(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominoscope
abdominoscope
noun
An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominovesical
abdominovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abducens
abducens
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of abducens nerve.
abducentes
abducentes
noun
plural of abducens
abecedarians
abecedarians
noun
plural of abecedarian
abidances
abidances
noun
plural of abidance
abjectedness
abjectedness
noun
(rare) The state of being abjected.
absconded
absconded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscond
abscondedly
abscondence
abscondence
noun
(rare) The act of absconding, or illicitly escaping; hiding of a fugitive.
absconder
absconder
noun
A person who absconds.
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
abstractedness
abstractedness
noun
The state of being abstracted; abstract character.
abundances
abundances
noun
plural of abundance
academicians
academicians
noun
plural of academician
academicianship
academicianship
noun
A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences
academising
academising
verb
present participle of academise
acanthodes
acaudelescent
accelerandos
accelerandos
noun
plural of accelerando
accensed
accensed
adj
(obsolete) kindled
accessioned
accessioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accession
accidencies
accidentalism
accidentalism
noun
A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
Accidental character or effect.
The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.
The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
accidentalist
accidentalist
noun
An expert in accidents, especially those involving motor vehicles.
Someone who believes in accidentalism.
accidentalness
accidentalness
noun
The quality of being accidental; casualness.
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
accidents
accidents
noun
plural of accident
accommodableness
accommodableness
noun
(rare) The quality or condition of being accommodable
accommodateness
accommodateness
noun
(rare) Fitness.
accommodatingness
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
accordances
accordances
noun
plural of accordance
accreditations
accreditations
noun
plural of accreditation
accrescendi
accrescendo
accursedness
accursedness
noun
The quality of being accursed.
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
acensuada
acensuador
acesodyne
acesodynous
acetanilides
acetanilides
noun
plural of acetanilide
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
acetaniside
acetanisidide
acetanisidide
noun
(organic chemistry) The amide N-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetamide related to paracetamol
acetanisidine
achaemenides
achaemenids
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
achrodextrinase
achroodextrinase
acidness
acidness
noun
acidity, sourness
acidnesses
acidulousness
acidulousness
noun
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
acipenserid
acipenserid
noun
(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
acipenseridae
acipenseroid
acipenseroid
noun
Synonym of chondrostean
acipenseroidei
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
acnodes
acnodes
noun
plural of acnode
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acquaintedness
acquaintedness
noun
(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acridines
acridines
noun
plural of acridine
acridness
acridness
noun
bitterness or acerbity
acridnesses
actinides
actinides
noun
plural of actinide
actinodermatitis
actinodermatitis
noun
actinic dermatitis
acutonodose
adamances
adamancies
adamancies
noun
plural of adamancy
addictedness
addictedness
noun
The degree of addiction.
The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
addictiveness
addictiveness
noun
The characteristic of being addictive.
adenectomies
adenectomies
noun
plural of adenectomy
adenocarcinomas
adenocarcinomas
noun
plural of adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenochondrosarcoma
adenocyst
adenocystoma
adenocystoma
noun
(pathology) An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
adenocystomatous
adenoidectomies
adenoidectomies
noun
plural of adenoidectomy
adenomycosis
adenomyxosarcoma
adenoncus
adenosarcoma
adenosarcoma
noun
An uncommon form of cancer that arises from mesenchymal tissue and has a benign glandular component.
adenosarcomas
adenosarcomata
adenosarcomata
noun
plural of adenosarcoma
adenosclerosis
adenosclerosis
noun
(medicine) The hardening of a gland.
adherences
adherences
noun
plural of adherence
adherescence
adherescent
adiadochokinesia
adiadochokinesia
noun
A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesia.
adiadochokinesis
adiadochokinesis
noun
Alternative form of adiadochokinesia
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adjacencies
adjacencies
noun
plural of adjacency
adjutancies
adjutancies
noun
plural of adjutancy
administratrices
administratrices
noun
plural of administratrix
admittances
admittances
noun
plural of admittance
adnascence
adnascence
noun
Adhesion of parts to each other by the whole surface.
adnascent
adnascent
adj
Growing to or on something else.
adnescent
adolescence
adolescence
noun
The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
adolescences
adolescences
noun
plural of adolescence
adolescency
adolescency
noun
adolescence
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescently
adolescently
adv
In a adolescent manner; like a teenager.
adolescents
adolescents
noun
plural of adolescent
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adrenalectomies
adrenalectomies
noun
plural of adrenalectomy
adrenocorticosteroid
adrenocorticosteroid
noun
(biochemistry) adrenal corticosteroid
adscendent
adularescence
adularescence
noun
The optical phenomenon, exhibited by some specimens (moonstones) of the mineral adularia, of exhibiting a white to pale bluish or rarely pale orange sheen along crystal faces.
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
advancedness
advancedness
noun
The quality of being advanced.
advancements
advancements
noun
plural of advancement
advancers
advancers
noun
plural of advancer
advances
advances
noun
plural of advance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advance
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
advertences
advertences
noun
plural of advertence
advertencies
advertencies
noun
plural of advertency
advowsance
aerodonetics
aerodonetics
noun
the study of the stability of aircraft in flight, especially the study of gliders
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicist
noun
A person who studies aerodynamics.
aerodynamics
aerodynamics
noun
The aerodynamic properties of a particular object (typically a car)
The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere
aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
noun
(physics) The scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases, especially when travelling at a high velocity.
affectedness
affectedness
noun
The state or quality of being affected.
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
affranchised
affranchised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affranchise
africanderism
alcedines
aleksandrovac
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
ambitendencies
ambitendencies
noun
plural of ambitendency
americanised
anacardiaceous
anacardiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.
anaspidacea
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
ancistrocladaceae
ancistrocladaceous
andesic
andesitic
andesitic
adj
(geology) Pertaining to, or composed of andesite
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcles
androcles
Proper noun
The main character of a common folktale that is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156.
androcrates
androdioecious
androdioecious
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.
androdioecism
androdioecism
noun
The property of being androdioecious.
andromonoecious
andromonoecious
adj
(botany) Producing both bisexual and male flowers on the same plant