(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acquaintanceship
acquaintanceship
noun
(countable) A relationship as acquaintances.
(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinopterygious
anthropomorphous
anthropomorphous
adj
Describing an animal or inanimate object using human characteristics; employing anthropomorphism.
Resembling a human being.
anthropophuistic
anthropophuistic
adj
Of or relating to anthropophuism.
anthropopithecus
antipneumococcic
antipneumococcic
adj
(immunology) Acting against pneumococcus.
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antiproductively
antiproductivity
antiprostitution
antiprostitution
adj
Acting against or prohibiting prostitution
antiputrefaction
antiputrefaction
adj
That counters (the effects of) putrefaction
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antispiritualism
antispiritualism
noun
Opposition to spiritualism.
antispiritualist
antisupernatural
antiunemployment
antiunemployment
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering unemployment.
aponogetonaceous
aponogetonaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aponogetonaceae.
argentoproteinum
argentoproteinum
noun
(archaic) silver proteinate
asterospondylous
australanthropus
autoasphyxiation
autoasphyxiation
noun
The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
autohypnotically
autolaryngoscope
autolaryngoscope
noun
A laryngoscope modified for autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopy
noun
laryngoscopy or one's own larynx
automanipulation
automanipulative
bacteriopurpurin
bacteriopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) A red pigment found in certain sulfur bacteria.
branchiopneustic
circumscriptions
circumscriptions
noun
plural of circumscription
contemptuousness
contemptuousness
noun
The state of being contemptuous
contrascriptural
contrascriptural
adj
(religion) contrary to Scripture
cotemporaneously
cotemporaneously
adv
During the same time period.
counterappellant
counterappellant
noun
(law) One who makes a counterappeal.
countercampaigns
countercampaigns
noun
plural of countercampaign
countercomplaint
countercomplaint
noun
A complaint raised in response to another complaint, and usually against the party that complained first
counterespionage
counterespionage
noun
All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy.
counterpetitions
counterpetitions
noun
plural of counterpetition
counterponderate
counterpressures
counterpressures
noun
plural of counterpressure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterpressure
counterprinciple
counterprinciple
noun
A principle in opposition to another principle.
counterproposals
counterproposals
noun
plural of counterproposal
counterresponses
counterresponses
noun
plural of counterresponse
counterscalloped
dessertspoonfuls
dessertspoonfuls
noun
plural of dessertspoonful
desulphurization
desulphurization
noun
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of desulfurization
diphenylthiourea
disputatiousness
disputatiousness
noun
The state or quality of being disputatious or argumentative; contentiousness.
disreputableness
disreputableness
noun
The state or quality of being disreputable or disgraceful; disreputability.
electropneumatic
electropneumatic
adj
electric and pneumatic
entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship
noun
The art or science of innovation and risk-taking for profit in business.
The quality of being an entrepreneur.
equipotentiality
equipotentiality
noun
The condition of being equipotential
equiproportional
equiproportional
adj
equally proportional (to two or more other things)
equitemporaneous
equitemporaneous
adj
(obsolete) Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
helminthosporium
hemopneumothorax
hemopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together
hepatolenticular
hepatolenticular
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to the liver and the lens of the eye, which suffer degenerative effects in Wilson's disease.
hydropneumatosis
hyperfunctioning
hyperfunctioning
noun
Excessive functioning
hypernaturalness
hypernitrogenous
hyperprognathous
hyperprognathous
adj
Excessively prognathous
hypocotyledonous
immunopathologic
immunopathologic
adj
Synonym of immunopathological
implementiferous
implementiferous
adj
(archaeology) Yielding implements.
incircumspection
incircumspection
noun
Lack of circumspection.
incorruptibility
incorruptibility
noun
The condition of being incorruptible; honesty.
The condition of never decaying or decomposing (especially, as ascribed to the bodies of holy people in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity).
indisputableness
indisputableness
Noun
The property of being indisputable.
insusceptibility
insusceptibility
noun
Lack of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive.
intercorpuscular
intercorpuscular
adj
Between corpuscles.
interpunctuation
interpunctuation
noun
any form of punctuation between words
intracorpuscular
intracorpuscular
adj
(anatomy) Within the corpuscle.
isosulphocyanate
isosulphocyanate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of isosulphocyanic acid.
ligninsulphonate
linguopapillitis
ludicrosplenetic
lymphangiomatous
manipulatability
marsupialization
marsupialization
noun
(surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.
microencapsulate
microencapsulate
verb
(transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
micromanipulator
micromanipulator
noun
a device, used for micromanipulation, consisting of microscopic needles and instruments viewed through a microscope
mispronouncement
mispronouncement
noun
Synonym of mispronunciation
mispronunciation
mispronunciation
noun
(countable) A mispronounced word or phrase.
(uncountable) The act of mispronouncing.
monticuliporidae
multiplepoinding
multiplepoinding
noun
(Scotand, law) A legal action taken when there are several claimants to the same fund or property.
multipliableness
multiplicational
multiplicational
adj
Relating to multiplication.
multiprogramming
multiprogramming
noun
(computing) The allocation of computing resources to more than one concurrent application, job, or user.
municipalization
municipalization
noun
(economics) The transfer of corporations or other assets to municipal ownership.
neuropathologist
neuropathologist
noun
A specialist who practices neuropathology
neuropsychiatric
neuropsychiatric
adj
Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
neuropsychopathy
neuropsychopathy
noun
(pathology) neurological psychopathy
neurorthopterous
nitrososulphuric
noncircumspectly
nonconsumptively
nonexpeditiously
nonimputableness
noninterruptedly
noninterruptedly
adv
In a noninterrupted manner.
nonlepidopterous
nonlepidopterous
adj
Not lepidopterous.
nonplatitudinous
nonplutocratical
nonpneumatically
nonpresumptively
nonpronunciation
nonpronunciation
noun
Absence of pronunciation; failure to pronounce something.
nonproteinaceous
nonproteinaceous
adj
Not proteinaceous.
nonprotuberantly
nonrepetitiously
nonscripturalist
nonscripturalist
adj
(rare) Not being or relating to a scripturalist.
nonspectacularly
nonspeculatively
nonspiritualness
nonspontaneously
nonsupplementary
nonsupplementary
adj
Not supplementary.
nonsuppositional
nonsuppositional
adj
Not suppositional.
nonsuppositively
nontherapeutical
nontherapeutical
adj
Alternative form of nontherapeutic
obdiplostemonous
obdiplostemonous
adj
(botany, of flowers) Having two sets of stamens in alternating whorls, with the outer whorl opposite the petals.
obstreperousness
obstreperousness
noun
The quality of being obstreperous.
ornithocephalous
osseoaponeurotic
osseoaponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to an object composed of bone and aponeurosis; at the end of a muscle where it becomes tendon.
outhyperbolizing
overcaptiousness
overconsumptions
oversubscription
oversubscription
noun
(networking) The practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port in a storage area network.
(programming) A multithreading technique involving an extra thread that runs tasks when all other threads are blocked.
A subscription for more than is available.
oxynaphtoquinone
palatopharyngeus
palatopharyngeus
noun
(anatomy) A long, fleshy longitudinal muscle, narrower in the middle than at either end, that arises from the soft palate, contributes with the mucous membrane covering its surface to the structure of the palatopharyngeal arch, and is inserted into the thyroid cartilage and the wall of the pharynx; it serves to constrict the fauces and draw the larynx and pharynx upwards.
pantagruelically
paragglutination
parenchymatously
parenchymatously
adv
In a parenchymatous manner
parthenogonidium
perfunctoriously
perfunctoriously
adv
(archaic) Synonym of perfunctorily
perigastrulation
perigastrulation
adj
(physiology) Occurring around the time of gastrulation
perpendicularity
perpendicularity
noun
The condition of being perpendicular.
persulphocyanate
persulphocyanate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of persulphocyanic acid.
pertinaciousness
pertinaciousness
Noun
The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
pharyngognathous
pharyngognathous
adj
(archaic) Characteristic of fish of the order Pharyngognathi.
pharyngopneustal
phenolsulphonate
phosphotungstate
phosphotungstate
noun
(chemistry) A salt or ester of phosphotungstic acid.
photocoagulation
photocoagulation
noun
(medicine) A surgical procedure in which a tumour, or diseased retinal tissue, is destroyed by using a laser.
photoduplication
photoduplication
noun
photocopying
photojournalists
photojournalists
noun
plural of photojournalist
photoluminescent
photoluminescent
adj
Exhibiting photoluminescence
phthisipneumonia
pinnitentaculate
plectospondylous
plectospondylous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Plectospondyli.
pleurenchymatous
pleurobranchiate
pleurobronchitis
pleuroperitoneal
pleuroperitoneal
adj
Relating to the pleuroperitoneum.
pleuroperitoneum
pleuroperitoneum
noun
(anatomy) The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the enclosed viscera; the peritoneum; used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.