The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
aepyornithidae
aerohydropathy
alectoropodous
amphitheatered
amphitheatered
adj
Alternative form of amphitheatred
anarthropodous
anoplotherioid
antaphrodisiac
antaphrodisiac
adj
Capable of reducing the sex drive.
noun
A medicinal substance capable of reducing (inhibiting or eliminating) the sex drive/libido.
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.
aphydrotropism
apprenticehood
apprenticehood
noun
(obsolete) apprenticeship
archdepredator
archpriesthood
archpriesthood
noun
(ecclesiastical) The office of an archpriest.
asterospondyli
autoradiograph
autoradiograph
noun
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
verb
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
autotetraploid
autotetraploid
adj
(genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
batrachophidia
brevicipitidae
bronchotyphoid
cardiomyopathy
cardiomyopathy
noun
(pathology) The deterioration of the myocardium.
cardiopuncture
cardiopuncture
noun
(surgery) cardiocentesis
carphosiderite
carphosiderite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic, hydrated form of ferric sulfate
catadioptrical
catadioptrical
adj
catadioptric
cercopithecoid
cercopithecoid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the superfamily Cercopithecoidea (the Old World monkeys).
cheilodipterus
chondroplastic
chondroplastic
adj
Relating to chondroplasty.
chondroprotein
chondroprotein
noun
(biochemistry) Any glycoprotein found in cartilage
clypeastroidea
codictatorship
codictatorship
noun
A joint dictatorship.
codirectorship
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
cryptomonadina
cryptophagidae
cryptorchidism
cryptorchidism
noun
(andrology) The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
ctenodipterini
cyprinodontoid
cyprinodontoid
noun
Any of the family Cyprinodontidae of pupfish.
cyproheptadine
cyproheptadine
noun
(pharmacology) A particular antihistaminic, anticholinergic and antiserotonergic agent.
dactyliography
dactyliography
noun
The art of writing or engraving upon gems.
dactylographer
dactylographic
dactylographic
adj
Of or relating to dactylography.
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
decompensatory
decompensatory
adj
Relating to decompensation.
delphinapterus
demultiplexers
demultiplexers
noun
plural of demultiplexer
departmentally
departmentally
adv
In a departmental manner; affecting departments
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.
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
despiritualize
despiritualize
verb
To remove the spiritual element from.
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
deuteromorphic
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
diaheliotropic
diaheliotropic
adj
(botany) Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism.
diaphanometric
diaphototropic
dichromatopsia
dichromatopsia
noun
Synonym of dichromatism
diphtheriaphor
diphtherotoxin
diphtherotoxin
noun
An exotoxin secreted by Corynebacterium diphtheriae
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
dipolarization
dipterocarpous
dipterological
dipterological
adj
Of or relating to dipterology, the scientific study of flies.
disapprobation
disapprobation
noun
An act or expression of condemnation or disapproval, especially on moral grounds.
disapprobative
disapprobative
adj
disapproving
disapprobatory
disapprobatory
adj
Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
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
disciplinarity
disciplinarity
noun
The quality of being an academic discipline.
disciplinatory
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
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.
disproportions
disproportions
noun
plural of disproportion
disquiparation
disrespectable
disrespectable
adj
Not respectable.
disruptability
disruptability
noun
The quality of being disruptable.
disruptiveness
disruptiveness
noun
Quality or state of being disruptive.
distemperature
distemperature
noun
(now rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions.
(now rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder.
dnepropetrovsk
dorsoposteriad
dorsoposterior
dorsoposterior
adj
(anatomy) dorsal and posterior
(of a fetus) Having its back oriented towards the back of its mother
draughtmanship
draughtmanship
noun
Alternative form of draughtsmanship
dryopithecinae
dyspituitarism
dyspituitarism
noun
(pathology) Any condition due to incorrect secretion of the pituitary gland
ectepicondylar
ectepicondylar
adj
(anatomy) Adjacent to, and above the outer condyle of the humerus
(anatomy) Relating to the ectepicondyle
ectonephridium
edriophthalmic
electrodeposit
electrodeposit
verb
To deposit by means of electrodeposition.
endocrinopathy
endocrinopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the endocrine system
endoparasitica
endoparasitism
endoparasitism
noun
Behaviour of endoparasites.
endopterygotic
entepicondylar
entepicondylar
adj
(anatomy) Out of an epicondyle; related to an entepicondyle
epidermization
epidermization
noun
(surgery) skin grafting
The formation of the epidermis from underlying cells
epidermophyton
epigrammatised
epigrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epigrammatise
epigrammatized
epigrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epigrammatize
equiponderated
equiponderated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate
erythroplastid
extrapyramidal
extrapyramidal
adj
Of or pertaining to the neural pathways that are independent of the pyramidal tract.
extrastapedial
extrastapedial
adj
(anatomy) Projecting beyond the stapes; applied to part of the columella of the ear.
grandparentage
grandparentage
noun
The identity and nature of one's grandparents.
graptolitoidea
handicraftship
handicraftship
noun
The skill or art of making handicrafts.
harpsichordist
harpsichordist
noun
One who plays the harpsichord.
headmastership
headmastership
noun
The role or position of headmaster.
hermaphrodeity
hermaphrodeity
noun
hermaphrodism
hermaphrodites
hermaphrodites
noun
plural of hermaphrodite
hermaphroditic
hermaphroditic
adj
(biology) Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes.
Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite.
hermaphroditus
hermaphroditus
Proper noun
The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.
A male Aphrodite (Aphroditus), and represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility.
hesperornithid
hesperornithid
noun
(paleontology) Any extinct avialan in the family Hesperornithidae.
heteroproteide
histiophoridae
hydatomorphism
hydronephelite
hydronephrotic
hydronephrotic
adj
Exhibiting hydronephrosis.
hydrophilicity
hydrophilicity
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is hydrophilic.