An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominoscopy
abdominoscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
aberdeenshire
aberdeenshire
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the county of Aberdeen in Scotland; of a style that is widespread in Aberdeen.
Proper noun
a local government council area in north-east Scotland, created in 1996 on the abolition of Region. The city of Aberdeen is separate and has its own council.
a historic county in Scotland which was absorbed into Region in 1975.
abolitionised
abolitionised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abolitionise
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acaudelescent
accidentalism
accidentalism
noun
A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
Accidental character or effect.
The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.
The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
accidentalist
accidentalist
noun
An expert in accidents, especially those involving motor vehicles.
Someone who believes in accidentalism.
accordionists
accordionists
noun
plural of accordionist
acetanisidide
acetanisidide
noun
(organic chemistry) The amide N-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetamide related to paracetamol
acetanisidine
acidulousness
acidulousness
noun
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
acipenseridae
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.
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
adamantoblast
adamantoblast
noun
(obsolete) ameloblast
adaptableness
adaptableness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptable; adaptability.
addictiveness
addictiveness
noun
The characteristic of being addictive.
adenemphraxis
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
adenometritis
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adenosarcomas
adjoiningness
adjudications
adjudications
noun
plural of adjudication
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
admirableness
admirableness
noun
The state or quality of being admirable.
admonishingly
admonishingly
adv
In an admonishing manner.
admonishments
admonishments
noun
plural of admonishment
admonitionist
admonitionist
noun
One who admonishes, or believes in a policy of doing so.
adrenosterone
adrenosterone
noun
(biochemistry) A hormone, originally isolated from the adrenal cortex, that has weak androgenic effects.
adstipulating
adstipulation
adularescence
adularescence
noun
The optical phenomenon, exhibited by some specimens (moonstones) of the mineral adularia, of exhibiting a white to pale bluish or rarely pale orange sheen along crystal faces.
adulterations
adulterations
noun
plural of adulteration
adventureship
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresses
adventuresses
noun
plural of adventuress
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adversariness
adversariness
noun
Quality of being adversary.
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.
advisableness
advisableness
noun
Synonym of advisability
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
africanderism
afrikanderism
aggrievedness
aggrievedness
noun
The state or quality of being aggrieved.
airconditions
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
aleksandropol
aleksandrovac
aleksandrovsk
alisphenoidal
alisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid
amendableness
amendableness
noun
The state or quality of being amendable.
amphisbaenoid
amphisbaenoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
amplitudinous
anaesthetized
anaesthetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anaesthetize
anaphrodisiac
anaphrodisiac
adj
Antaphrodisiac (capable of reducing the sex drive).
noun
An antaphrodisiac (substance which reduces the sex drive).
anaphroditous
anathematised
anathematised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anathematise
andersonville
androdioecism
androdioecism
noun
The property of being androdioecious.
androdynamous
andromorphous
andromorphous
adj
Having the outward appearance of a male
andropetalous
androsphinges
androsphinxes
androsphinxes
noun
plural of androsphinx
angiocarditis
angiodiascopy
animadversion
animadversion
noun
(countable) A criticism, a critical remark.
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being animadversive.
animadversive
animadversive
adj
(archaic) Having the ability to perceive; percipient.
Critical or characterized by disapproval.
anisodactylic
antecedaneous
antecedaneous
adj
(obsolete) antecedent; coming earlier in time
anthosiderite
antidogmatism
antidogmatism
noun
Opposition to dogma.
antidogmatist
antidyscratic
antidyscratic
adj
Countering dyscrasy.
noun
A remedy to counter dyscrasy.
antifeudalism
antifeudalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to a feudal system.
antifeudalist
antifeudalist
adj
Synonym of antifeudal
noun
Somebody opposed to feudalism.
antimodernism
antimodernism
noun
A movement that opposes modernism.
antimodernist
antimodernist
adj
Opposing modernism.
noun
One who opposes modernism.
antispasmodic
antispasmodic
adj
(pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms.
antispreading
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
antivandalism
antivandalism
adj
(law enforcement) Opposing or proscribing vandalism.
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.
archdeaconess
archdeaconess
noun
A female archdeacon.
The wife of an archdeacon.
archidiskodon
archscoundrel
arduousnesses
arduousnesses
noun
plural of arduousness
armageddonist
arseniuretted
arseniuretted
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Combined with arsenic.
arundinaceous
arundinaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a reed or cane
ascensiontide
assheadedness
assiduousness
assiduousness
noun
The state or property of being assiduous.
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.
asyndetically
asyndetically
adv
(grammar) In a manner characterized by the use of asyndeton; in a manner in which the words are not connected by conjunctions.
attitudinised
attitudinised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attitudinise
attitudiniser
attitudiniser
noun
Alternative form of attitudinizer
attitudinizes
attitudinizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attitudinize
audaciousness
audaciousness
noun
Impudence.
Risky or daring behaviour.
audioemission
autodiagnosis
autodiagnosis
noun
Diagnosis of a condition by the patient; self-diagnosis.
autodiffusion
autodiffusion
noun
(physics) The diffusion of atoms or molecules among similar entities, especially in a solid
autodigestion
autodigestion
noun
(biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
avanguardisti
awkwardnesses
awkwardnesses
noun
plural of awkwardness
backswordsman
balantidiasis
balantidiasis
noun
A protozoan infection caused by Balantidium coli.
balantidiosis
baldpatedness
baldwinsville
banderilleros
banderilleros
noun
plural of banderillero
bandspreading
barefacedness
barefacedness
noun
The state or quality of being barefaced.
barnardsville
basidiolichen
basidiolichen
noun
(lichenology) Any lichen in which the fungus is a member of the Basidiomycota
basiglandular
basilidianism
bastardliness
bastardliness
noun
The state or quality of being bastardly.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardlessness
beardlessness
noun
The state or quality of being beardless.
bedriddenness
bedriddenness
noun
The state or quality of being bedridden.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
beholdingness
beholdingness
noun
The state or quality of being beholden.
beknottedness
beknottedness
noun
(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
benedictinism
benightedness
benightedness
noun
The quality of being benighted.
berchtesgaden
bernardsville
bespottedness
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bewitchedness
bewitchedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitched.
bidimensional
bidimensional
adj
two-dimensional
bigwiggedness
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
blandiloquous
blandiloquous
adj
(obsolete) blandiloquent
blandinsville
blandishingly
blandishingly
adv
So as to blandish.
blandishments
blandishments
noun
plural of blandishment
blennadenitis
blessednesses
blessednesses
noun
plural of blessedness
blomstrandine
blomstrandine
noun
(mineralogy) A basic oxide mineral containing a mixture of several rare earths