An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominoscopy
abdominoscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
abstractional
abstractional
adj
Pertaining to abstraction.
acanthocereus
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
accelerations
accelerations
noun
plural of acceleration
accentuations
accentuations
noun
plural of accentuation
accessoriness
accessoriness
noun
The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.
accessorizing
accessorizing
verb
present participle of accessorize
accomplishing
accomplishing
verb
present participle of accomplish
accordionists
accordionists
noun
plural of accordionist
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
accountancies
accountancies
noun
plural of accountancy
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accumulations
accumulations
noun
plural of accumulation
accustomation
accustomation
noun
The process of becoming accustomed to something; habituation.
accustomizing
accustomizing
verb
present participle of accustomize
acetoarsenite
acetoarsenite
noun
(chemistry) Any mixed salt containing both acetate and arsenite anions
achromatising
achromatising
verb
present participle of achromatise
acidulousness
acidulousness
noun
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
adv
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
actinocarpous
actinocutitis
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinomycosis
actinomycosis
noun
(pathology) An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to man, characterized by the formation of painful abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract, caused by Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Propionibacterium propionicum.
actinophorous
actinophorous
adj
(biology) Having straight projecting spines
actinopterous
actualisation
actualisation
noun
Alternative spelling of actualization
acyanoblepsia
acyanoblepsia
noun
Inability to see the colour blue.
adenosarcomas
adjudications
adjudications
noun
plural of adjudication
aeonicaeonist
aeromechanics
aeromechanics
noun
(physics) The branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases; it comprises aerostatics and aerodynamics
plural of aeromechanic
affectionless
affectionless
adj
(psychology) Incapable of empathy.
Without affection; unfeeling; emotionless.
agonistically
agonistically
adv
In an agonistic manner
airconditions
albocinereous
albuminoscope
aleksandrovac
allochthonous
allochthonous
adj
(geology) Buried or found in a place remote from the site of formation.
Originating in a place other than where it is found.
altingiaceous
amarantaceous
amarantaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, of which the amaranth is the type.
amniocentesis
amniocentesis
noun
(medicine) A procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid from a pregnant animal, by inserting a hollow needle through the abdominal wall and into the amniotic sac. Used in diagnosing possible genetic defects and/or obstetric complications.
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
anachronistic
anachronistic
adj
(of a person) Having opinions from the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; overly conservative.
Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.
anachronously
anachronously
adv
anachronistically
anaeroplastic
anaphrodisiac
anaphrodisiac
adj
Antaphrodisiac (capable of reducing the sex drive).
noun
An antaphrodisiac (substance which reduces the sex drive).
ancestorially
ancestorially
adv
In an ancestorial context.
androdioecism
androdioecism
noun
The property of being androdioecious.
anencephalous
anencephalous
adj
(biology) Without a brain.
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
angiocarditis
angiocholitis
angiocholitis
noun
Synonym of cholangitis
angiodiascopy
angioleucitis
anglicisation
anglicisation
noun
The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more English. Usually applied to language or culture.
anisodactylic
anisometropic
anisometropic
adj
Relating to anisometropia
anisostichous
anisotropical
anisotropical
adj
Alternative form of anisotropic
announcements
announcements
noun
plural of announcement
annunciations
annunciations
noun
plural of annunciation
anomalistical
anomalistical
adj
Alternative form of anomalistic
antecedaneous
antecedaneous
adj
(obsolete) antecedent; coming earlier in time
anteporticoes
anteprostatic
anteroclusion
anthecologist
anthecologist
noun
One who studies anthecology.
anthracitious
anthroposcopy
anthroposcopy
noun
A form of anthropology based upon visual observation of the physical characteristics of the human body.
anticalculous
anticalculous
adj
(dentistry) Countering dental calculi.
anticancerous
anticancerous
adj
anticancer
anticensorial
anticipations
anticipations
noun
plural of anticipation
anticlockwise
anticlockwise
adj
(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
anticollision
anticollision
adj
Acting to combat or prevent collisions
anticommunism
anticommunism
noun
Opposition to communism.
anticommunist
anticommunist
adj
Opposed to the tenets of communism.
noun
One who is opposed to the tenets of communism.
anticorrosion
anticorrosion
adj
Preventing corrosion.
anticorrosive
anticorrosive
adj
Preventing or counteracting corrosion.
noun
An agent that prevents or stops corrosion.
anticosmetics
anticytolysin
antiegotistic
antielectrons
antielectrons
noun
plural of antielectron
antiepiscopal
antiepiscopal
adj
(Christianity) Opposing the bishops, or episcopacy.
antignostical
antilacrosser
antinarcotics
antinarcotics
adj
(law enforcement) Intended to combat narcotics trade or production
antiochianism
antiprostatic
antipsychotic
antipsychotic
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting psychosis.
noun
(pharmacology) Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis.
antirecession
antirecession
adj
(economics) Serving to counter a financial recession.
antiresonance
antiresonance
noun
(physics) the condition, in an electric circuit containing a capacitor and coil in parallel and in which the alternating current line voltage and the resultant current are in phase, in which the impedance approaches infinity.
antiscorbutic
antiscorbutic
adj
(pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy.
antisocialist
antisocialist
adj
Opposed to socialism.
noun
(politics) One who opposes socialism.
antisociality
antisociality
noun
(sociology, psychology) The quality of being antisocial.
antisophistic
antisoporific
antispasmodic
antispasmodic
adj
(pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms.
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
appreciations
appreciations
noun
plural of appreciation
arachnoiditis
arachnoiditis
noun
(pathology) A neuropathic disease caused by the inflammation of the arachnoid, one of the membranes that surround and protect the nerves of the spinal cord.
arachnologist
arachnologist
noun
One who is engaged in arachnology, the study of arachnids.
arborescently
arborescently
adv
In an arborescent manner.
archdeaconess
archdeaconess
noun
A female archdeacon.
The wife of an archdeacon.
archidiskodon
archostenosis
archscoundrel
archsynagogue
areotectonics
aristogenetic
aristogenetic
adj
Of or relating to aristogenesis.
aristolochine
arsenicophagy
arsenicophagy
noun
The eating of arsenic, formerly practiced for supposed health benefits.
articulations
articulations
noun
plural of articulation
arundinaceous
arundinaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a reed or cane
ascensiontide
associational
associational
adj
Of, pertaining to or deriving from association.
asthenobiotic
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.
astronautical
astronautical
adj
referring to travel in outer space
asynchronisms
asynchronisms
noun
plural of asynchronism
atrociousness
atrociousness
noun
The state or quality of being atrocious.
audaciousness
audaciousness
noun
Impudence.
Risky or daring behaviour.
aurantiaceous
aurantiaceous
adj
(archaic) Relating to the former family Aurantiaceae.
Of or relating to oranges or orange trees.
auscultations
auscultations
noun
plural of auscultation
auteciousness
autochthonism
autochthonism
noun
The state of being autochthonal.
autochthonous
autochthonous
adj
(biology, medicine) Originating where found; found where it originates.
(geology) Buried in place, especially of a fossil preserved in its life position without disturbance or disarticulation.
Native to the place where found; indigenous.
autocorrosion
automechanism
auxosubstance
bacillogenous
backswordsman
bacteriolysin
bacteriolysin
noun
Any antibody that causes lysis of the cells of a bacterium
basichromatin
basichromatin
noun
The basophil portion of the chromatin of a cell.
basidiolichen
basidiolichen
noun
(lichenology) Any lichen in which the fungus is a member of the Basidiomycota
bellicoseness
bellicoseness
noun
The state or quality of being bellicose; bellicosity
bibaciousness
bibliognostic
biconcavities
biconcavities
noun
plural of biconcavity
biconsonantal
biconsonantal
adj
Composed of two consonants
noun
A word or root (in particular in an Afroasiatic language) which consists of two consonants.
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
bignoniaceous
bignoniaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae.
bioenergetics
bioenergetics
noun
(biology, physics) The study of the energy transformations that take place in living organisms.
A form of physical therapy according to which physical movements are a means of releasing emotional stress.