(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
abominability
accommodately
accommodately
adv
(rare) suitably; fitly
achromaticity
achromaticity
noun
(optics) The state or quality of being achromatic.
achromatocyte
achromatocyte
noun
achromacyte
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
adv
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
acronymically
acronymically
adv
In an acronymic way; in such a way as to form an acronym.
actinometricy
actinomycetal
actinomycetal
adj
Of or relating to the Actinomycetales, an order of Actinobacteria.
actinomycosis
actinomycosis
noun
(pathology) An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to man, characterized by the formation of painful abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract, caused by Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Propionibacterium propionicum.
actinomycotic
actinomycotic
adj
Of or pertaining to actinomycosis.
actinomyxidia
additamentary
adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
adenolymphoma
adenolymphoma
noun
A kind of benign tumour of the salivary glands.
adiathermancy
adiathermancy
noun
(obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat.
admissability
admissability
noun
The state or quality of being admissable or allowable.
admissibility
admissibility
noun
The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
admonishingly
admonishingly
adv
In an admonishing manner.
adrenalectomy
adrenalectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
aerodynamical
aerodynamical
adj
Synonym of aerodynamic
aerotonometry
aerotonometry
noun
The measurement of the partial pressure of gases in the blood.
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
agronomically
agronomically
adv
With reference to agronomics
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminolysis
albuminometry
alcoholometry
alcoholometry
noun
The measurement of the concentration of alcohol in a liquid, especially in the blood
alectoromachy
alectoromachy
noun
(rare) cockfighting
alectoromancy
alectoromancy
noun
Alternative form of alectryomancy
alectryomachy
alectryomachy
noun
Cockfighting
alectryomancy
alectryomancy
noun
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
allorrhythmic
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
alymphopotent
amaryllideous
amaryllideous
adj
= amaryllidaceous
ambidexterity
ambidexterity
noun
Superior cleverness or adaptability.
The property of being equally skillful with each hand.
ambilaterally
ambilaterally
adv
In an ambilateral manner
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
amblycephalus
amblyocarpous
amblyrhynchus
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amidoaldehyde
amidocyanogen
aminodiphenyl
aminophylline
aminophylline
noun
(pharmacology) A bronchodilator comprising theophylline and ethylenediamine in a 2:1 ratio.
amitriptyline
amitriptyline
noun
(pharmacology) An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
ampelotherapy
ampelotherapy
noun
(medicine) The therapeutic use of grapes.
amphictyonian
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphicyonidae
amphidiploidy
amphidiploidy
noun
The property of being amphidiploid.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphikaryotic
amphiphithyra
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
amygdalaceous
amygdalaceous
adj
(botany) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
amygdalectomy
amygdalectomy
Noun
Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amygdalopathy
amygdonitrile
anacromyodian
androdynamous
angiolymphoma
anhydromyelia
anomalopteryx
anomalotrophy
anomophyllous
anonymousness
anonymousness
noun
The state or quality of being anonymous.
anthracomancy
anthracomancy
noun
Divination by studying burning coals
anthropomancy
anthropomancy
noun
divination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails.
anthropometry
anthropometry
noun
The science of measuring the human body to ascertain the ranges and averages of dimensions of the human form, for various purposes including physical anthropology, epidemiology, the ergonomics of industrial design, and so on.
antidemocracy
antidemocracy
adj
Opposed to democracy.
noun
Opposition to democracy.
antienzymatic
antienzymatic
adj
That inhibits the action of an enzyme
antihemolysin
antihemolytic
antihemolytic
adj
Inhibiting hemolysis
antimachinery
antimachinery
adj
Opposing the use of machinery.
antimedically
antimusically
antimysticism
antinormality
antisymmetric
antisymmetric
adj
(of a bilinear form) For which B(w,v) = -B(v,w).
(of a matrix) Whose transpose equals its negative (i.e., Mᵀ = −M);
(of a tensor) That changes sign when any two indices are interchanged (e.g., Tᵢⱼₖ = -Tⱼᵢₖ);
(set theory, order theory, of a binary relation R on a set S) Having the property that, for any two distinct elements of S, at least one is not related to the other via R; equivalently, having the property that, for any x, y ∈ S, if both xRy and yRx then x=y.
antrotympanic
apomictically
apomictically
adv
(botany) By means of apomixis
approximately
approximately
adv
Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
araliophyllum
archvestryman
argumentatory
argumentatory
adj
Synonym of argumentatious
arhythmically
arhythmically
adv
Alternative spelling of arrhythmically
arithmography
arithmography
noun
(linguistics) The encoding of words as numbers
A formal presentation of the properties of numbers.
arrythmically
arthrempyesis
arthroempyema
assemblywoman
assemblywoman
noun
A female member of an assembly.
assemblywomen
assemblywomen
noun
plural of assemblywoman
asthmatically
asthmatically
adv
In an asthmatic manner.
astrocytomata
astrodynamics
astrodynamics
noun
The study of the motion of rockets and other spacecraft usually from Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation.
asymtotically
asynchronisms
asynchronisms
noun
plural of asynchronism
atomistically
atomistically
adv
In an atomistic manner
With regard to atomism
attemperately
attemperately
adv
In an attemperate manner.
autohemolysin
autohemolysin
noun
(immunology) Any hemolysin produced by the affected person's own body
autohemolysis
autohemolysis
noun
hemolysis by the action of an autohemolysin
autohemolytic
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
automatically
automatically
adv
In an automatic manner.
autonomically
autonomically
adv
In an autonomic manner
With reference to the autonomic nervous system
axiomatically
axiomatically
adv
By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
ayuntamientos
ayuntamientos
noun
plural of ayuntamiento
ballyllumford
basidiomycete
basidiomycete
noun
(mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium.
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
bathylimnetic
bathylimnetic
adj
Living in the depths of a lake or marsh.
bathymetrical
bathymetrical
adj
Alternative form of bathymetric
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
benzoylformic
bimolecularly
bimolecularly
adv
In bimolecular terms.
biochemically
biochemically
adv
With reference to biochemistry.
biometrically
biometrically
adv
In a biometric way; through use of biometrics.
biomicroscopy
biomicroscopy
noun
The examination of the eye using a slit lamp biomicroscope
The microscopic examination of biological tissue
biosystematic
biosystematic
adj
Of or pertaining to biosystematics
bisymmetrical
bisymmetrical
adj
Alternative form of bisymmetric
blasphemously
blasphemously
adv
In blasphemous manner.
blastomycetes
blastomycetic
blastomycetic
adj
Related to, or caused by fungi of the genus Blastomyces, now Zymonema.
blastomycosis
blastomycosis
noun
(pathology) A fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis, endemic to parts of North America, whose clinical symptoms resemble those of histoplasmosis
blastomycotic
blastomycotic
adj
Relating to blastomycosis.
blastophyllum
blennymenitis
blepharophyma
bombastically
bombastically
adv
In a bombastic manner.
bombycillidae
borborygmatic
botryomycosis
botryomycosis
noun
(pathology) bacterial pseudomycosis; a rare chronic granulomatous bacterial infection that affects the skin and sometimes the viscera
botryomycotic
botryomycotic
adj
Relating to, or caused by botryomycosis
brachydodrome
brachydomatic
brachydontism
brachyphyllum
brachypyramid
brachystomata
brachystomous
bradyseismism
bradysphygmia
broadmindedly
broadmindedly
adv
Alternative form of broad-mindedly
bromocyanogen
bromoethylene
calamostachys
callionymidae
campyloneuron
campylotropal
campylotropal
adj
Synonym of campylotropous
carbodynamite
carbodynamite
noun
A form of dynamite in which charcoal is used as the absorbent