(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
acupuncturator
acupuncturator
noun
An acupuncturist.
acupuncturists
acupuncturists
noun
plural of acupuncturist
adscriptitious
aeroperitoneum
africanthropus
alectoropodous
amphithurthura
anapterygotous
anarthropodous
anterosuperior
anterosuperior
adj
(anatomy) From anterior to superior.
anthrapurpurin
anthrapurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2,7-trihydroxyanthraquinone, a purple dye used in histology for the detection of calcium
anthropogenous
anthropogenous
adj
having its origin in the activities of mankind; particularly, referring to environmental alterations resulting from the presence or activities of humans
of or pertaining to anthropogeny
anthropophagus
anthropophagus
noun
A man-eater; a cannibal.
anthropophuism
anthropophuism
noun
The ascription of human nature to the gods.
anticorruption
anticorruption
adj
Opposed to or combating corruption
noun
Movement or actions opposing corruption.
anticrepuscule
antipeduncular
antiproductive
antiprudential
antiprudential
adj
Lacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.
antiputrescent
antiputrescent
Adjective
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
antirepublican
antirepublican
adj
(politics) Opposing the formation of a republic.
noun
(politics) One who opposes the formation of a republic.
antiscriptural
antiscriptural
adj
that contradicts scripture
antisurplician
antrustionship
antrustionship
noun
The role or status of an antrustion.
archipterygium
archipterygium
noun
(anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
arthropomatous
arthropomatous
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the order Arthropomata
austroriparian
autoaspiration
autobiographal
autobiographal
adj
(archaic) autobiographical
autobiographer
autobiographer
noun
One who writes his or her own life or biography.
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autolithograph
autolithograph
noun
A drawing produced by autolithography
verb
To print by means of autolithography
autoparasitism
autoparasitism
noun
A form of parasitism in which a parasite infects another individual of the same species
autophotograph
autophotometry
autophytograph
autoplagiarism
autoplagiarism
noun
The republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original.
autopyotherapy
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
autotransplant
autotransplant
noun
autotransplantation
verb
To transplant from one part of the body to another.
autotropically
autotropically
adv
In an autotropic manner
autotypography
autotypography
noun
(archaic) A process by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which further prints can be made.
barytosulphate
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
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.
capilliculture
capilliculture
noun
(rare) The medical treatment of the hair or of baldness.
cardiopuncture
cardiopuncture
noun
(surgery) cardiocentesis
castanospermum
cheilodipterus
cheiropatagium
chiropterygium
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.
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.
circumtropical
circumtropical
adj
(distributed) throughout the tropics
claustrophilia
claustrophilia
noun
The love or arousal of enclosed, tight places.
claustrophobia
claustrophobia
noun
The fear of closed, tight places.
claustrophobic
claustrophobic
adj
(psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
noun
Someone with claustrophobia
cleistocarpous
cleistocarpous
adj
(botany) Relating to, or bearing a cleistocarp
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.
conceptualizer
conceptualizer
noun
One who conceptualizes.
contemperature
contemperature
noun
(obsolete) The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture.
contrapuntally
contrapuntally
adv
In a contrapuntal manner
corpuscularity
corpuscularity
noun
The quality of being corpuscular.
corruptibility
corruptibility
noun
The state of being corruptible
corundophilite
costopulmonary
costopulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
cotemporaneous
cotemporaneous
adj
Living or existing at the same time; contemporaneous.
countercompany
countercompony
countercompony
noun
(heraldry) A checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures
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.
counterimpulse
counterimpulse
noun
An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.
counteropening
counteropening
noun
(surgery) An aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a different place.
counterparadox
counterpassant
counterpassant
adj
(heraldry) Passant in opposite directions; said of two animals.
counterpassion
counterpenalty
counterpendent
counterpicture
counterpicture
noun
Synonym of counterimage
counterplotted
counterplotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterplot
counterplotter
counterplotter
noun
One who counterplots.
counterpointed
counterpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint
counterpoising
counterpoising
verb
present participle of counterpoise
counterposting
counterpotence
counterpotency
counterprocess
counterprocess
noun
A process that counteracts or opposes another process.
counterproject
counterproject
noun
A project proposed in opposition to another.
counterprophet
counterprotest
counterprotest
noun
A protest held in opposition to another protest.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To protest in opposition to another protest.
counterpuncher
counterpuncher
noun
(boxing) A boxer who commonly counterpunches.
(tennis) A player who returns every ball and relies on the opponent making mistakes
counterrampant
counterreplied
counterreplies
counterreplies
noun
plural of counterreply
counterriposte
counterriposte
noun
(fencing) A thrust delivered in response to the opponent's riposte.
craniopuncture
cryptobranchus
cryptoporticus
cryptoporticus
noun
(Roman architecture) A vaulted corridor or arcade at, or just below ground level; normally lit by openings in the upper part of the vault. Also a roofed promenade that is enclosed with side walls that have windows or openings instead of columns.
cryptorhynchus
cuprobismutite
cuprobismutite
noun
(mineralogy) A black mineral, with a metallic lustre, found in quartz deposits; it is a mixed sulfide of copper and bismuth.
cuproscheelite
cuproscheelite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral (CuWO₄) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
cuprotungstite
cuprotungstite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
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
delphinapterus
demultiplexers
demultiplexers
noun
plural of demultiplexer
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
diplobacterium
diplobacterium
noun
A bacterium composed of two adherent bacteria
dipterocarpous
disquiparation
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.
draughtmanship
draughtmanship
noun
Alternative form of draughtsmanship
dyspituitarism
dyspituitarism
noun
(pathology) Any condition due to incorrect secretion of the pituitary gland
ectocarpaceous
ectonephridium
electroimpulse
eleutheromorph
emprosthotonus
emprosthotonus
noun
(medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
empyreumatical
empyreumatical
adj
Alternative form of empyreumatic
enteropneustal
enteropneustan
entrepreneuses
entrepreneuses
noun
plural of entrepreneuse
epituberculous
epituberculous
adj
(pathology) Near or superimposed upon a tuberculous lesion
equestrianship
equestrianship
noun
equestrianism
equiponderated
equiponderated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate
erythrocarpous
erythrophagous
erythrophilous
erythrophilous
adj
(cytology) That readily stains red
ethylsulphuric
eupatoriaceous
eusthenopteron
eutrophication
eutrophication
noun
(biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.
exopterygotous
extemporaneous
extemporaneous
adj
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.