(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
acetopyrin
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
aeolotropy
aeolotropy
noun
(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
amphitryon
ampholytic
ampholytic
adj
(chemistry, of an electrolyte) amphoteric
amyloplast
amyloplast
noun
(biology) A specialized leucoplast responsible for the storage of amylopectin through the polymerization of glucose.
amyotrophy
amyotrophy
noun
(pathology) atrophy of muscles
anaglypton
anastrophy
anemopathy
angiopathy
angiopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
anisotropy
anisotropy
noun
The degree to which this property is exhibited.
The property of being directionally dependent.
antapology
anthophagy
anthophagy
noun
(biology) feeding on flowers
anthophyta
anthophyte
anthophyte
noun
(botany) Any flowering plant, or extinct close relative of the flowering plants.
antipopery
antipopery
noun
Opposition to popery.
antipyonin
antipyonin
noun
(dated, medicine) borax
antitypous
antitypous
adj
(obsolete) resistant to blows; hard
antroscopy
antroscopy
noun
An antroscopic examination
aortopathy
aortopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the aorta
apanthropy
apanthropy
noun
An aversion to human company; love of solitude.
apocalypst
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
apophysate
apophysate
adj
(anatomy) Possessing an apophysis
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
appositely
appositely
adv
In an apposite manner.
apterygota
apterygote
apterygote
noun
Any insect of the order Apterygota.
aristotype
aristotype
noun
(historical) A print made by such a process.
(historical) A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
arthropody
asphyctous
aspiratory
aspiratory
adj
pertaining to aspiration
astroscopy
astroscopy
noun
(obsolete) observation of the stars
asymptotes
asymptotes
noun
plural of asymptote
asymptotic
asymptotic
adj
(mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity.
(mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity.
asyntrophy
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
autophytic
autoplasty
autoplasty
noun
(medicine, surgery, dated) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds. In present-day contexts likelier to be called autotransplantation or autografting.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
autotrophy
autotrophy
noun
(biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
auxotrophy
auxotrophy
noun
(biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
bipolarity
bipolarity
noun
The state of being bipolar.
boanthropy
boanthropy
noun
(psychiatry) The delusion that one is an ox or cow.
bryophytes
bryophytes
noun
plural of bryophyte
bryophytic
bryophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
cacotrophy
cacotrophy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition.
calotypist
calotypist
noun
A person who makes calotypes.
capernoity
captiously
captiously
adv
In a captious manner.
carpophyte
carpophyte
noun
(botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.
cattyphoid
ceroplasty
ceroplasty
noun
ceroplastics; the art of modelling in wax
charophyta
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
chromotypy
chromotypy
noun
The production of chromotypes
clypeolate
coenotypic
collotyped
collotypic
colourtype
colourtype
noun
Alternative form of colortype
compactify
compactify
verb
(humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact.
(humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
(mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
(physics, transitive) To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).
compatibly
compatibly
adv
In a compatible manner
competency
competency
noun
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
completely
completely
adv
(degree) To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
(manner) In a complete manner
completory
completory
adj
Serving to fulfil.
noun
A compline.
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
complicity
complicity
noun
(archaic) Complexity.
The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
computably
computably
adv
In a computable manner
With regard to computability
copartnery
copartnery
noun
The state of being copartners in any undertaking.
coprophyte
coprophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that lives on dung.
copulatory
copulatory
adj
Pertaining to copulation
copycatted
copycatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copycat
copycutter
copyfitter
copyrights
copyrights
noun
plural of copyright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyright
copywriter
copywriter
noun
(marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
coreplasty
cormophyta
cormophyte
cormophyte
noun
(now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
coroplasty
corporeity
corporeity
noun
(countable) A body, a physical substance.
(uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
cryptocarp
cryptodira
cryptodire
cryptodire
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptogamy
cryptogamy
noun
The condition of being a cryptogam.
cryptogamic botany.
cryptogram
cryptogram
noun
(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
cryptolite
cryptolith
cryptology
cryptology
noun
Secret or enigmatical language.
The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
cryptomere
cryptonema
cryptopine
cryptopine
noun
(chemistry) A colourless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
cryptopyic
cryptozoic
cryptozoic
adj
(chiefly soil science, of an organism) Hidden (especially in the soil); not easily visible.
(parasitology) Relating to a cryptozoite.
cryptozoon
cryptozygy
cyanopathy
cyanopathy
noun
(medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
cyrtograph
cystophora
cystophore
cystoscope
cystoscope
noun
A form of endoscope used to examine the ureter and the bladder.
cystoscopy
cystoscopy
noun
An endoscopy of the urinary bladder via the urethra
cystospasm
cystospasm
noun
(pathology) A spasm (sudden contraction) of the bladder
cystospore
cystospore
noun
A zoospore within a cyst of a chytrid
cytopathic
cytopathic
adj
That damages or destroys cells
cytophagic
cytophilic
cytophilic
adj
Having an affinity for cells
cytotrophy
cytotropic
cytotropic
adj
Attracting cells; having an affinity for cells.
dantophily
dasyprocta
decryption
decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
depilatory
depilatory
adj
That removes hair
noun
A preparation that removes hair from the body.
deployment
deployment
noun
(parachuting) the start of something
An arrangement or classification of things.
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
depositary
depositary
adj
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit.
noun
A place where deposits are kept
One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
depository
depository
noun
A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.
A trustee; a depositary.
depuratory
depuratory
adj
Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
dermatopsy
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermophyte
dermophyte
noun
dermatophyte
desmopathy
desmopathy
noun
disease of the ligaments
desmotropy
despoticly
despoticly
adv
Archaic form of despotically.
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
diastrophy
diophysite
diphyodont
diphyodont
adj
(anatomy) Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other.
noun
Any creature with two successive sets of teeth.
diplophyte
diplophyte
noun
(biology) sporophyte
dipsopathy
dipsopathy
noun
(medicine, archaic) The treatment of disease by abstaining from liquids; a thirst cure.
Alcoholism.
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
dropsywort
dryopteris
dyophysite
dyophysite
Noun
Someone who believes in the doctrine that there are ‘two natures’, human and divine, in Christ.
dystrophia
dystrophia
noun
dystrophy
dystrophic
dystrophic
adj
(of a spring, lake &c) Having brownish acidic waters due to humus