(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
abortively
abortively
adv
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
abrasively
abrasively
adv
Hardly; roughly; in a rough manner.
In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.
abridgedly
abridgedly
adv
in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
abstrusity
abstrusity
noun
(archaic) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.
acetimetry
acetimetry
noun
(obsolete) The ascertaining of the strength of vinegar by measurement of the proportion of acetic acid in it
acetopyrin
acetylizer
acetylizer
noun
Synonym of acetylator
achromycin
acicularly
acicularly
adj
In an acicular way.
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
acromyodic
acromyodic
adj
Relating to the acromyodians
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
admiringly
admiringly
adv
In an admiring manner.
admonitory
admonitory
adj
Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
adradially
adradially
adv
In an adradial manner.
adriamycin
adriamycin
noun
An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer chemotherapy.
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
affirmably
affirmably
adv
In an affirmable manner
agrarianly
agrarianly
adv
In an agrarian manner; agriculturally.
agreeingly
agreeingly
adv
In a manner that agrees or corresponds; in agreement.
In an American manner; in a way characteristic of Americans.
amphithyra
amphitryon
amphrysian
amurcosity
amyraldism
amyraldism
Noun
A form of Protestant belief also known as four-point Calvinism.
amyraldist
androgynia
androgynic
angiocarpy
angularity
angularity
noun
(countable) A sharp point or angle.
(countable) A stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
(uncountable) The property or characteristic of possessing angles.
anhydremia
anhydremic
anhydrides
anhydrides
noun
plural of anhydride
anhydrosis
anhydrosis
noun
Misspelling of anhidrosis.
anhydrotic
anilopyrin
anisotropy
anisotropy
noun
The degree to which this property is exhibited.
The property of being directionally dependent.
annularity
annularity
noun
The property of being annular.
anormality
anormality
noun
(obsolete) abnormality
anteriorly
anteriorly
adv
before (in time)
in front (in position)
towards the anterior
antibaryon
antibaryon
noun
(physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a baryon.
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
antidotary
antidotary
adj
(pharmacology) Relating to or being an antidote, antidotal.
noun
(historical) A book of antidotes or pharmacological preparations.
(obsolete) An antidote.
antigraphy
antigyrous
antimartyr
antipopery
antipopery
noun
Opposition to popery.
antipyrine
antipyrine
noun
(pharmacology) The drug phenazone.
anywhither
anywhither
adv
(rare) To (in the direction of) anywhere.
aparavidya
apicillary
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
appleringy
apterygial
apterygial
adj
(zoology) That lacks limbs, fins or wings.
aramayoite
aramayoite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing antimony, bismuth, silver, and sulfur.
arcadianly
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
archinfamy
arctically
arctically
adv
In an Arctic manner.
argyrodite
argyrodite
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
aristarchy
aristarchy
noun
A body of such rulers.
Government by the best rulers.
aristology
aristology
noun
The art or science of dining.
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.
arithmancy
arithmancy
noun
Divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name
armorially
armorially
adv
(heraldry) In terms of or by means of armorial bearings.
arrhythmia
arrhythmia
noun
A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.
An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse
arrhythmic
arrhythmic
adj
(music) Without rhythm.
(pathology) Suffering from cardiac arrhythmia.
arterially
arterially
adv
(anatomy) In terms of or by means of the arteries.
articulacy
articulacy
noun
The condition of being articulate.
articulary
articulary
adj
articular; relating to the joints
noun
(anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
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.
aryanising
aryanizing
aryballoid
arythmical
aspiratory
aspiratory
adj
pertaining to aspiration
aspiringly
aspiringly
adv
In an aspiring manner.
assuringly
assuringly
adv
In an assuring manner.
astrocytic
astrocytic
adj
Of or pertaining to the astrocytes.
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.
athyreosis
athyreosis
noun
(medicine, pathology) Absence or complete dysfunction of the thyroid gland.
atrophying
atrophying
verb
present participle of atrophy
auctionary
auctionary
adj
Of or pertaining to an auction.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorily
auditorily
adv
With regard to hearing.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
auricyanic
aurigraphy
aurigraphy
noun
The art of writing with or in gold.
autryville
auxiliarly
auxiliarly
adv
By way of help.
avoyership
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.
baptistery
baptistery
noun
Alternative spelling of baptistry.
barleybird
barleysick
barryville
baryphonia
baryphonic
barysilite
barysilite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing lead, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
barythymia
barythymia
noun
(medicine, archaic, rare) A depressed state of mind.
bastionary
bastionary
adj
Having the form of a bastion (fortification).
bayberries
bayberries
noun
plural of bayberry
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
berecyntia
berryville
berryville
Proper noun
a city in Arkansas, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a town in Texas, USA.
an incorporated town in Virginia, USA
an unincorporated community in West Virginia, USA.
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
berycoidea
berycoidei
beryllosis
bewearying
bewitchery
bewitchery
noun
The power of bewitching or fascinating; charm.
beworrying
beworrying
verb
present participle of beworry
beyrichite
biaxillary
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
bigwiggery
bigwiggery
noun
The habits and attitudes of bigwigs.
billiardly
binaurally
binaurally
adv
In a binaural fashion; using or pertaining to both ears.
biorythmic
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.
bipolarity
bipolarity
noun
The state of being bipolar.
bipyridine
bipyridine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of six isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of two pyridine molecules directly linked; their derivatives have many industrial applications.
biracially
biracially
adv
In a biracial manner.
birotatory
biserially
biserially
adv
In a biserial manner.
bisymmetry
bisymmetry
noun
(mathematics) The property of being bisymmetric.
blarneying
blarneying
verb
present participle of blarney
blindstory
blindstory
noun
(architecture) The triforium, as opposed to the clerestory.
blizzardly
blizzardly
adj
(dated) Resembling or characteristic of a blizzard.
blurringly
blurringly
adv
in a blurring manner
bopyridian
borborygmi
borborygmi
noun
plural of borborygm.
plural of borborygmus.
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
botrychium
botryoidal
botryoidal
adj
(chiefly mineralogy) Having the form of a bunch of grapes.
botryolite
botryolite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.
botrytises
botrytises
noun
plural of botrytis
boyfriends
boyfriends
noun
plural of boyfriend
brachyaxis
bradykinin
bradykinin
noun
(biochemistry) A compound released in the blood in some circumstances which causes contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels. It is a peptide with nine amino-acid residues.