(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a phenetidine
acetphenetidin
acetylperoxide
acidosteophyte
acidosteophyte
noun
(medicine) A sharp or needle-shaped osteophyte.
adaptabilities
adaptabilities
noun
plural of adaptability
addlepatedness
addlepatedness
noun
The quality of being addlepated.
adenemphractic
adenophthalmia
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adoptabilities
adoptabilities
noun
plural of adoptability
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
aepyornithidae
aerohydropathy
alectoropodous
aminopeptidase
aminopeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or protein
amphitheatered
amphitheatered
adj
Alternative form of amphitheatred
amplexicaudate
anoplotherioid
anthrapyridine
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.
antidiphtheria
antidiphtheria
adj
Preventing diphtheria.
antidiphtheric
antidiphtheric
adj
Alternative form of anti-diphtheric
antidiphtherin
antidiphtherin
noun
(historical) A certain vaccine against diphtheria.
antilocapridae
antipeduncular
antipriesthood
antiproductive
antiprudential
antiprudential
adj
Lacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.
antisepticised
antisepticised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antisepticise
antisepticized
antisepticized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antisepticize
apodeictically
apodeictically
adv
In an apodeictic manner.
appendectomies
appendectomies
noun
plural of appendectomy
appendicectomy
appendicectomy
noun
(surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix
appendicostomy
appendicostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of an opening into the vermiform appendix, typically via the navel
appendiculated
appendiculated
adj
Alternative form of appendiculate
apprenticehood
apprenticehood
noun
(obsolete) apprenticeship
archdepredator
archpriesthood
archpriesthood
noun
(ecclesiastical) The office of an archpriest.
asterospondyli
autotetraploid
autotetraploid
adj
(genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
brevicipitidae
cardiopuncture
cardiopuncture
noun
(surgery) cardiocentesis
carphosiderite
carphosiderite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic, hydrated form of ferric sulfate
cercopithecoid
cercopithecoid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the superfamily Cercopithecoidea (the Old World monkeys).
cheilodipterus
chondroprotein
chondroprotein
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoprotein found in cartilage
clypeastroidea
codirectorship
compassionated
compassionated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compassionate
conceptualised
conceptualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conceptualise
conceptualized
conceptualized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize
contemplatedly
coprecipitated
coprecipitated
adj
precipitated along with another substance
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coprecipitate
correspondents
correspondents
noun
plural of correspondent
corundophilite
counterparadox
counterpendent
counterplotted
counterplotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterplot
counterpointed
counterpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint
counterreplied
cryptophagidae
ctenodipterini
cynopithecidae
cyproheptadine
cyproheptadine
noun
(pharmacology) A particular antihistaminic, anticholinergic and antiserotonergic agent.
dactylographer
daguerreotyped
daguerreotyped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daguerreotype
daguerreotyper
daguerreotyper
noun
One who takes daguerreotypes.
daguerreotypes
daguerreotypes
noun
plural of daguerreotype
daguerreotypic
decapitatation
decompensating
decompensating
verb
present participle of decompensate
decompensation
decompensation
noun
(medicine) The inability of a diseased or weakened organic system or organ to compensate for its deficiency, resulting in functional deterioration.
(psychology) The deterioration of cognitive or emotional functionality in a person who is distressed or who suffers from a psychological disorder.
decompensatory
decompensatory
adj
Relating to decompensation.
decompositions
decompositions
noun
plural of decomposition
delphinapterus
demultiplexers
demultiplexers
noun
plural of demultiplexer
demultiplexing
demultiplexing
verb
present participle of demultiplex
departmentally
departmentally
adv
In a departmental manner; affecting departments
depigmentation
depigmentation
noun
(pathology) The loss of the skin's normal pigmentation.
depolarisation
depolarisation
noun
Alternative spelling of depolarization
depolarization
depolarization
noun
(biology, medicine) An intracellular shift in electrical charge distribution, resulting in less negative charge inside the cell compared with outside; it is essential to the function of many cells, communication between cells, and the overall physiology of an organism.
(sociology) Reduction of political polarization.
depoliticizing
depoliticizing
verb
present participle of depoliticize
depotentiation
depotentiation
noun
(biochemistry) The action of a substance that reduces the effect of another substance
depreciatingly
depreciatingly
adv
So as to disparage or belittle.
depreciatively
depreciatively
adv
In a depreciative manner.
depredationist
depressibility
dermatatrophia
dermatoglyphic
dermatoglyphic
adj
Relating to the study and subject matter of dermatoglyphics.
dermatographia
dermatographia
noun
(pathology) A skin disorder in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked, scratched or rubbed.
dermatographic
dermatographic
adj
Relating to dermatography
dermatoplastic
dermatoplastic
adj
Of or relating to dermoplasty
dermatotherapy
dermatotherapy
noun
(medicine) treatment of a skin disease
dermophlebitis
descriptionist
descriptionist
adj
(philosophy) Regarding utterances as primarily descriptive rather than as rigidly specifying a particular thing or kind of thing.
Descriptivist.
noun
Synonym of descriptivist
desmepithelium
desmopathology
desophisticate
desophisticate
verb
(transitive) To clear from sophism or error.
despiritualize
despiritualize
verb
To remove the spiritual element from.
despitefulness
despitefulness
noun
The state or quality of being despiteful.
despondentness
despoticalness
despoticalness
noun
The state or quality of being despotical.
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
deutencephalic
deutencephalon
deuteromorphic
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
developmentist
diaheliotropic
diaheliotropic
adj
(botany) Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism.
diaphanometric
dilettanteship
dilettanteship
noun
The role or status of a dilettante.
diphtheriaphor
diphtherotoxin
diphtherotoxin
noun
An exotoxin secreted by Corynebacterium diphtheriae
diphthongalize
diplacanthidae
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
diplogangliate
diploplaculate
diplostemonous
diplostemonous
adj
(botany) Having twice as many stamens as petals in two whorls, the inner aligned with the petals.
(botany, uncommon) Having twice as many stamens as petals.
dipterocarpous
dipterological
dipterological
adj
Of or relating to dipterology, the scientific study of flies.
disappointedly
disappointedly
adv
In a disappointed manner.
disappointment
disappointment
noun
(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
(countable) Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.
(uncountable) The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.
disapprobative
disapprobative
adj
disapproving
disappropriate
disappropriate
adj
(law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.
verb
To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
discerpibility
discerpibility
noun
Alternative form of discerptibility
disciplinative
disciplinative
adj
disciplinary
discoplacental
disdiplomatize
disimprovement
disimprovement
noun
(informal, rare, influenced by the German noun Verschlimmbesserung) attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before.
Reduction from a better to a worse state.
disincorporate
disincorporate
adj
Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated.
verb
(US) To revoke the charter of an incorporated town or city.
To deprive of corporate rights.
disparagements
disparagements
noun
plural of disparagement
dispensability
dispensability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is dispensable
(uncountable) The state of being dispensable
dispensational
dispensational
adj
Of or pertaining to dispensation.
dispensatively
dispensatively
adv
By dispensation.
dispensatories
dispensatories
noun
plural of dispensatory
dispensatorily
dispensatorily
adv
By way of dispensation.
dispersibility
dispersibility
noun
(countable) A measure of the relative extent to which something is dispersible
(uncountable) The condition of being dispersible
dispiritedness
dispiritedness
noun
The state or condition of being dispirited.
dispiteousness
dispiteousness
noun
The state of being dispiteous.
disputableness
disputableness
noun
The state or quality of being disputable or arguable; disputability.
disrespectable
disrespectable
adj
Not respectable.
disruptiveness
disruptiveness
noun
Quality or state of being disruptive.
dissipatedness
dissipatedness
noun
The quality of being dissipated.
distemperature
distemperature
noun
(now rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions.
(now rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder.
dnepropetrovsk
dodecapetalous
dorsoposteriad
dorsoposterior
dorsoposterior
adj
(anatomy) dorsal and posterior
(of a fetus) Having its back oriented towards the back of its mother
dryopithecinae
duplicidentata
duplicidentate
duplicidentate
adj
Having differently-sized incisors (larger in the centre of the jaw)