In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
acetolysis
acetolysis
noun
(organic chemistry) The breakdown of an organic compound using either acetic acid or acetic anhydride
acetolytic
acetolytic
adj
Relating to acetolysis.
acetopyrin
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.
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
adenodynia
adenodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in a gland; adenalgia
adjoinedly
adjoinedly
adv
In an adjoined manner; connectedly.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
anemophily
anemophily
noun
(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
anisocycle
anteriorly
anteriorly
adv
before (in time)
in front (in position)
towards the anterior
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.
antonymies
antonymies
noun
plural of antonymy
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
appositely
appositely
adv
In an apposite manner.
aramayoite
aramayoite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing antimony, bismuth, silver, and sulfur.
argyrodite
argyrodite
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
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.
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.
athyreosis
athyreosis
noun
(medicine, pathology) Absence or complete dysfunction of the thyroid gland.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
avoyership
azocyanide
babylonite
babylonize
bayldonite
bayldonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
bayoneting
bayoneting
noun
A stabbing with a bayonet.
verb
(US) present participle of bayonet
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
berycoidea
berycoidei
beryllosis
beworrying
beworrying
verb
present participle of beworry
bibliopegy
bibliopegy
noun
The art of bookbinding.
bioassayed
bioassayed
adj
Subjected to bioassay
bioecology
bioecology
noun
The specifically biological aspects of ecology
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
noun
The weight or mass of an organism.
bombycidae
botryolite
botryolite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.
botrytises
botrytises
noun
plural of botrytis
boyceville
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
boyishness
boyishness
noun
The quality of being boyish.
bryologies
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
busybodied
busybodied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of busybody
busybodies
busybodies
noun
plural of busybody
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of busybody
byromville
canyonside
canyonside
noun
The side of a canyon, typically a residential one
capernoity
caseolysis
cecidology
cecidology
noun
Study of plant galls.
celibatory
celiectomy
celiodynia
celiolymph
celioscopy
celioscopy
noun
Alternative form of coelioscopy
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
ceriomyces
cessionary
cessionary
noun
The person who receives transfer or cession of a personal obligation from the cedent.
cheilotomy
cheilotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into the lip
cheirology
cheirology
noun
The representation of words or letters by use of the fingers
cheiropody
cheiropody
noun
Archaic form of chiropody.
chelydroid
chemolysis
chemolysis
noun
(dated) The decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.
chemolytic
chemolytic
adj
Of or relating to chemolysis.
cherimoyer
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chirimoyer
cholericly
cholericly
adv
In a choleric manner; angrily.
chrysolite
chrysolite
noun
(mineralogy) Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
A piece of such stone.
chrysotile
chrysotile
noun
(mineralogy) A fibrous silicate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₃(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄; a form of serpentine asbestos.
ciliectomy
cionectomy
cirsectomy
citromyces
cleidotomy
cleidotomy
noun
(obstetrics) Intentional fracturing of the clavicle of a fetus for the management of shoulder dystocia during vaginal delivery .
clinometry
clinometry
noun
(geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
cloisterly
cloisterly
adj
Characteristic of, or suitable for, a cloister.
clypeiform
clypeiform
adj
shield-shaped; clypeate
coactively
coactively
adv
In a coactive manner.
cockneyish
cockneyish
Adjective
Characteristic of, or resembling, Cockneys.
cockneyism
cockneyism
noun
A Cockney phrase or idiom.
The characteristics, manners, or dialect of a Cockney.
cockneyize
cockneyize
verb
To make vulgar and tasteless.
To pronounce with a cockney accent.
codfishery
codfishery
noun
A fishery specifically dealing with cod.
coefficacy
coefficacy
noun
Joint efficacy; an instance of things working together.
coeliotomy
coeliotomy
noun
(surgery) A surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
coeminency
coenocytic
coenocytic
adj
Relating to coenocytes or to coenocysts
coenotypic
coequality
coequality
noun
The condition of being coequal
coercively
coercively
adv
In a coercive manner.
coercivity
coercivity
noun
(physics, materials science) The intensity of the magnetic field which must be applied in order to reduce the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to zero after the magnetization of the sample has been driven to saturation
(uncountable) The quality of being coercive
coetaneity
coetaneity
noun
The condition of being coetaneous.
coeternity
coeternity
noun
Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.
cohesively
cohesively
adv
In a cohesive manner
coidentity
coidentity
noun
(category theory) The identity element of a cogroup.
colymbidae
combinedly
combinedly
adv
In combination; jointly
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
condensity
confidency
confidency
noun
Dated form of confidence.
confinedly
conhydrine
conhydrine
noun
(organic chemistry) A vegetable alkaloid, C₈H₁₇NO, found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum).
continency
continency
noun
Alternative form of continence
contritely
contritely
adv
In a contrite manner.
copyfitter
copywriter
copywriter
noun
(marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
cordycepin
cordycepin
noun
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A deoxy form of adenosine.
corporeity
corporeity
noun
(countable) A body, a physical substance.
(uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.
correality
correctify
correctify
verb
(nonstandard) To correct.
corycavine
corydaline
corydaline
noun
(biochemistry) A bioactive isoquinoline alkaloid.
corymbiate
corymblike
corynteria
corypphaei
countywide
countywide
adj
Occurring or extending throughout a county
adv
Throughout a county.
courtierly
courtierly
adj
Befitting a courtier.
covetingly
covetingly
adv
in a coveting way
coweringly
coweringly
adv
In a cowering manner.
coyishness
coyishness
noun
The quality of being coyish.
cozeningly
cretionary
cryoconite
cryoconite
noun
(geology) Dark silt accumulating mainly from airborne volcanic sediment or soot from artificial pollution, or detritus in water of ablation from ice sheets or glaciers. Cryoconite typically appears either as surface discoloration or in cryoconite holes.
cryogenics
cryogenics
noun
The science and technology of the production of very low temperatures.
The scientific study of low-temperature phenomena.
cryogenies
cryptodire
cryptodire
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptolite
cryptopine
cryptopine
noun
(chemistry) A colourless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.
curiescopy
cyanogenic
cyanogenic
adj
Alternative form of cyanogenetic
cyanophile
cyanophile
noun
Alternative form of cyanophil
cyclodiene
cyclodiene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of chlorinated polycyclic insecticides derived from cyclopentadiene
cycloidean
cyclopedia
cyclopedia
noun
Alternative spelling of cyclopaedia
cyclopedic
cyclopedic
adj
Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of great range, extent, or amount.