(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenomyoma
adenomyoma
noun
A complex tumor including components derived from glands and muscle.
adenophyma
aerenchyma
aerenchyma
noun
(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants
aldermancy
aldermancy
noun
The office or position of an alderman.
aldermanly
aldermanly
adj
Relating to, or like, an alderman.
adv
In the manner of an alderman.
aldermanry
aldermanry
noun
(countable) the district in which an alderman serves
(uncountable) the rank or status of an alderman
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alkylamine
alkylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aliphatic amine
allylamine
allylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated primary amine CH₂=CH-CH₂-NH₂ or any of its derivatives
amarynceus
amendatory
amendatory
adj
For the purpose of amending or correction.
americanly
americanly
Adverb
In an American manner; in a way characteristic of Americans.
ammonolyze
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amygdaline
amygdaline
adj
Resembling or characteristic of almonds.
noun
Alternative form of amygdalin
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
anadyomene
anemically
anemically
adv
In an anemic manner.
anemometry
anemometry
noun
Measurement of the direction and velocity of the wind.
anemopathy
anemophily
anemophily
noun
(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
aneurysmal
aneurysmal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing aneurysms
anhydremia
anhydremic
animatedly
animatedly
adv
In an animated manner; with animation.
ankylomele
ankylotome
antienzyme
antienzyme
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody or another enzyme, that counteracts the effects of a specific enzyme
antonymies
antonymies
noun
plural of antonymy
antrectomy
antrectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal (resection) of part of the stomach, often combined with a vagotomy.
assythment
assythment
noun
(Scotland, law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence.
asymmetron
asymmetron
noun
(physics) A massive scalar field proposed as a form of dark matter
athermancy
athermancy
noun
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
axonometry
axonometry
noun
axonometric projection
baldmoneys
batteryman
bayminette
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
betrayment
betrayment
Noun
betrayal
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
brombenzyl
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
byeworkman
camphylene
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
cavalrymen
cavalrymen
noun
plural of cavalryman
chanteyman
chimmesyan
chimneying
chimneying
verb
present participle of chimney
chimneyman
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chrysamine
chrysamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a group of quinoid derivatives of a phenylhydrazine (typically (3E)-3-[[4-[4-[(2E)-2-(3-carboxy-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene)hydrazinyl]phenyl]phenyl]hydrazinylidene]-6-oxocyclohexa-1,4-diene-1-carboxylic acid); any yellow azo dye derived from such a compound
cinenchyma
cinenchyma
noun
laticiferous tissue, consisting of irregularly branching and anastomosing vessels
cinnamenyl
cinnamenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of styryl
cionectomy
cleromancy
cleromancy
noun
Divination by casting lots (sortilege).
Divination by throwing dice or any such marked objects, like beans, pebbles, or bone.
clinometry
clinometry
noun
(geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
cockneyism
cockneyism
noun
A Cockney phrase or idiom.
The characteristics, manners, or dialect of a Cockney.
coeminency
coenenchym
coenenchym
noun
(zoology) The common tissue uniting the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral.
combinedly
combinedly
adv
In combination; jointly
commandery
commandery
noun
(historical) Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.
(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.
A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).
commentary
commentary
noun
(usually in the plural) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum.
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
competency
competency
noun
(law) Meeting specified qualifications to perform.
(linguistics) Implicit knowledge of a language’s structure.
(obsolete) A sufficient supply (of).
(obsolete) A sustainable income.
The ability to perform some task; competence.
componency
componency
noun
The property of being a component or having components.
conenchyma
consumedly
consumedly
adv
(dated, colloquial) deucedly; extremely
In a way that entirely consumes one
conumerary
coryneform
coryneform
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium
Bacteria resembling such bacterium, having irregularly shaped, non-spore-forming, aerobic, gram-positive rods.
countrymen
countrymen
noun
plural of countryman
cryptonema
cyanoderma
cyanometer
cyanometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the intensity of blue colour by comparing it against a set of reference shades.
cyanometry
cyanometry
noun
The use of the cyanometer to measure the intensity of blue colour.
cymophenol
cymophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of carvacrol
cynocrambe
cysteamine
cysteamine
noun
(biochemistry) The simplest stable aminothiol, a degradation product of the amino acid cysteine, used to treat cystine excretion disorders and radiation sickness.
daemonurgy
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
damnyankee
declomycin
decumbency
decumbency
noun
decumbence
defamingly
defamingly
Adverb
In a defamatory manner.
defrayment
defrayment
noun
The payment of charges.
dementedly
dementedly
adv
In a demented manner.
deminudity
demonology
demonology
noun
The study of demons, especially the incantations required to summon and control them.
densimetry
densimetry
noun
(physics) The measurement of density by means of a densimeter.
deployment
deployment
noun
(parachuting) the start of something
An arrangement or classification of things.
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
desmodynia
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
dictyonema
didynamies
diminutely
disamenity
disamenity
noun
A disadvantage or drawback, especially of a location
diseconomy
diseconomy
noun
(economics) A financial drawback or cost arising from a process
disyntheme
dreamingly
dreamingly
Adverb
In a dreamy manner.
dutymonger
dynametric
dynamiters
dynamiters
noun
plural of dynamiter
dynamogeny
dynamogeny
noun
(psychology) The production of nervous energy, stimulation of the nerves.
ectoenzyme
ectoenzyme
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme found outside of (or on the outer surface of) a cell
effeminacy
effeminacy
noun
The quality of being effeminate.
elementary
elementary
adj
(archaic) Sublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) were confined; composed of or pertaining to these four elements.
(physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.
Relating to an elementary school.
Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
noun
(mythology, mysticism) A supernatural being which is associated with the elements.
An elementary school
emblazonry
emblazonry
noun
Something emblazoned; a heraldic pattern.
embryogeny
embryogeny
noun
(biology) Embryogenesis.
embryogony
embryogony
noun
(biology) The formation of an embryo.
embryonary
embryonary
adj
(archaic, biology) embryonic
embryonate
embryonate
adj
Having an embryo.
verb
To produce, or to differentiate into an embryo
emendately
emendately
adv
(obsolete) Without fault; correctly.
emendatory
emendatory
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to emendation; corrective
emergently
emergently
adv
In an emergent manner.
emmenology
emmenology
noun
(archaic) The scientific study of menstruation.
employment
employment
noun
(economics) The number or percentage of people at work
A use, purpose
An activity to which one devotes time
The act of employing
The state of being employed
The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid
emusifying
encystment
encystment
noun
The formation of a cyst.
The process of becoming enclosed by a cyst.
endemicity
endemicity
noun
The quality of being endemic.
endoenzyme
endoenzyme
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that functions within the cell in which it was generated.
endomorphy
endomorphy
noun
The property of having the endomorph body type.
endomysial
endomysial
adj
Relating to the endomysium
endomysium
endomysium
noun
a layer of connective tissue which surrounds individual muscle fibers
endothermy
endothermy
noun
(biology) A form of thermoregulation in which heat is generated by the organism's metabolism
enjoyments
enjoyments
noun
plural of enjoyment
enormously
enormously
adv
Extremely, greatly: to an enormous degree.
Shockingly.
enterotomy
enterotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into the intestine
entomology
entomology
noun
The scientific study of insects, and (informal) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).
entomotaxy
entomotaxy
noun
The preparation of insects for preservation.
entomotomy
entomotomy
noun
The science of dissecting insects.
enumerably
enumerably
adv
(mathematics) In a manner that permits enumeration.
enzymology
enzymology
noun
(biology) The branch of science that studies enzymes.
ependymary
ependymoma
ependymoma
noun
(pathology, oncology) A tumour of the central nervous system.
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
equanimity
equanimity
noun
The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
erlenmeyer
erlenmeyer
noun
An Erlenmeyer flask.
erymanthos
erymanthos
Proper noun
A mountain in the southcentral part of the Achaia prefecture in southwestern Greece
A river in the southwestern Peloponnese in southwestern Greece, it flows into the Achaia and the Ilia prefectures
erymanthus
ethylamine
ethylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless, volatile liquid amine, CH₃-CH₂-NH₂ having many industrial applications.
euonymuses
euonymuses
noun
plural of euonymus
everywoman
everywoman
noun
In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
evonymuses
excystment
excystment
noun
The process, or the result of excysting
exoenzymic
exoenzymic
adj
Synonym of exoenzymatic
fadmongery
feminality
feminality
noun
The quality of being feminal; femininity.
feminility
feminility
noun
(now rare) femininity.
femininely
femininely
adv
In a feminine manner.
femininity
femininity
noun
The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.