(medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.
bronchopneumonic
bronchopneumonic
adj
Relating to, or caused by bronchopneumonia
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
brutalitarianism
brutalitarianism
noun
brutal totalitarianism
caducibranchiata
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
carcinosarcomata
carcinosarcomata
noun
plural of carcinosarcoma
censoriousnesses
centrifugalizing
centrifugalizing
verb
present participle of centrifugalize
centrolepidaceae
cephalorachidian
cephalorachidian
adj
(anatomy) Synonym of cerebrospinal
ceratomandibular
cerebellopontile
cerebellopontile
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebellum and pons
cerebellopontine
cerebellopontine
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebellum and pons.
cerebromeningeal
cerebromeningeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebral cortex and the meninges
cerebrorachidian
cerebrosensorial
chancellorsville
characterisation
characterisation
noun
(British spelling) Alternative form of characterization
characterization
characterization
noun
The act or process of characterizing.
chickenheartedly
chickenheartedly
adv
Alternative form of chicken-heartedly
chivalrousnesses
chlorophoenicite
chlorophoenicite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.
chlorpheniramine
chlorpheniramine
noun
chlorphenamine
cholangiographic
cholangiographic
adj
Relating to cholangiography.
chondroarthritis
chondrocarcinoma
chondroepiphysis
chondroepiphysis
noun
epiphyseal cartilage
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
choriocarcinomas
choriocarcinomas
noun
plural of choriocarcinoma
christianisation
christianization
christianization
Noun
The act or process of converting or being converted to Christianity.
christianography
christianomastix
chronogrammatist
chronogrammatist
noun
A writer of chronograms.
chronoisothermal
chronoisothermal
adj
Relating to a chronoisotherm
chronometrically
chronometrically
adv
In terms of or by means of chronometry, the scientific observation of time.
chronoscopically
chronoscopically
adv
In a chronoscopic manner
chryselephantine
chryselephantine
adj
Made of gold and ivory.
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
chymotrypsinogen
chymotrypsinogen
noun
(biochemistry) An inactive precursor to chymotrypsin
cineangiographic
cineangiographic
adj
Relating to cineangiography
cinematographers
cinematographers
noun
plural of cinematographer
cinematographies
cinematographies
noun
plural of cinematography
cinematographist
cinematographist
Noun
A cinematographer.
circularizations
circularizations
noun
plural of circularization
circumambiencies
circumambiencies
noun
plural of circumambiency
circumambulating
circumambulating
verb
present participle of circumambulate
circumambulation
circumambulation
noun
The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
circumbendibuses
circumbendibuses
noun
plural of circumbendibus
circumdenudation
circumdenudation
noun
(geology) denudation around an object
circumhorizontal
circumhorizontal
Adjective
Around the horizon.
circumintestinal
circumintestinal
adj
(anatomy) Synonym of perienteric
circumlocutional
circumlocutional
adj
Of or relating to circumlocution: circumlocutionary.
circummeridional
circumnavigating
circumnavigating
verb
present participle of circumnavigate
circumnavigation
circumnavigation
noun
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumscriptions
circumscriptions
noun
plural of circumscription
circumstantiable
circumstantiable
adj
That can be circumstantiated
circumstantially
circumstantially
adv
In every circumstance or particular; minutely.
In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.
in a circumstantial manner
circumstantiated
circumstantiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumstantiate
circumstantiates
circumstantiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumstantiate
circumterraneous
circumterraneous
adj
(archaic) Being or dwelling around the Earth.
circumundulation
cirmcumferential
clackmannanshire
clackmannanshire
Proper noun
A historic county in Scotland (abolished in 1975) and present-day council area (created 1996) bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and
clearsightedness
clearsightedness
noun
Alternative spelling of clear-sightedness
coadministration
coadministration
noun
joint administration
coadministratrix
collaborationism
collaborationism
noun
The act of collaborating, especially with an enemy.
collaborationist
collaborationist
noun
One who collaborates, a collaborator.
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
commentatorially
commentatorially
adv
In a commentatorial manner.
commissionership
commissionership
noun
The role or office of commissioner.
communitarianism
communitarianism
noun
(ethics) The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach
compartmentalize
compartmentalize
verb
(transitive) To separate something into different categories or compartments.
compartmentation
compartmentation
noun
(military) Effects of relief and drainage upon avenues of approach so as to produce areas bounded on at least two sides by terrain features such as woods, ridges, or ravines that limit observation or observed fire into the area from points outside the area. (JP 3-05.1)
(military) Establishment and management of an organization so that information about the personnel, internal organization, or activities of one component is made available to any other component only to the extent required for the performance of assigned duties.
division into compartments
compressibleness
compressibleness
noun
The quality of being compressible.
conciliatoriness
conciliatoriness
noun
The state or quality of being conciliatory.
confederationism
confederationism
noun
The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
confederationist
confederationist
adj
(Canada, chiefly historical) Of or relating to a political movement in favour of Canadian Confederation.
noun
(Canada, chiefly historical) A supporter of Canadian Confederation.
A supporter of confederation.
configurationism
configurationism
noun
(psychology) Any theory of psychology based on configurational properties, but especially Gestalt psychology
configurationist
conformationally
conformationally
adv
(chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule
confrontationism
confrontationism
noun
A policy of confrontation.
confrontationist
confrontationist
noun
One who favours confrontation.
congeliturbation
congeliturbation
noun
(geology) gelifraction
congratulational
congregationally
congregationally
adv
In a congregational manner; as a congregation
congregativeness
congregativeness
noun
The quality of being congregative.
congressionalist
conservationists
conservationists
noun
plural of conservationist
conservativeness
conservativeness
noun
The state or quality of being conservative.
considerableness
considerableness
noun
The state or quality of being considerable.
conspiratorially
conspiratorially
adv
In a conspiratorial manner
constructibility
constructibility
noun
(management) A project management technique to review construction processes and potential obstacles from start to finish, before building begins.
The condition of being constructible.
constructionally
constructionally
adv
In a constructional manner
With regard to construction
constructionists
constructionists
noun
plural of constructionist
constructiveness
constructiveness
noun
(phrenology) Creativity, the capacity to invent.
The characteristic of being constructive.
containerization
containerization
noun
The process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport.
contemporariness
contemporariness
noun
The state or quality of being contemporary.
conterminousness
conterminousness
noun
The state or quality of being conterminous.
contrabassoonist
contrabassoonist
noun
Someone who plays the contrabassoon.
contracapitalist
contraceptionist
contraceptionist
noun
One who promotes contraception.
contractibleness
contractibleness
noun
contractibility
contradictedness
contradictedness
noun
The state or quality of being contradicted.
contradictiously
contradictiously
adv
In a contradictious manner.
contradistinctly
contradistinctly
adv
In a contradistinct manner.
contraindicating
contraindicating
verb
present participle of contraindicate
contraindication
contraindication
noun
(medicine) A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.
contraindicative
contraindicative
adj
Serving as a contraindication.
contraregularity
contrascriptural
contrascriptural
adj
(religion) contrary to Scripture
contributiveness
contributiveness
noun
The quality of being contributive.
controversialism
controversialism
noun
The tendency to engage in controversy.
controversialist
controversialist
noun
One who regularly engages in public controversies.
controversialize
controversialize
verb
(transitive) To make to appear controversial.
convallariaceous
convallariaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Convallariaceae.
conversationable
conversationable
adj
Synonym of conversable (“able and inclined to engage in conversation”)
conversationally
conversationally
adv
In a conversational manner
copolymerization
copolymerization
noun
The polymerization of multiple monomers to form a copolymer
coracomandibular
coracomandibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the coracoid process and the mandible.
corporealization
corporealization
noun
(figurative) Accomplishment.
The process of making corporeal, of giving physical form to.
The state of having physical form as a result of this process.
correspondencies
correspondencies
noun
plural of correspondency
correspondential
coryphaenoididae
counteragitation
counteragitation
noun
Agitation (the excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.) that opposes agitation by another party.
counterartillery
counterartillery
adj
Synonym of antiartillery
counterassertion
counterassertion
noun
An assertion to the contrary.
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterbalancing
counterbalancing
noun
The act by which something is counterbalanced.
verb
present participle of counterbalance
countercampaigns
countercampaigns
noun
plural of countercampaign
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
countercomplaint
countercomplaint
noun
A complaint raised in response to another complaint, and usually against the party that complained first
countercriticism
countercriticism
noun
A criticism offered in response to a criticism by the opposing party.
counterculturist
counterculturist
noun
counterculturalist
counterdisengage
counterdogmatism
counterdogmatism
noun
Synonym of antidogmatism
counterespionage
counterespionage
noun
All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy.
counterevidences
counterevidences
noun
plural of counterevidence
counterextension
counterextension
noun
(countable, logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, do not satisfy the predicate.
(surgery) The fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture.