The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.
verb
(transitive) To treat with acupuncture.
adenopodous
adenotyphus
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
aesculapian
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
aminopurine
aminopurine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a purine
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphipneust
amphogenous
antenuptial
antenuptial
adj
Occurring before marriage; prenuptial.
antependium
antependium
noun
(ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
antepenults
antepenults
noun
plural of antepenult
antipendium
aphelenchus
apneumonous
apneumonous
adj
(zoology) Without lungs.
aponeuroses
aponeuroses
noun
plural of aponeurosis
aponeurosis
aponeurosis
noun
(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.
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
appliqueing
appliqueing
verb
present participle of applique
appurtenant
appurtenant
adj
Ancillary or subsidiary.
Of or pertaining to an appurtenance.
noun
(law, nominalized, informal) An appurtenance.
An appendage or attachment.
aquaplaners
aquaplaners
noun
plural of aquaplaner
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
azosulphine
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
blueprinted
blueprinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blueprint
blueprinter
blueprinter
noun
A person or machine that produces blueprints.
bumpinesses
bumpinesses
noun
plural of bumpiness
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.
buzzerphone
buzzerphone
noun
(military, historical) A portable buzzer system for transmitting messages in Morse code.
campanulate
campanulate
adj
Shaped like a bell.
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
carpogenous
censureship
censureship
noun
The act or process of censuring; censure or condemnation.
The rejection and suppression of offensive material; censorship.
centerpunch
centerpunch
noun
A hand tool used to prepare a workpiece prior to drilling a hole. It typically compresses and then suddenly releases a spring, creating a small indentation that, in turn, guides and centers the drill.
The indentation left by such a tool.
verb
To place something directly in the middle.
To prepare a workpiece for drilling by using a centerpunch to create an indentation.
centriciput
centriciput
noun
(anatomy) The middle part of the head; the part of the head situated between the occiput and sinciput.
centropomus
chenopodium
chenopodium
noun
(botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
comeuppance
comeuppance
noun
Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.
compendious
compendious
adj
briefly describing a body of knowledge
containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
compendiums
compounders
compounders
noun
plural of compounder
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
conceptuses
conspurcate
conspurcate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To pollute; to defile.
constuprate
constuprate
verb
(obsolete) To rape, violate.
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
contemptful
contemptful
adj
Full of contempt.
copiousness
copiousness
noun
The state of being copious.
cornucopiae
corpulences
corpulences
noun
plural of corpulence
corpulently
corpulently
adv
In a corpulent manner.
corruptness
corruptness
noun
The state of being corrupt.
cosplendour
counterapse
counterapse
noun
(architecture) An apse opposite another apse.
countercoup
countercoup
noun
A coup which seeks to overthrow the government installed by a previous coup
counterpace
counterpaly
counterpane
counterpane
noun
(dated) The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket; a coverlet, bedspread.
counterpart
counterpart
noun
(law) A duplicate of a legal document.
(paleontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
One who or that which resembles another.
verb
(transitive) To counterbalance.
counterplan
counterplan
noun
A plan set up in opposition to another plan.
verb
To set up a plan in opposition to another plan.
counterplay
counterplay
noun
(chess) A counterattack in a different part of the board.
(video games, sociology) A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game.
A game move made as a response.
verb
To counter; to contrast or contradict.
To make a counterplay; to play in response.
counterplea
counterplea
noun
(law) A plea made in opposition to another.
counterplot
counterplot
noun
A plot made in opposition to another; a counterploy.
verb
(intransitive, transitive) To form a plot or plan in opposition to the actions of another.
counterploy
counterploy
noun
A clever trick used to counteract another clever trick.
counterpole
counterpole
noun
The exact opposite.
counterpose
counterpose
noun
A pose taken in opposition to another.
verb
To act as a counterweight; to counterbalance.
counterpray
counterpull
counterpull
noun
A pull or influence against an existing pull or influence.
counterpush
counterpush
noun
A push in the opposite direction.
counterquip
counterquip
noun
A quip made in response to another quip.
counterstep
counterstep
noun
A measure taken to correct an action or situation; movement in the opposite direction.
The movement of dancers around a central point.
verb
To take an opposing step, as in dancing.
countertops
countertops
noun
plural of countertop
countertype
countertype
noun
A type (of person) that opposes and contrasts with another.
couplements
couplements
noun
plural of couplement
cowpunchers
cowpunchers
noun
plural of cowpuncher
cupellation
cupellation
noun
The assaying of precious metal in a cupel.
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cusparidine
cyphonautes
cyphonautes
noun
(zoology) The larva of an ectoproct or bryozoan.
decoupaging
decoupaging
verb
present participle of decoupage
delphiniums
delphiniums
noun
plural of delphinium
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
depasturing
depasturing
verb
present participle of depasture
depicturing
depicturing
verb
present participle of depicture
deplumation
deplumation
noun
(medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids.
(metaphoric) The stripping of someone's symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation.
The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
depursement
deputations
deputations
noun
plural of deputation
despumating
despumating
verb
present participle of despumate
despumation
despumation
noun
Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.
The act of throwing up froth or scum.
deuteranope
deuteranope
noun
One who has deuteranopia.
dienbienphu
diploneural
diploneural
adj
(anatomy) Furnished with two nerves that origin at different points.
dipneumones
dispendious
dispendious
adj
(archaic) expensive, costly
dispunitive
disruptment
disturnpike
disturnpike
verb
To make a road be no longer a turnpike.
duennaships
dumpinesses
dumpishness
dumpishness
noun
Quality of being dumpish.
dunderpates
dunderpates
noun
plural of dunderpate
duplicident
dyspareunia
dyspareunia
noun
(medicine) Painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women.
elephantous
elephantous
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Of or relating to elephantiasis.
encapsulate
encapsulate
verb
(networking) To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
(software, object-oriented programming) To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
(transitive) To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
(transitive) To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
encapsuling
encapsuling
verb
present participle of encapsule
encephalous
encephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a head; said of most mollusks.
endophagous
endophagous
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism
endophyllum
endophytous
endopleural
endosporium
endosporium
noun
An endospore.
An intine.
endosporous
endosporous
adj
(botany) Having the spores contained in a case; applied to fungi.
endpleasure
enrapturing
enrapturing
verb
present participle of enrapture
ensculpture
ensepulcher
ensepulcher
verb
(transitive) To lay in a sepulcher; to entomb.
ensepulchre
ensepulchre
verb
(transitive) To confine in, or as if in, a sepulchre.
entophytous
entophytous
adj
entophytic
entrepeneur
eoanthropus
epagomenous
ephthianura
ephthianure
epicentrums
epidendrums
epidendrums
noun
plural of epidendrum
epignathous
epignathous
adj
(zoology) hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower one
epinephelus
epineuriums
epionychium
epirotulian
epitympanum
epitympanum
noun
The upper part of the tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
equipendent
equipoising
equipoising
verb
present participle of equipoise
equipollent
equipollent
adj
(logic, of each of two statements) able to be deduced from the other
equivalent
having equal power or force
noun
An equivalent.
erupturient
espousement
espousement
noun
The act of espousing; espousal.
eucalyptian
eucatropine
eucatropine
noun
(pharmacology) Euphthalmine.
eupanorthus
euphemising
euphemising
verb
present participle of euphemise
euphemizing
euphemizing
verb
present participle of euphemize
euphonetics
euphonising
euphonising
verb
present participle of euphonise
euphonizing
euphonizing
verb
present participle of euphonize
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
europeanise
europeanism
europeanism
Noun
A word or phrase only used in Europe, or having a special meaning there.
Proper noun
The norms and values common to the people of Europe.
A position that supports European political and economic integration.