Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
acceptably
acceptably
adv
In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
To an acceptable degree.
acceptancy
acceptancy
noun
(dated) acceptance
acceptedly
acceptedly
adv
In an accepted manner; admittedly.
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
accurately
accurately
adv
In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
acervately
acervately
adv
In an acervate manner.
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acetimetry
acetimetry
noun
(obsolete) The ascertaining of the strength of vinegar by measurement of the proportion of acetic acid in it
acetolysis
acetolysis
noun
(organic chemistry) The breakdown of an organic compound using either acetic acid or acetic anhydride
acetolytic
acetolytic
adj
Relating to acetolysis.
acetometry
acetometry
noun
The measurement of the concentration of acetic acid in vinegar
acetopyrin
acetylated
acetylated
adj
That has been reacted with acetic acid (or one of its derivatives), or has been modified by the attachment of acetyl groups.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acetylate
acetylator
acetylator
noun
(biochemistry) A human being or other organism that can metabolize certain drugs by acetylating them (to a greater or lesser extent).
acetylenes
acetylenes
noun
plural of acetylene
acetylenic
acetylenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives; having a carbon-to-carbon triple bond
acetylenyl
acetylenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any radical derived from an acetylene, but especially ethynyl
acetylized
acetylized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acetylize
acetylizer
acetylizer
noun
Synonym of acetylator
acetylurea
achroacyte
achroacyte
noun
(cytology) Any colourless cell (especially a lymphocyte)
acidimetry
acidimetry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acolyctine
acolyctine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
acolythate
acolythate
noun
The office of an acolyte
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
additively
additively
adv
In an additive manner.
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adequately
adequately
adv
Barely satisfactory or sufficient.
In an adequate manner.
Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
adherently
adherently
adv
In an adherent manner.
adjacently
adjacently
adv
In such a way as to be adjacent.
admittedly
admittedly
adv
As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
aegyptilla
aeolotropy
aeolotropy
noun
(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
aeschynite
aeschynite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several basic oxide minerals of mostly titanium and niobium with either cerium, neodymium or yttrium.
affectedly
affectedly
adv
(obsolete) Lovingly; with tender care.
(obsolete) With intention, intentionally, deliberately.
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
affluently
affluently
adv
In an affluent manner.
afterstudy
afteryears
afteryears
noun
subsequent years
agitatedly
agitatedly
adv
In an agitated manner.
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
alberttype
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alkatively
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
allutterly
amendatory
amendatory
adj
For the purpose of amending or correction.
amityville
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amoebocyte
amoebocyte
noun
A leukocyte, especially in an in vitro culture.
Any cell that has the form or motion of an amoeba.
amphibiety
amygdalate
amygdalate
adj
Of or pertaining to almonds.
noun
(obsolete, uncountable) almond milk
(organic chemistry, countable) Any salt or ester of amygdalic acid.
amylometer
amylometer
noun
An instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance.
analytique
anelytrous
anemometry
anemometry
noun
Measurement of the direction and velocity of the wind.
anemopathy
angulately
angulately
adv
In an angulate manner.
anhydrated
animatedly
animatedly
adv
In an animated manner; with animation.
ankylotome
annulately
anteriorly
anteriorly
adv
before (in time)
in front (in position)
towards the anterior
anthophyte
anthophyte
noun
(botany) Any flowering plant, or extinct close relative of the flowering plants.
anthrylene
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
antienzyme
antienzyme
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody or another enzyme, that counteracts the effects of a specific enzyme
antifelony
antioxygen
antioxygen
noun
The antimatter counterpart of oxygen. Made up of positron and antiprotons instead of electrons and protons.
antipopery
antipopery
noun
Opposition to popery.
antipyrine
antipyrine
noun
(pharmacology) The drug phenazone.
antonymies
antonymies
noun
plural of antonymy
antrectomy
antrectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal (resection) of part of the stomach, often combined with a vagotomy.
antrorsely
antrorsely
adv
(biology) In an antrorse fashion.
anywhither
anywhither
adv
(rare) To (in the direction of) anywhere.
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
apophysate
apophysate
adj
(anatomy) Possessing an apophysis
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing antimony, bismuth, silver, and sulfur.
archeocyte
archeocyte
noun
Alternative form of archaeocyte
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
argyrodite
argyrodite
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
argyroneta
aristotype
aristotype
noun
(historical) A print made by such a process.
(historical) A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
arrenotoky
arrenotoky
noun
Alternative form of arrhenotoky
arterially
arterially
adv
(anatomy) In terms of or by means of the arteries.
artotyrite
artotyrite
Noun
One of a sect in the primitive church who celebrated the Lord's Supper with bread and cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men were not only of the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks.
ascomycete
ascomycete
noun
(mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores.
asecretory
asexuality
asexuality
noun
The quality (of a species or organism) of reproducing asexually.
The state of not experiencing sexual attraction.
The state of not having a sex or sexual organs.
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
assertedly
assertedly
adv
According to an assertion.
assistency
assythment
assythment
noun
(Scotland, law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence.
astrometry
astrometry
noun
(astronomy) The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the positions and motions of celestial bodies, particularly stars.
asymmetral
asymmetral
adj
(obsolete) incommensurable
(obsolete) not symmetrical
asymmetric
asymmetric
adj
(cryptography) Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
(set theory) Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.
Not symmetric.
asymmetron
asymmetron
noun
(physics) A massive scalar field proposed as a form of dark matter
asymptotes
asymptotes
noun
plural of asymptote
asynartete
asynartete
adj
Being or relating to a verse of two members, having different rhythms, as for example when the first consists of iambuses and the second of trochees.
disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.
asyndetons
asyndetons
noun
plural of asyndeton
asyzygetic
asyzygetic
adj
(mathematics) Not syzygetic
athenianly
athermancy
athermancy
noun
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
athyreosis
athyreosis
noun
(medicine, pathology) Absence or complete dysfunction of the thyroid gland.
attachedly
attachedly
adv
Having a (physical or emotional) attachment.
attendancy
attendancy
noun
(obsolete) A retinue.
(obsolete) Relative position.
attingency
attingency
noun
Alternative form of attingence
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
autecology
autecology
noun
one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
autolysate
autolysate
noun
(chemistry) Any product of autolysis
autolyzate
autolyzate
noun
Alternative form of autolysate
autothermy
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
autryville
axonometry
axonometry
noun
axonometric projection
ayacahuite
babylonite
babysitter
babysitter
noun
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
balneatory
balneatory
adj
(obsolete, rare) Pertaining to a bath
baptistery
baptistery
noun
Alternative spelling of baptistry.
barthelemy
bartholemy
barycenter
barycenter
noun
(geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
verb
To determine such a barycenter
barycentre
barycentre
noun
(mathematics, physics, astronomy) The point at the centre of a system; an average point, weighted according to mass or other attribute. The term is usually used in astronomy for the centre of mass about which a system rotates, for example, the moon and the earth rotate about a common point within the earth but not near the centre. Jupiter and the Sun rotate about a common point just outside the surface of the Sun.
barysilite
barysilite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing lead, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
bathometry
bathymeter
bathymeter
noun
Alternative form of bathometer
bathymetry
bathymetry
noun
The measurement of the depths of the seas and oceans.