(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinotrichium
actinotrichium
noun
(zoology) Any of a group of hairlike fibres in the finfolds of fish larvae that develop into fin rays
adiathermanous
adventuresomes
aeroperitoneum
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
amaranthaceous
amaranthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.
amateurishness
amateurishness
noun
The quality of being amateurish.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambisinistrous
ambisinistrous
adj
clumsy, ambilevous
amicronucleate
ammonitiferous
ammonitiferous
adj
Containing fossil ammonites.
amphithurthura
anametadromous
antejuramentum
anthracomartus
anthropophuism
anthropophuism
noun
The ascription of human nature to the gods.
antimasquerade
antimoniferous
antimoniferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing antimony.
antimoniureted
antinaturalism
antinaturalism
noun
(sociology) The view that the natural world and the social world are different, related to antipositivism.
antineutralism
antiquarianism
antiquarianism
noun
Archaism.
Study or love of antiques.
Study or love of antiquity.
antivermicular
archaeotherium
archipterygium
archipterygium
noun
(anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
archmystagogue
argumentatious
argumentatious
adj
Tending to argue; disputatious.
argyranthemous
arsinoitherium
arthropomatous
arthropomatous
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the order Arthropomata
augmentationer
augmentationer
noun
(historical) An officer of the Court of Augmentations.
autocollimator
autocollimator
noun
(physics) A device that uses a plane mirror to align or collimate optical devices
autodecrements
autodecrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autodecrement
autohemorrhage
autoincrements
autoincrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoincrement
autoparasitism
autoparasitism
noun
A form of parasitism in which a parasite infects another individual of the same species
autophotometry
autoplagiarism
autoplagiarism
noun
The republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original.
baluchitherium
binomenclature
bismuthiferous
bismuthiferous
adj
Containing or producing bismuth.
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
bouleversement
bouleversement
noun
Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
bremsstrahlung
bremsstrahlung
noun
The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
campulitropous
campylotropous
campylotropous
adj
(botany) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
castanospermum
centauromachia
centauromachia
noun
Alternative form of centauromachy
chalicotherium
cheiropatagium
chemicocautery
chiropterygium
chromatogenous
chromatogenous
adj
Producing colour.
chrysanthemums
chrysanthemums
noun
plural of chrysanthemum
circumadjacent
circumadjacent
adj
Lying immediately around
circumambulate
circumambulate
verb
(transitive) To walk around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
circumaviation
circumcincture
circumcrescent
circumcrescent
adj
(botany) Synonym of epibolic
(botany) That grows around something
circumferentor
circumferentor
noun
(surveying) An instrument used to measure horizontal angles, consisting of a brass circle and an index, all of one piece.
circumgyration
circumgyration
noun
circling, wheeling (around)
rotation, revolution
circumgyratory
circumgyratory
adj
Moving in a circle; turning round.
circumlittoral
circumlittoral
adj
Around, or bordering the shore.
Describing the part of the sea bottom immediately beyond the littoral.
circumlocution
circumlocution
noun
(countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
(uncountable) Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a lexical gap, either monolingually or in translation.
(uncountable) Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).
circumlocutory
circumlocutory
adj
Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic; verbose.
circumnavigate
circumnavigate
verb
(intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.
(transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
(transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
circumnutating
circumnutating
verb
present participle of circumnutate
circumnutation
circumnutation
noun
(botany) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
circumnutatory
circumnutatory
adj
circumnutating; performing or relating to circumnutation
circumpentagon
circumposition
circumposition
noun
(chiefly technical) The act of positioning something around something else; or the state of being so positioned
(linguistics) A pair of adpositions that occur on either side of the complement
The act of circumposing.
circumrotating
circumrotating
verb
present participle of circumrotate
circumrotation
circumrotation
noun
rotation or revolution around an axis
circumrotatory
circumrotatory
adj
Turning, rolling, or whirling round.
circumscriptly
circumscriptly
adv
In a circumscript manner.
circumspection
circumspection
noun
Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.
circumspective
circumspective
adj
Looking in all directions; cautious or watchful of danger.
circumstancing
circumstancing
verb
present participle of circumstance
circumstantial
circumstantial
adj
(law) Suggesting guilt, but not proving it conclusively.
Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular.
Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.
circumtropical
circumtropical
adj
(distributed) throughout the tropics
circumundulate
circumundulate
verb
To flow around as waves or undulations
circumvallated
circumvallated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumvolution
circumvolution
noun
Anything winding or sinuous.
The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
circumvolutory
circumvolutory
adj
Exhibiting or relating to circumvolution.
circumzenithal
circumzenithal
adj
Around the zenith.
clavicytherium
clavicytherium
noun
(music) A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player.
coastguardsman
coastguardsman
noun
A member of a coastguard.
coastguardsmen
coastguardsmen
noun
plural of coastguardsman
colletotrichum
commensurately
commensurately
adv
In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
With equal measure or extent.
commensurating
commensurating
verb
present participle of commensurate
commensuration
commensuration
noun
The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.
commissurotomy
commissurotomy
noun
(medicine) The surgical division of a commissure or similar structure.
communisteries
compulsatorily
compulsatorily
adv
In a compulsatory manner.
compunctionary
compurgatorial
compurgatorial
adj
Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
computerizable
computerizable
adj
Able to be computerized.
conductimetric
conductimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the endpoint is determined by measuring conductivity
(physics) Of or pertaining to the measurement of conductivity
conductometric
conductometric
adj
Of or pertaining to conductometry
conferruminate
conferruminate
adj
(botany) Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces.
verb
To unite into a solid mass
confricamentum
conservatorium
conservatorium
noun
(music) conservatory
constructivism
constructivism
noun
(art) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.
(mathematics) A philosophy that asserts the need to construct a mathematical object to prove it exists.
(philosophy, psychology) A psychological epistemology which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences.
contemperature
contemperature
noun
(obsolete) The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture.
conterminously
conterminously
adv
In a conterminous manner
contrastimulus
contrastimulus
noun
Synonym of counterstimulus
cosmotellurian
costopulmonary
costopulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
cotemporaneous
cotemporaneous
adj
Living or existing at the same time; contemporaneous.
counterclaimed
counterclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim
countercommand
countercommand
noun
A command that cancels or reverses a previous command; a countermand.
verb
(transitive) To countermand (a person or group).
(transitive) To countermand (a previous command).
countercompany
countercompony
countercompony
noun
(heraldry) A checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures
counterdemands
counterdemands
noun
plural of counterdemand
counterembargo
counterembargo
noun
An embargo that a nation sets up in response to another embargo against it.
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
counterexample
counterexample
noun
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.
counterferment
counterformula
counterformula
noun
A formula that counters or goes against another formula.
counterimitate
counterimitate
verb
To react to another person by refraining from doing what they do; to deliberately not imitate.
counterimpulse
counterimpulse
noun
An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.
countermanding
countermanding
noun
The act of something being countermanded.
verb
present participle of countermand
countermeasure
countermeasure
noun
(military, chiefly in the plural) Any of the devices and techniques used to impair the operational effectiveness of an enemy.
Any action taken to counteract or correct another.
countermessage
countermessage
noun
A message that refutes the content of another message.
countermissile
countermission
countermission
noun
A mission whose goal is to disrupt or retaliate against another mission.
counterrampant
counterreforms
counterreforms
noun
plural of counterreform
crematoririums
cubometatarsal
cuprobismutite
cuprobismutite
noun
(mineralogy) A black mineral, with a metallic lustre, found in quartz deposits; it is a mixed sulfide of copper and bismuth.
cylindromatous
cylindromatous
adj
Of or relating to a cylindroma.
deambulatories
deambulatories
noun
plural of deambulatory
demioctangular
demultiplexers
demultiplexers
noun
plural of demultiplexer
denumerability
denumerability
noun
(mathematics) The property of being denumerable.
destructionism
deuteromorphic
deuteromycetes
deuteromycetes
noun
plural of deuteromycete
deuteronomical
deuterostomata
diamantiferous
diamantiferous
adj
Yielding diamonds.
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
discouragement
discouragement
noun
Anything that discourages.
The act of discouraging.
The loss of confidence or enthusiasm.
disfeaturement
disfigurements
disfigurements
noun
plural of disfigurement
disfurnishment
disfurnishment
noun
(archaic) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
disgruntlement
disgruntlement
noun
The state of being disgruntled, usually displayed in a stereotypical form such as frowning and annoyance; the acts of sulky dissatisfaction.
distemperature
distemperature
noun
(now rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions.
(now rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder.
ditrichotomous
ditrichotomous
adj
(botany) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; said of a leaf or stem.