(anatomy) A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together and forms the terminations and attachments of muscles or connects them to other body parts like skin or bone.
aponeurositis
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
aponeurotome
aponeurotomy
aponeurotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of aponeuroses
aponogetonaceous
aponogetonaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aponogetonaceae.
apoquinamine
apoquinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, C₁₉H₂₂N₂O, that is formed by dissolving quinamine in acid.
apoquinine
appendicious
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
appendicularia
appendicularian
appendicularian
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the class Appendicularia of tailed tunicates.
noun
(zoology) A member of this class.
appendiculariidae
appendiculata
appendiculate
appendiculate
adj
(biology) Bearing appendages, such as one of the leg-bearing segments of an insect.
(biology) Having the nature of an appendage, such as the leg or antenna of an insect.
(mycology) Of a mushroom: having partial veil remnants hanging along the cap margin.
appendiculated
appendiculated
adj
Alternative form of appendiculate
appenditious
applenut
appliqueing
appliqueing
verb
present participle of applique
appropinquate
appropinquate
verb
(rare, literary, transitive, intransitive) To approach; to near.
appurtenance
appurtenance
noun
(grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
(in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
(law) A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
The state or quality of being an appurtenance.
appurtenances
appurtenances
noun
equipment used for a specific task or purpose; gear
plural of appurtenance
appurtenant
appurtenant
adj
Ancillary or subsidiary.
Of or pertaining to an appurtenance.
noun
(law, nominalized, informal) An appurtenance.
An appendage or attachment.
appurtenants
appurtenants
noun
plural of appurtenant
aquaplane
aquaplane
noun
A board ridden by a standing person and pulled by a motorboat for entertainment
verb
(automotive, UK) For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.
To ride such a board.
aquaplaned
aquaplaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aquaplane
aquaplaner
aquaplaner
noun
One who aquaplanes.
aquaplaners
aquaplaners
noun
plural of aquaplaner
aquaplanes
aquaplanes
noun
plural of aquaplane
aquapuncture
aquapuncture
noun
(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
aquopentamminecobaltic
archplunderer
argentoproteinum
argentoproteinum
noun
(archaic) silver proteinate
aristorepublicanism
arpenteur
asplenium
asplenium
noun
(botany) Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
asporogenous
assumptiousness
assumptiousness
noun
The quality of being assumptious.
assumptiveness
asterospondylous
astispumante
attroupement
aubepine
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
auriphone
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
auripuncture
auspiciousness
auspiciousness
noun
The state or quality of being auspicious or successful.
australopithecinae
australopithecine
australopithecine
adj
(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.
noun
(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.
autoanticomplement
autodecomposition
autodecomposition
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner
autodepolymerization
autoepilation
autohypnoses
autohypnoses
noun
plural of autohypnosis
autolaryngoscope
autolaryngoscope
noun
A laryngoscope modified for autolaryngoscopy
automanipulative
autompne
autonephrectomy
autonephrotoxin
autophone
autophone
noun
(archaic) idiophone
autophonoscope
autophonoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument for studying the human voice, having a lamp, a mirror, and a tube that is introduced into a person's mouth. The inner workings of the mouth can then be viewed while speaking etc.
autophyllogeny
autopneumatic
autopneumatic
adj
Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.
autopotent
autosuppression
autotrepanation
axiopoenus
azosulphine
bacteriopurpurin
bacteriopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) A red pigment found in certain sulfur bacteria.
balanophoraceous
balanophoraceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Balanophoraceae.
balanopreputial
balanopreputial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the glans penis and the foreskin
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
benzophloroglucinol
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
benzosulphimide
bepun
bepuzzlement
bepuzzlement
Noun
Perplexity.
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bipunctate
bipunctate
adj
Having two punctures or spots.
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bismutoplagionite
blasphemousness
blasphemousness
noun
The state or quality of being blasphemous.
blastoneuropore
blepharoclonus
blepharoclonus
noun
(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blepharoncus
bluepoint
bluepoint
noun
(felinology) A colourpoint cat with blue markings.
(marine biology) A small oyster, Crassostrea virginica, from the eastern United States seaboard.
bluepoints
bluepoints
noun
plural of bluepoint
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint
blueprinter
blueprinter
noun
A person or machine that produces blueprints.
blueprinting
blueprinting
verb
present participle of blueprint
blueprints
blueprints
noun
plural of blueprint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blueprint
boltuprightness
boustrophedon
boustrophedon
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
adv
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
noun
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
branchiopneustic
branchiopulmonate
bronchopleurisy
bronchopneumonia
bronchopneumonia
noun
(medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.
bronchopneumonic
bronchopneumonic
adj
Relating to, or caused by bronchopneumonia
buccopharyngeal
buccopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the buccopharynx
Relating to, or connecting the mouth and pharynx
bulbocapnine
bulbocapnine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid that inhibits acetylcholinesterase.
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
bullpen
bullpen
noun
(baseball) An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.
(baseball) The relief pitchers of a team collectively.
(figurative) A place for someone or something to get ready.
An enclosed area used to hold bulls.
An open seating arrangement where project teams can communicate openly with minimal effort.
bullpens
bullpens
noun
plural of bullpen
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bumpiness
bumpiness
noun
The characteristic of being bumpy.
bumpinesses
bumpinesses
noun
plural of bumpiness
bumpkinet
bumptiousness
bumptiousness
noun
The state of being bumptious; conceitedness.
buonaparte
buonaparte
Proper noun
Bonaparte
buprestidan
buprestidan
noun
(zoology, chiefly in the plural, dated) Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours.
burghalpenny
buzzerphone
buzzerphone
noun
(military, historical) A portable buzzer system for transmitting messages in Morse code.
caesalpiniaceous
caesalpiniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Caesalpiniaceae, now usually subfamily Caesalpinioideae, of peacock flowers and close relatives.
cajuputene
cajuputene
noun
(archaic, organic chemistry) An aromatic oil (mainly limonene) extracted from cajuput
campanulaceae
campanulaceous
campanulaceous
adj
(botany) Of, relating to, or resembling the Campanulaceae, a family of plants including the harebell.
campanulales
campanulariae
campanularidae
campanulatae
campanulate
campanulate
adj
Shaped like a bell.
campanulated
campanulated
adj
Alternative form of campanulate (“bell-shaped”)
campyloneuron
canephorus
cantaloupe
cantaloupe
noun
(Australia, US) Having a rough skin resembling netting; also known as muskmelon or rockmelon.
(UK, Ireland) Smooth-skinned, also known as true cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and also grown in Europe.
An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
capaciousness
capaciousness
noun
The quality of being capacious.
capaneus
capernaum
capernutie
capriciousness
capriciousness
noun
The quality of being capricious.
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
caprimulgine
capsulogenous
capsulolenticular
capsulolenticular
adj
(anatomy) relating to the lens (of the eye) and its capsule
captiousness
captiousness
noun
captious behaviour
the state of being captious
capucine
cardiopneumatic
cardiopneumograph
cardiopuncture
cardiopuncture
noun
(surgery) cardiocentesis
carpogenous
castanospermum
catechumenship
catechumenship
noun
The state or condition of a catechumen.
caulophylline
cauponate
caupones
cauponize
cauponize
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To sell wine or victuals.