Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
noun
(medicine) A drug or substance that induces the releasing of gas from the digestive tract.
carminatives
carminatives
noun
plural of carminative
centumvir
centumvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
centumvirate
centumvirate
noun
A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.
circumaviation
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.
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
circumnavigates
circumnavigates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate
circumnavigating
circumnavigating
verb
present participle of circumnavigate
circumnavigation
circumnavigation
noun
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumnavigations
circumnavigations
noun
plural of circumnavigation
circumnavigator
circumnavigator
noun
A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumvallating
circumvallating
verb
present participle of circumvallate
circumvallation
circumvallation
noun
A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.
circumvent
circumvent
verb
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
(transitive) to surround or besiege
circumventable
circumventable
adj
Capable of being circumvented.
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
circumventer
circumventer
noun
Alternative form of circumventor
circumventing
circumventing
verb
present participle of circumvent
circumvention
circumvention
noun
The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumventive
circumventive
adj
evading or overcoming some protective measure.
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvents
circumvents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolution
circumvolution
noun
Anything winding or sinuous.
The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
commemorativeness
commemorativeness
noun
The quality of being commemorative.
comparativeness
comparativeness
noun
The state or quality of being comparative.
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
conglomerative
conglomerative
adj
Causing, or relating to, conglomeration.
conservationism
conservationism
noun
A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatisms
conservatisms
noun
plural of conservatism
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.
contrivement
contrivement
noun
(obsolete) contrivance; invention; arrangement or plan
controversialism
controversialism
noun
The tendency to engage in controversy.
controversionalism
conversationalism
conversationalism
noun
Synonym of conversationism
conversationism
conversationism
noun
A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism.
convertism
costermansville
counterinvestment
counterinvestment
noun
Synonym of countercathexis
countermoving
countermoving
adj
That moves in opposition or retaliation
verb
present participle of countermove
criminative
criminative
adj
(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
cryptovolcanism
discriminative
discriminative
adj
(of an element, feature, attribute, etc.) Which serves to distinguish its bearer.
Having or relating to the ability to discriminate between things.
discriminatively
discriminatively
adv
With discrimination or distinction.
discriminativeness
discriminativeness
noun
The condition of being discriminative
divorcement
divorcement
noun
(figuratively, psychology) Complete detachment or disunion.
(obsolete) Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.
divorcements
divorcements
noun
plural of divorcement
excrementive
excrementive
adj
(archaic) Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement.
galvanometric
galvanometric
adj
Measured using a galvanometer.
Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
galvanometrical
galvanometrical
adj
Synonym of galvanometric
galvanometrically
galvanometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, galvanometry.
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
immunoreactive
immunoreactive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
noun
Any substance that causes an immune reaction.
immunoreactivity
immunoreactivity
noun
A measure of the immune reaction caused by an antigen.
imperceiverant
imperceptiveness
imperceptiveness
noun
The quality of being imperceptive.
inanimadvertence
indiscriminative
indiscriminative
adj
Making no distinction; not discriminating; indiscriminate.
indiscriminatively
indiscriminatively
adv
In an indiscriminative manner
intercommunicative
intercommunicative
adj
Relating to intercommunication.
introspectivism
ivermectins
ivermectins
noun
plural of ivermectin
macroevolution
macroevolution
noun
Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions.
macroevolutionary
macroevolutionary
adj
Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution
magnetostrictive
magnetostrictive
adj
Relating to, or caused by magnetostriction
magnetostrictively
magnetostrictively
adv
By means of or in terms of magnetostriction.
mechanoreceptive
mechanoreceptive
adj
Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch
merchantville
microenvironment
microenvironment
noun
(biology) The very small environment in the immediate vicinity of an organism.
A very small area that has different characteristics than its surroundings.
microenvironmental
microenvironmental
adj
Pertaining to a microenvironment.
microevolution
microevolution
noun
Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level.
microevolutionary
microevolutionary
adj
Of or pertaining to microevolution
microgalvanometer
misadvertence
misadvertence
noun
inadvertence
misconstructive
misconstructive
adj
Being or relating to a misconstruction.
misinstructive
misinstructive
adj
Constituting misinstruction; instructing wrongly.
monoverticillate
monoverticillate
adj
Having a single whorl
multivincular
multivincular
adj
Having or relating to more than one vinculum.
neoconstructivism
noncircumscriptive
noncircumvallated
noncommemorative
noncommemorative
adj
Not commemorative.
noncommemoratively
noncommiserative
noncommiseratively
nonconfirmative
nonconfirmative
adj
Not confirmative.
nondiscriminative
nondiscriminative
adj
Not discriminative
nondiscriminatively
nonimbricative
novemarticulate
omniscriptive
omnivoracity
omnivoracity
noun
The condition of being omnivorous
ovariectomizing
ovariectomizing
verb
present participle of ovariectomize
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
overaccumulating
overaccumulating
verb
present participle of overaccumulate
overaccumulation
overaccumulation
noun
accumulation of too much
action and effect of accumulating capital without productive purposes.
overcircumspection
overcommendation
overcommercialization
overcommercialization
noun
Excessive commercialization.
overcommiting
overcommitment
overcommitment
noun
The act or situation of overcommitting.
overcommunicative
overcompensating
overcompensating
verb
present participle of overcompensate
overcompensation
overcompensation
noun
An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed.