(veterinary medicine) Presence of excessive levels of acetone in blood, sometimes occurring in cows during the first weeks after giving birth to a calf.
acetonemic
acetonemic
adj
Of or pertaining to acetonemia
achaemenes
achaemenid
achenodium
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
actinomere
actinomere
noun
(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism
actinonema
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
adamancies
adamancies
noun
plural of adamancy
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
admittance
admittance
noun
(Britain, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
(physics) The reciprocal of impedance
Actual entrance, reception.
Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
The act of admitting.
aerenchyma
aerenchyma
noun
(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants
aeromancer
aeromancer
noun
A practitioner of aeromancy
aeromantic
aeromantic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of aeromancy.
aeronomics
affirmance
affirmance
noun
(countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
aircrewman
aircrewman
noun
A member of a military aircrew.
aircrewmen
aircrewmen
noun
plural of aircrewman
aldermancy
aldermancy
noun
The office or position of an alderman.
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
almochoden
amarynceus
amasthenic
amasthenic
adj
(photography) Uniting the rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens does.
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
ambulances
ambulances
noun
plural of ambulance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulance
amercement
amercement
noun
(law) A non-statutory monetary penalty or forfeiture, usually applied at the discretion of a court.
americanly
americanly
Adverb
In an American manner; in a way characteristic of Americans.
americanos
americanos
noun
plural of americano
americanum
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amplectant
amplectant
adj
(botany) That clasps a support, especially by twining around it
clasping or embracing
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
analcimite
anammelech
anamnestic
anamnestic
adj
Of or pertaining to anamnesis
That aids memory; mnemonic
anaseismic
anaseismic
adj
Moving up and down; said of earthquake shocks.
anchesmius
ancientism
ancientism
noun
The belief that people in ancient times were wiser than those of today.
ancramdale
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andromache
andromache
Proper noun
the wife of Hector
anemically
anemically
adv
In an anemic manner.
anemochord
anemochore
anemochore
noun
An organism that spreads by wind, as a plant with wind-borne seeds.
anemologic
anemoscope
anemoscope
noun
An instrument that shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.
anhydremic
animalcule
animalcule
noun
(obsolete) A small animal.
(physiology, historical) A sperm cell or spermatozoon; also, the embryo that was formerly thought to be contained inside a spermatozoon in a fully developed state.
(zoology, archaic) A microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers.
anisomeric
anisomeric
adj
(chemistry) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
anomatheca
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
anticamera
antichrome
antiedemic
antiedemic
noun
An agent or substance that counters edema.
antiemetic
antiemetic
adj
That combats nausea and vomiting
noun
(medicine) A drug that combats nausea and vomiting
antiloemic
antrectomy
antrectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal (resection) of part of the stomach, often combined with a vagotomy.
apneumatic
apneumatic
adj
(medicine) Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air.
(rare) Of or pertaining to the nonexistence of soul or spirit; non-spiritual.
archflamen
archflamen
noun
A chief flamen or priest.
arsenicism
arsenicism
noun
(pathology) A diseased condition produced by gradual arsenic poisoning.
atacamenan
athermancy
athermancy
noun
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
attachment
attachment
noun
(computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
(law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
(meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
A dependence, especially a strong one.
A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
The means by which something is physically attached.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
avicennism
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
balanceman
balanceman
noun
A man employed to sit on the trunk of a tree while it is transported and keep it horizontal.
becalmment
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
belamcanda
belemnitic
belemnitic
adj
Of or relating to belemnite.
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
beneficium
benzaminic
blancmange
blancmange
noun
(historical) A dish, eaten in the Middle Ages, generally consisting of chicken (or sometimes capon or fish), milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar.
A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla.
buchmanite
cacocnemia
cacodaemon
cacodaemon
noun
(obsolete) A nightmare.
A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
Twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.
cacuminate
cacuminate
verb
(obsolete) To make sharp or pointed.
caedmonian
caffeinism
caffeinism
noun
a toxic condition caused by excessive ingestion of coffee and other caffeine-containing beverages
addiction to such beverages
cajolement
cajolement
noun
The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
cakemaking
cakemaking
noun
The making of cakes.
calamander
calamander
noun
A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a kind of ebony obtained from species of Diospyros, especially Diospyros quaesita.
calamitean
calcimined
calcimined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calcimine
calciminer
calciminer
noun
A person who calcimines.
calcimines
calcimines
noun
plural of calcimine
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcimine
calmnesses
calmnesses
noun
plural of calmness
calodaemon
calumniate
calumniate
verb
(transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.
(transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
cambresine
cambresine
noun
Alternative form of cambrasine
cameration
cameration
noun
A vaulting or arching over.
camerlengo
camerlengo
noun
The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
camerlingo
cameronian
cameronian
Noun
A follower of (1648?–1680), a leader of the militant Presbyterians, known as Covenanters, who resisted attempts by the Stuart monarchs to control the affairs of the Church of Scotland.
camletting
campaigned
campaigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
campaigner
campaigner
noun
(by extension) A military veteran.
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.
A person who has served in a military campaign.
Someone with experience in a certain field.
campanella
campanella
noun
(historical) A smallish suspended bell used in medieval monastic cloisters.
campaniles
campaniles
noun
plural of campanile
campesinos
campesinos
noun
plural of campesino
camphanone
camphorone
camphylene
camptonite
camptonite
noun
(mineralogy) A lamprophyre containing plagioclase and feldspar.
cancelment
cancelment
noun
(dated) cancellation
candlebeam
candlebeam
noun
(architecture, UK, regional, archaic) A rood beam.
candlebomb
candlebomb
noun
A pasteboard shell used in signaling, filled with a substance which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cantonment
cantonment
noun
(India) A permanent military station.
A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters.
Temporary military living quarters.
capernaism
carbonemia
carcinemia
carmagnole
carmagnole
noun
(archaic) A bombastic report from the French armies.
(clothing, historical) A short jacket, fashionable during the French Revolution, with short skirts, a broad collar and lapels, and several rows of buttons.
(historical) A popular Red Republican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.
carmarthen
carmencita
carminette
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
casemented
casemented
adj
Having a casement or casements.
cashmerian
catamenial
catamenial
adj
Of or relating to the menses or menstruation
catamneses
catamnesis
catamnesis
noun
The follow-up history of a patient after the onset of illness, or after discharge from treatment
catchments
catchments
noun
plural of catchment
catechumen
catechumen
noun
A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.
cavalrymen
cavalrymen
noun
plural of cavalryman
cementless
cementless
adj
Without cement.
cementlike
cementlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of cement.
cementwork
cenobitism
cenobitism
noun
The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.
cenomanian
cenomanian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Late (Upper) Cretaceous epoch.
centaurdom
centaurdom
noun
The condition of being, or resembling, a centaur.
The world or realm of centaurs.
centaurium
centennium
centennium
noun
(rare) Synonym of century: A period of 100 years.
centermost
centermost
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of centremost
centesimal
centesimal
adj
Describing a hundredth part
Divided into a hundred parts
centesimos
centigrams
centigrams
noun
plural of centigram
centimeter
centimeter
noun
(American spelling) (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre
centimetre
centimetre
noun
(British spelling, Canadian spelling) (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm
centimolar
centimolar
adj
(chemistry) Of or relating to centimoles; one hundredth as concentrated as a molar solution.