An instrument for measuring the adhesive qualities of a substance.
adiathermancy
adiathermancy
noun
(obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat.
admeasurement
admeasurement
noun
Apportionment.
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
administerial
administerial
adj
Of or pertaining to administering or administration.
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
administrants
administrants
noun
plural of administrant
administrated
administrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of administrate
administrates
administrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administrate
administrator
administrator
noun
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
(law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
adminstration
admortization
admortization
noun
(law) In feudal law, the reducing of lands or tenements to mortmain.
adrenalectomy
adrenalectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adventurement
adventurement
noun
(obsolete) adventure.
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
advertisement
advertisement
noun
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
advertizement
advertizement
noun
Alternative spelling of advertisement
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
ambidexterity
ambidexterity
noun
Superior cleverness or adaptability.
The property of being equally skillful with each hand.
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
amygdonitrile
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
antidemocracy
antidemocracy
adj
Opposed to democracy.
noun
Opposition to democracy.
antimodernism
antimodernism
noun
A movement that opposes modernism.
antimodernist
antimodernist
adj
Opposing modernism.
noun
One who opposes modernism.
archdogmatist
archimandrite
archimandrite
noun
(ecclesiastical) An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.
(ecclesiastical) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
armageddonist
astrodynamics
astrodynamics
noun
The study of the motion of rockets and other spacecraft usually from Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation.
autodecrement
autodecrement
noun
(computing) An automatic decrement.
verb
(computing) To decrement automatically.
autoradiogram
autoradiogram
noun
Synonym of autoradiograph
bedragglement
bedragglement
noun
The state of being bedraggled.
belltopperdom
bestsellerdom
bestsellerdom
noun
The quality of having the status of bestseller.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
blomstrandine
blomstrandine
noun
(mineralogy) A basic oxide mineral containing a mixture of several rare earths
brachydomatic
brachydontism
bridgehampton
cambridgeport
carbodynamite
carbodynamite
noun
A form of dynamite in which charcoal is used as the absorbent
carcinomatoid
carcinomatoid
adj
(medicine) Having an appearance resembling that of carcinomata, often histopathologically.
cardiectomize
catadicrotism
catadicrotism
noun
The quality of being catadicrotic.
catanadromous
catanadromous
adj
(zoology) Ascending and descending freshwater streams from and to the sea, as the salmon does; anadromous.
cathedraticum
centrodesmose
centropomidae
chamberletted
chamberletted
adj
(zoology) Divided into little chambers.
chondromatous
chondromatous
adj
Having or relating to chondromata.
chondroseptum
chondrosteoma
chordacentrum
chordacentrum
noun
The centrum of a vertebra
christmastide
christmastide
Noun
The Christmas season.
The Twelve Days of Christmas.
chromoplastid
chromoplastid
noun
(botany) A protoplasmic granule of some other colour than green.
circumdiction
circumduction
circumduction
noun
(Scotland, law) The act of circumducing.
(anatomy) The circular (or, more precisely, conical) movement of a body part, such as a ball-and-socket joint or the eye. It consists of a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction.
circumnutated
circumnutated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnutate
circumrotated
circumrotated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumrotate
circumstanced
circumstanced
adj
(in combination) In the specified situation or circumstances.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumstance
clitoridotomy
clitoridotomy
noun
(surgery) A surgical procedure which reduces the size of the clitoral hood.
coastguardman
coastguardman
noun
(dated) A coastguard.
comicotragedy
commensurated
commensurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commensurate
compartmented
compartmented
adj
Divided into compartments.
Having (a specified type of) compartments.
conductimeter
conductimeter
noun
Alternative form of conductometer
conductometer
conductometer
noun
(physics) Any device used to measure conductivity
confederatism
conglomerated
conglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate
contemporised
contemporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporise
contemporized
contemporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporize
contrabandism
contrabandism
noun
traffic in contraband goods; smuggling
coredemptress
coredemptress
noun
A female coredeemer.
counterdemand
counterdemand
noun
A demand made in response to another demand.
countermanded
countermanded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countermand
credentialism
credentialism
noun
Excessive emphasis on the importance of educational, academic, legal, or regulatory qualifications.
cricoidectomy
cricoidectomy
noun
(surgery) excision of the cricoid cartilage
cryptodynamic
cumberlandite
debromination
debromination
noun
(chemistry) Any reaction that removes bromine from a compound
decelerometer
decelerometer
noun
An instrument for measuring deceleration.
decolorimeter
decrementless
decrementless
adj
Without decrement.
deflectometer
deflectometer
noun
An instrument that measures the deflection of structures when loads are applied.
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
deformational
deformational
adj
Pertaining to, due to, or causing deformation
delacrimation
demargarinate
dematerialise
dematerialise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dematerialize.
dematerialize
dematerialize
verb
(intransitive) To disappear by becoming immaterial.
(transitive) To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.
(transitive) To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.).
demeritorious
demeritorious
adj
Causing demerit.
demidandiprat
demilitarised
demilitarised
adj
(British spelling) alternative form of demilitarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demilitarise
demilitarized
demilitarized
adj
Declared free of all military activity.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demilitarize
demilitarizes
demilitarizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize
demipronation
demirevetment
democratising
democratising
verb
present participle of democratise
democratizing
democratizing
verb
present participle of democratize
demolitionary
demonolatrous
demonolatrous
adj
Relating to, or taking part in, demonolatry; demon-worshipping.
demonstrandum
demonstrating
demonstrating
verb
present participle of demonstrate
demonstration
demonstration
noun
(mathematics, philosophy) A proof.
(prison slang) A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
A show of military force.
An event at which something will be demonstrated.
Expression of one's feelings by outward signs.
The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
demonstrative
demonstrative
adj
(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to
given to open displays of emotion
that serves to demonstrate, show or prove
noun
A demonstrative adjective.
A demonstrative pronoun.
demonstrators
demonstrators
noun
plural of demonstrator
demonstratory
demonstratory
adj
Serving to demonstrate something.
demultiplexer
demultiplexer
noun
(computing, electronics) A device or piece of software used to separate signals that were previously combined using a multiplexer.
densitometers
densitometers
noun
plural of densitometer
densitometric
densitometric
adj
Obtained by use of a densitometer
Of or pertaining to densitometry
denumerantive
departmentize
departmentize
verb
Alternative form of departmentalize
dephlegmatory
dephlegmatory
adj
Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.
depressomotor
depressomotor
adj
(medicine) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centres.
dermanaplasty
dermapostasis
dermaskeleton
dermataneuria
dermatocoptes
dermatocoptic
dermatography
dermatography
noun
The anatomical description of the skin.
dermatologies
dermatologies
noun
plural of dermatology
dermatologist
dermatologist
noun
A person who is skilled in, professes or practices dermatology.
dermatoneural
dermatopathia
dermatopathia
noun
(pathology) Synonym of dermatopathy
dermatopathic
dermatopathic
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to skin diseases or their cure.
dermatophagus
dermatophobia
dermatophytic
dermatophytic
adj
Being or relating to a dermatophyte.
dermatoplasty
dermatoplasty
noun
(surgery) Plastic surgery of the skin, especially the use of skin grafts.
dermatopnagic
dermatorrhoea
dermatotropic
dermatotropic
adj
Having an affinity for the skin
dermoidectomy
dermonecrotic
dermonecrotic
adj
Relating to dermonecrosis
dermoreaction
dermosclerite
dermoskeletal
dermoskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to the dermoskeleton.
dermoskeleton
dermoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) An exoskeleton.
dermostenosis
deromanticize
deromanticize
verb
(transitive) To strip of romance; to make realistic rather than wishfully ideal.
derotrematous
descriptivism
descriptivism
noun
(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
destructivism
destructivism
noun
An art movement that involves destroying objects in front of spectators.