanularidae
cantharidating
cantharidating
verb
present participle of cantharidate
cantharidizing
cardinalfishes
cardinalfishes
noun
plural of cardinalfish
cardiocentesis
cardiocentesis
noun
(surgery) incision or puncture into the heart
cardiodynamics
cardiodynamics
noun
The (study of the) action of the heart
cardionecrosis
cardioneurosis
cardioneurosis
noun
Da Costa's syndrome
cardiopuncture
cardiopuncture
noun
(surgery) cardiocentesis
catacromyodian
centrechinoida
ceratodontidae
cercomonadidae
chandlersville
chickenhearted
chickenhearted
adj
Alternative form of chicken-hearted
chloranhydride
chondrarsenite
chondrichthyes
chondriosphere
chondroangioma
chondrocranial
chondrocranial
adj
Of or relating to the chondrocranium.
chondrocranium
chondrocranium
noun
(anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification
chondrofibroma
chondrofibroma
noun
(pathology) A cartilaginous fibroma
chondrogenesis
chondrogenesis
noun
(biology) The formation and development of cartilage.
chondrogenetic
chondrogenetic
adj
Relating to chondrogenesis.
chondromalacia
chondromalacia
noun
A painful condition caused by irritation of cartilage, often in the undersurface of the kneecap.
chondroplastic
chondroplastic
adj
Relating to chondroplasty.
chondroprotein
chondroprotein
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoprotein found in cartilage
chondroxiphoid
chondroxiphoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cartilage of the xiphoid process
chromdiagnosis
chrysohermidin
chrysomonadina
chrysomonadine
chrysomonadine
noun
Alternative form of chrysomonad
cinnamodendron
circumadjacent
circumadjacent
adj
Lying immediately around
circumbendibus
circumbendibus
adj
(often humorous) indirect or roundabout
noun
(often humorous) A roundabout route or process
(often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing
circummeridian
circummeridian
adj
(astronomy) About or around the meridian.
circumundulate
circumundulate
verb
To flow around as waves or undulations
clairaudiently
clairaudiently
adv
In a clairaudient way; by means of clairaudience.
colorblindness
colorblindness
noun
Alternative form of color blindness
commendatories
commendatories
noun
plural of commendatory
commendatorily
commendatorily
adv
In a commendatory manner; in such a way as to commend or compliment.
comprehendible
comprehendible
adj
(rare) comprehensible, understandable; able to be comprehended.