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aandblommetjie(South Africa) aandblomabarticulation(anatomy) An articulation, especially one that permits free motion in the joint; a hinge joint.abaxialization(botany) Conversion to abaxial formabdomenoplastyMisspelling of abdominoplasty.abdominocyesis(medicine, archaic, uncommon) Abdominal pregnancy: the type of ectopic pregnancy that occurs within the abdomen.abdominocystic(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.abdominopelvic(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the abdomen and (the cavity of) the pelvisabdominoplasty(surgery, uncountable) The surgical removal of excess flesh from the abdomen, usually for cosmetic reasons.abelianisationNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of abelianization.abelianization(mathematics) A homomorphism that transforms a group into an abelian group.aberrationallyIn an abnormal manner.aberrationlessFree from (optical) aberrationsabnormospermia(pathology) The condition of having an abnormal quantity of semen.abnormospermic(pathology) Having an abnormal volume of semen; relating to abnormospermia.abolitionisticabolitionistabominablenessThe characteristic of being abominable; odiousness.aboriculturistMisspelling of arboriculturist.aboriginalnessThe state or condition of being aboriginal.abortifacientsplural of abortifacientabovedescribed(formal) Described earlier in the same document.abovementioned(literary) mentioned aboveabrenunciation(archaic) Absolute renunciation; repudiation; retraction.abscotchalater(archaic, thieves' cant) Someone hiding from the police.absentmindedlyAlternative form of absent-mindedly.absolutisationAlternative spelling of absolutization.absolutizationAn act, process or result of absolutizing.absorbefacient(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).absorbifacient(rare) absorbentabsorptiometerAn instrument that computes the absorption rate by measuring the pressure of the gas; a colorimeter for liquids.absorptiometry(chemistry) Analysis using an absorptiometer.absorptivenessThe quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.absquatulationThe act of absquatulating; hasty departure.abstemiousnessThe quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.abstersivenessThe quality of being abstersive.abstractednessThe state of being abstracted; abstract character.abstractionismThe creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art.abstractionistRelated or tending to abstractionism, particularly art.abswurmbachite(mineralogy) A tetragonal copper manganese silicate mineral with a metallic lustre.abyssalbenthicAlternative form of abyssobenthic.abyssalpelagicAlternative form of abyssopelagic.abyssochrysoidAny sea snail of the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.acanthesthesiaA type of paresthesia characterized by a tingling, numbing sensation as of being pierced by needles, usually caused by the (temporary) clamping of nerves.acanthocarpous(botany) Having the fruit covered with spines.acanthoceratid(zoology) Any member of the Acanthoceratidae.acanthocladous(botany) Having spiny branches.acanthocytosis(pathology) The presence of acanthocytes in the blood.acanthocytoticRelating to acanthocytosis.acanthodrilineBelonging or related to the earthworm subfamily Acanthodrilinae.acanthologicalof or pertaining to acanthologyacanthophorous(botany) Spine-bearing .acanthopodious(botany) Having spinous petioles.acanthopterous(zoology) Spiny-winged.acanthorrhexis(pathology) rupture of intercellular bridges of the prickle cell layer of the epidermis (stratum spinosum), as in eczema or allergic contact dermatitisacanthosomatid(entomology) Any member of the Acanthosomatidae.acantocephalanMisspelling of acanthocephalan.acardiotrophia(pathology) atrophy of the myocardiumacaustobiolith(geology) A nonflammable organic sedimentary rock.acceleratinglyIn an accelerating manner.accelerationalOf, pertaining to, or caused by accelerationaccelerativelyIn an accelerative manner or context.accelerometersplural of accelerometeraccelerometricOf or relating to accelerometry; by means of an accelerometeraccentlessnessAbsence of an accent.accentologicalRelating to accentology.acceptablenessThe quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.accessiblenessThe property that someone or something can be accessed.accidentalnessThe quality of being accidental; casualness.acclimatisableAlternative form of acclimatizable.acclimatizableCapable of being acclimatizedaccommodatableCapable of being accommodated.accommodationsplural of accommodation.accommodometerAn instrument used to measure the accommodation of the eye.accompanimentsplural of accompanimentaccompliceship(rare) The state of being an accomplice.accomplishableCapable of being accomplished; practicable.accomplishmentThe act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.accordionesqueCharacteristic of an accordionaccoucheurshipThe role or position of accoucheur.accountabilityAn open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.accountantlikeResembling or characteristic of an accountant.accountantshipThe office or employment of an accountant.accreditationsplural of accreditationaccrementitial(physiology) Pertaining to accrementition.accrementition(physiology) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.accretionarilyIn an accretionary manneraccrobranchingAlternative form of acrobranchingaccumulationalRelating to accumulation.accumulativelyIn an accumulative manneraccumulativityaccumulativenessaccusativeness(linguistics) The characteristics of the accusative case of a noun or pronoun.accusatoriallyBy way of accusation; in an accusatorial manner.accustomednessHabituation; the quality of being used to something.acenaphthylene(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing an unsaturated five-membered ring ortho- and peri-fused to the 1- and 9- positions of naphthalene.acentrosomallyIn an acentrosomal manneracephalocardiaThe congenital lack of a head and a heart (in a parasitic twin)acephalochiriaAlternative form of acephalocheiria.acephalocysticPertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.acephalostomiaThe congenital lack of most of the head (having only a mouth-like opening)aceprometazineA phenothiazine drug with neuroleptic and antihistamine properties.acetabulectomy(surgery) excision of the acetabulumacetaldehydase(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of acetaldehyde to acetic acidacetaminophensplural of acetaminophenacetaminosalol(pharmacology) The paracetamol ester of salicylic acid, once used as an analgesic.acetoacetamide(organic chemistry) The acetoacetyl amide.acetoglyceride(organic chemistry) Any glyceride of acetic acidacetohydrazideAlternative form of acethydrazide.acetonaphthone(organic chemistry) Either of two isomers of methyl naphthyl ketoneacetophenazine(medicine) An antipsychotic / tranquilizer of the phenothiazine classacetophenetide(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a phenetidineacetopurpurineA particular red dye.acetosyringone(organic chemistry) A derivative of acetophenone that has a number of roles in plant biochemistryacetotoluidideSynonym of acetotoluide.acetovanilloneSynonym of apocynin.acetoveratrone(organic chemistry) The ketone 3,4-dimethoxy-acetophenone derived from veratroleacetowhiteningThe whitening of skin or mucous membrane after application of acetic acid solution (used to identify zones of squamous cell change)acetoxymatrine(organic chemistry) Any 14-acetoxy derivative of matrine (lupin alkaloids present in the leaves of Sophora tonkinensis)acetylajmaline(organic chemistry) The 17-O- acetyl derivative of ajmaline, reported to have antiarrhythmic activity.acetylcarbinolSynonym of hydroxyacetone.acetylcholinic(biochemistry) Of or relating to acetylcholine.acetylcysteine(organic chemistry, pharmacology) An acetylated form of the amino acid cysteine (trademark Mucomyst), which is an antioxidant used as a mucolytic agent and in the treatment of paracetamol poisoning.acetylenically(organic chemistry) In an acetylenic manner.acetylesterase(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an acetate ester.acetylfentanylAn opioid analgesic drug that is an analog of fentanyl.acetylmethadol(pharmacology) An opioid analgesic used as a substitute for methadone.acetylmorphone(pharmacology) A particular narcotic painkiller and antitussive.acetylmuramoyl(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The N-acetyl derivative of the muramoyl radicalacetylproteome(biochemistry) The complete set of acetylases in a particular organismacetylpyridine(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric acetyl derivatives of pyridine; some of which are used as flavouring compoundsacetylspermine(biochemistry) An acetyl derivative of spermineacetyltransfer(organic chemistry) The transfer of an acetyl groupacheiropoietic(chiefly of an artwork) Made without using the handsacheiropoieton(chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) A religion icon (chiefly of Christ or the Virgin Mary) believed not to have been created by human hands; a miraculous image.achillorrhaphy(surgery) suture of the Achilles tendonachondroplasia(teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.achondroplasicHaving or relating to achondroplasia.achromaticallyIn an achromatic manner.achromatolysis(cytology) dissolution of achromatinachromatophileBeing or relating to an achromatophil.achromophilousNot chromophilous.achromotrichiaThe absence (or loss) of pigmentation in the hair.achronological(chiefly literature, film) Not chronological; proceeding through time in a nonlinear fashionacidificationsplural of acidificationacidobacterialRelating to the Acidobacteria.acidobacteriumAny acidophilic bacteria of the genus Acidobacterium, the family Acidobacteriaceae, or the phylum Acidobacteria, which engage in non-oxygenic photosynthesis.acidocalcisomeAn organelle, rich in both calcium and pyrophosphate, that appears to have a function in osmoregulation.acidophilicityThe quality of being acidophilicacidostabilityChemical stability in the presence of acidacidosteophyte(medicine) A sharp or needle-shaped osteophyte.acinobacterialRelating to bacteria of the genus AcinetobacteracipenseriformAny fish of the order AcipenseriformesacknowledgedlyConfessedly, admittedly.acknowledgmentThe act of acknowledgingacleistocardia(pathology) The inability of the foramen ovale of the heart to close properlyacontextualityLack of context.acontractilityThe condition of being acontractileacousmaticallyIn an acousmatic manner.acoustoelastic(physics) Relating to the acoustic properties of an elastic material when under stressacquaintedness(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.acquisitionism(education) An approach to learning that focuses on the individual learner acquiring knowledge.acquisitionist(education) A proponent of acquisitionism.acquisititious(obsolete) Of the nature or character of an acquisition; acquired, as opposed to innate.acritochromacy(archaic, medicine) Color blindness, achromatopsia.acroamaticallyIn an acroamatic/acroamatical way; esoterically; reconditely; privately.acroanesthesiaAlternative form of acroanaesthesia.acrocentricityThe condition of being acrocentricacrocoracoidalRelating to the acrocoracoid processacrodermatitis(pathology) dermatitis that affects the hands and feetacrodermatosis(pathology) dermatosis that affects the hands or feetacrodysostosis(pathology) dysostosis that affects the joints of the hands or feetacroleukopathy(pathology) leukopathy of the hands and feetacromiohumeral(anatomy) Relating to the acromion and the humerusacromionectomy(surgery) Surgical removal or excision of the acromionacromoprotease(biochemistry) Synonym of achromopeptidase.acronymizationThe act, process, or result of turning a phrase into an acronym.acronymophilia(chiefly medicine) The abnormal liking or tendency for the use of acronyms.acroosteolysis(medicine) The resorption of distal bony phalanges.acropachyderma(pathology) A thickening of the skin of the head and limbs together with deformity of the bones of the limbsacrophonicallyIn an acrophonic way.acrophysalidic(biology, mycology) Describes tissue that consists of connective hyphae and abundant, large, terminal, inflated cells.acropustulosisacrodermatitis with pustular involvementacrothoracicanAny barnacle of the superorder Acrothoracicaacrotomophilia(psychology) A paraphilia involving sexual attraction toward amputees.acrylamidation(organic chemistry) reaction with an acrylamideacrylonitrilic(organic chemistry) Containing, or derived from acrylonitrileactinidiaceous(botany, relational) Of or relating to the Actinidiaceae.actiniohematinA pigment (mixture of cytochromes) present in the sea anemone Actinia equina.actinobacillusAny bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus.actinobranchiaAlternative form of actinobranch.actinochemicalRelating to actinochemistry.actinodaphnine(organic chemistry) An alkaloid isolated from various plants, including Actinodaphne hookeri, Cassytha filiformis and Litsea monopetala (syn. Litsea polyantha), and investigated for its medicinal properties.actinoelectric(physics) Synonym of photoconductive.actinogonidial(zoology) Having radiately arranged genital organs.actinomorphous(botany) Synonym of actinomorphic.actinomycetoma(pathology) A tumour produced by infection by bacteria of genus Actinomyces.actinomycetousOf or relating to actinomycetes.actinomyxidianAny parasitic protozoan of the order ActinomyxidiaactinophytosisSynonym of actinomycosis.actinotrichium(zoology) Any of a group of hairlike fibres in the finfolds of fish larvae that develop into fin raysactionlessnessAbsence of action.activatabilityThe state of being activatable.activationless(physical chemistry, physics) Having an activation energy near 0actophotometerA device that uses infrared light to monitor the activity of a caged laboratory animalactualizationsplural of actualizationacuminophenone(organic chemistry) A benzophenone derivative present in Rheedia acuminataacupuncturallyIn terms of or by means of acupuncture.acupuncturatorAn acupuncturist.acupuncturistsplural of acupuncturistacustimulation(acupuncture) Electrical stimulation of an acupuncture point, typically to control nausea following chemotherapyacylaminoamide(organic chemistry) Any acyl derivative of an aminoamideacylhomoserine(organic chemistry) The N-acyl derivative of homoserine, whose lactone is active in quorum sensingacylindricallyIn an acylindrical manner.acylpiperidine(organic chemistry) Any acyl derivative of piperidineadamantanamineAlternative form of adamantylamine.adamantoblastsplural of adamantoblastadamantylamide(organic chemistry) Any N-adamantyl derivative of an amideadamantylamine(organic chemistry) The primary amine derived from adamantane; any derivative of this compoundadapisoriculidAn extinct eutherian mammal of the family †Adapisoriculidae.adaptationallyIn terms of, or by means of, adaptation.adaptativenessAdaptability.adaxializationThe process, or the result of adaxializingaddictionologyThe study and treatment of addiction.addictologicalRelating to addictologyaddlepatednessThe quality of being addlepated.addressability(computing) The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.adelophthalmid(paleontology) Any member of the Adelophthalmidae family of eurypterids.adelphopoiesisFraternisation between men.adenoacanthoma(pathology) An adenocarcinoma characterised by the presence of squamous cellsadenocarcinoma(oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue.adenochondroma(pathology) A hamartoma consisting of glandular and cartilaginous tissueadenodiastasis(pathology) The ectopia of a glandadenolymphitisSynonym of lymphadenitis.adenomagenesis(pathology) The generation and development of adenomasadenomucinosis(pathology) mucinosis of glandular tissueadenomyomatous(medicine) Of, relating to, or exhibiting the features of an adenomyoma.adenopituitaryRelating to, or produced by the pituitary glandadenopolyposis(pathology) adenomatous polyposisadenosarcomataplural of adenosarcomaadenosatelliteRelating to dependovirusesadenosclerosis(medicine) The hardening of a gland.adenotonsillarRelating to the adenoids and tonsils, especially to adenoiditis and tonsillitisadhesiogenesis(biology) The promotion of adhesionadhesionolysisAlternative form of adhesiolysis.adhocratically(business, organizational theory) In an adhocratic manner.adiathermanousNot diathermanous.adipochemokineA chemokine associated with adipose tissueadipocytogenicRelating to adipocytogenesisadipocytolysisThe cytolysis of adipocytesadipogenicallyIn an adipogenic manneradipoinductionThe induction of adipocytesadipoinductiveRelating to adipoinductionadiponecinemiaMisspelling of adiponectinemia.adiposogenitalPertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitalsadjectitiously(dated, rare) In an adjectitious way; additionally.adjudicationalRelating to adjudication.adjunctivenessthe state or quality of being adjunctiveadminiculation(law) proof; corroborationadministratingpresent participle and gerund of administrateadministration(government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.administrativeOf or relating to administering or administration.administratorsplural of administratoradministratoryadministrativeadministratourObsolete form of administrator.administratrix(law) A female administrator.admissiblenessThe state or quality of being admissible.adoxographical(rhetoric) Of or pertaining to adoxography; adoxographic.adpositionally(grammar) In an adpositional manner.adpositionhood(grammar) The property of being an adposition.adrenalinergic(biochemistry) Activated by adrenalineadrenergicallyBy means of, or in terms of, adrenaline or epinephrine.adrenocortical(anatomy) Relating to the adrenal cortex.adrenomedullinA peptide associated with a pheochromocytoma (tumor of the adrenal medulla)adrenomodullinMisspelling of adrenomedullin.adrenoreactiveThat shows a response to catecholaminesadrenoreceptoradrenergic receptoradrianichthyid(Ichthyology) Any member of the Adrianichthyidae.adscititiouslyIn an adscititious way.adsorptionallyBy means of, or in terms of, adsorption.adsorptivenessThe property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.adulteratenessThe state or quality of being adulterate.adulterousnessA state of being adulterous.adultificationThe treatment of a non-adult as an adult.adultocentrismThe quality of being adultocentric.adultomorphismThe tendency to interpret the behaviour of children as if they were adultsadumbrationismThe attribution of insights, ideas or analogies absent from original works.advantageouslyIn a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.adventicectomy(surgery) Removal of the adventitiaadventitiouslyin an adventitious manner; sporadically.adventurershipThe state or condition of an adventurer.adversarialityThe quality of being adversarial.adversifoliate(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.adversifoliousSynonym of adversifoliate.advertisementsplural of advertisementadvertisingese(informal) The jargon used in advertising.advocationallyBy means of advocacyaeolomelodicon(music, historical) An obsolete musical instrument derived from the aeolodicon but having brass tubes affixed to the reeds, making it more like an organ.aerenchymatousRelating to an aerenchymaaeroallergenicThat functions as an aeroallergenaeroballisticsThe part of ballistics that deals with the interaction of high-speed projectiles with the atmosphereaerobiologicalSynonym of aerobiologic.aerobioticallyBy means of aerobiosis.aerocartograph(historical) A kind of stereoplotter.aerocommercial(rare) Relating to commercial flight.aeroderivativeA relatively small and light gas turbine based on those used in aircraft.aerodynamicianA person who studies aerodynamics.aerodynamicistA person who studies aerodynamics.aerodynamicityThe quality of being aerodynamic.aeroecologicalRelating to aeroecologyaeroelasticianA scientist or engineer whose speciality is aeroelasticityaeroelasticity(physics, uncountable) The scientific study of the effect of aerodynamic loads on structures.aerogenerationPower generation by means of the wind.aerogeneratorsplural of aerogeneratoraerogravimetrySynonym of aerogravity.aeromechanicalOf or pertaining to aeromechanics.aerometricallyBy means of aerometry.aeronauticallyIn a aeronautical manner; with respect to aeronautics or aviation.aeronavigationThe navigation through air; aerial navigation.aeropalynologyThe study of pollen grains and spores (palynomorphs) in the atmosphere.aerophilatelicOf or relating to aerophilately.aerophotograph(cartography) A photograph of the ground taken from an aircraft.aeroplanktonicOf or relating to aeroplankton.aerosacculitisAlternative form of airsacculitis.aerosideroliteA meteorite containing both stone and iron.aerosolisationThe process by which a material, usually a solid or liquid, is dispersed into an aerosol form.aerosolizationThe creation of an aerosol; the creation of a fine mist or many small droplets.aerostaticallyBy means of aerostaticsaerostatistics(rare) hot-air balloon flightaerostructuralRelating to an aerostructureaerotacticallyIn an aerotactic manneraerotechnologyThe technology behind airplanes and similar flying machines.aerotonometricRelating to aerotonometry.aeschynomenoidAny plant of the genus Aeschynomene.aesthenosphereAlternative spelling of asthenosphere.aesthesiogenic(medicine) Producing a sensation; stimulating the sense of touch.aesthesiometer(chiefly British) Alternative spelling of esthesiometer.aesthesiometryAlternative form of esthesiometry.aestheticizingpresent participle and gerund of aestheticizeaetiologicallyIn aetiological terms.aetiopathology(medicine) Alternative form of etiopathology.affectationistOne who exhibits affectation.affectatiouslyIn an affectatious manner; with affectation or pretension.affectionatelyIn an affectionate manner.affectlessnessEmotional detachment; a lack of feeling.affinitatively(perhaps dated) In a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.afflictionlessFree from affliction.affrontingnessThe state or quality of affronting.affrontivenessThe state or quality of being affrontive.aforedescribed(formal) Described earlier.aforeexplainedAlternative form of afore-explained.aforementionedPreviously mentioned.aforerehearsed(law) Rehearsed (spoken out loud) previously.aforespecifiedSpecified before, i.e. earlier in the same document.afrobatrachianAny frog of the clade Afrobatrachia.afterdischargeAny discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceasedafterguardsman(historical, nautical) A member of the afterguard on a sailing shipafterknowledgeKnowledge acquired later, or after the event.aftermentionedMentioned afterwards.afterpotentialA small, transitory electrical potential that follows, and is dependent upon the main potential produced when a nerve is stimulated; seen as a small positive or negative spike on an oscillograph output.aftersensationA delayed sensation; one arising significantly later than the stimulus that caused it.aftertreatmentA treatment applied after some other process.afterwardsness(psychoanalysis) The concept that an earlier event in one's life can later acquire a meaning.agalmatophiliaA paraphilia characterised by sexual attraction to a statue, doll, mannequin, or similar object.agapanthaceous(botany, relational) Of or relating to the Agapanthaceae.agathisflavone(organic chemistry) A particular biflavonoid.agathodaemonicRelating to an agathodaemon.agathodaimonicAlternative form of agathodaemonic.agendalessnessLack of an agenda.agglomerationsplural of agglomerationagglutinationsplural of agglutinationagglutinogenicRelating to an agglutinogenagglutinoscopeAn instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitroaggrandisationBritish standard spelling of aggrandization.aggrandisement(British) Alternative form of aggrandizement.aggrandizationThe act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.aggrandizementThe act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.aggrecanolysis(biochemistry) The lysis of aggrecans, typically by means of an aggrecanaseaggrecanopathy(pathology) Any disease associated with aggrecanaggressiveness(uncountable) The state or quality of being aggressive.agraphesthesia(neurology) The inability or difficulty recognizing a written number or letter traced on the skin (e.g. of the hand), usually as a consequence of parietal damage.agribusinessesplural of agribusinessagrichemicallyAlternative form of agrochemically.agriculturallyIn a manner pertaining to agriculture.agriculturistsplural of agriculturistagripreneurialRelating to agripreneurship.agriscientificRelating to agriscience.agritechnologyAlternative form of agrotechnology.agroalimentaryRelating to agriculture and foodagrobiodiverseagriculturally biodiverseagrobiologicalOf or pertaining to agrobiology.agrochemicallyIn terms of agrochemistry.agroecologicalOf or pertaining to agroecology.agroecosystemsplural of agroecosystemagroexpression(genetics) expression of a gene by means of agroinfiltrationagroextractionThe extraction of a useful product from an existing agricultural materialagroextractiveRelating to the extraction of a useful product from an existing agricultural materialagrogeologicalRelating to agrogeology.agroindustrialRelating to both agriculture and industry, or to agricultural industry (agroindustry), or to industrial agriculture.agroinfectiousRelating to agroinfectionagroinfiltrateTo undergo agroinfiltrationagroinoculatedinoculated by agroinoculationagromorphologyThe morphology of agricultural plantsagropreneurialAlternative form of agripreneurial.agroprocessingThe processing of agricultural products.agroproductionagricultural productionagroscientificAlternative form of agriscientific.agrostographerOne who studies agrostography.agrostologicalOf or pertaining to agrostology.agrotechnicianAn agrotechnology worker.agrotechnologyThe application of modern technology to agriculture; the result of that activity.agroveterinaryagricultural and veterinaryairconditionedAlternative spelling of air-conditioned.airconditionerAlternative form of air conditioner.aircraftswomanAn aircraftwoman.airspeedometerSynonym of airspeed indicator.aischrolatreia(formal, rare) The worship of filth.akinetoplasticNot kinetoplasticalarmisticallyIn an alarmistic manner.alatrofloxacin(pharmacology) A fluoroquinolone antibiotic.albertosaurineAny dinosaur of the tyrannosaurid subfamily AlbertosaurinaealbertusthalerAlternative form of albertustaler.albumenizationAlternative form of albuminization.albuminiferousSupplying albumen.albuminiparous(archaic) Producing albumin.albuminizationA conversion into albumin.albuminogenousForming albumen.albuminousness(rare) The state or quality of being albuminous.alcalinizationMisspelling of alkalinization.alcoholisationAlternative form of alcoholization.alcoholizationSaturation with alcohol.alcoholometersplural of alcoholometeralcoholometricOf or pertaining to the measurement of the alcohol content of beers, wines and spiritsalcoholophiliaA pathological craving for alcohol; alcoholism.aldohexuronate(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of an aldohexuronic acidaldoketomutase(biochemistry) The enzyme lactoylglutathione lyase.aldosteronemia(pathology) The presence of aldosterone in the bloodaldosteronismsplural of aldosteronismalectryomancerA practitioner of alectryomancy.alehousekeeperAlternative form of alehouse keeper.aleksandrovite(mineralogy) A colourless monoclinic mineral containing calcium, lithium, silicon, potassium, oxygen, tin, and fluorine.alektorophobiaThe fear of chickens.aleprechaunist(very rare, humorous) A person who does not believe in leprechauns.alethiologicalOf or pertaining to alethiology.alexipharmacal(obsolete) Alternative form of alexipharmic.alexipharmaconAn antidote to a poison.alexipharmacum(obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.alexipharmakonAlternative form of alexipharmacon.alexipharmicalAlternative form of alexipharmic.algebraization(mathematics) conversion to algebraic formalgofunctional(pathology) Relating to pain and function (especially in the field of osteoarthritis)algometricallyIn terms of or by means of algometry.algorithmicize(transitive) To make algorithmic.alimentarinessThe state or quality of being alimentary.alimentivenessThe state or quality of being alimentive.aliorelativity(philosophy, mathematics) The property or principle that nothing is related to itself by a given relation.alkalibasaltic(geology) Relating to, containing or characteristic of alkali basaltalkalifeldsparAlternative form of alkali feldspar.alkalimetricalAlternative form of alkalimetric.alkalinisationAlternative form of alkalinization.alkalinizationThe conversion of something to an alkali.alkalinophilicAlternative form of alkaliphilic.alkalitolerantAble to tolerate an alkaline environment.alkalizateness(rare, obsolete) The state or quality of being alkalizate; alkalinity.alkalotolerantAlternative form of alkalitolerant.alkanesulfonic(organic chemistry) Relating to an alkanesulfonic acid or its derivativesalkanethiolate(organic chemistry) A thiolate anion derived from an alkane.alkoxyaluminum(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any aluminium radical containing one or more alkoxy group e.g. (R-O)₂Al-alkoxycarbonyl(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any alkoxy derivative of a carbonyl radicalalkylaluminium(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any alkyl organoaluminium compoundalkylamidation(organic chemistry) amidation involving an alkyl amidealkylarylamine(organic chemistry) Any N-alkyl derivative of an arylaminealkylglucoside(organic chemistry) Any alkyl glucosidealkyloxylationAlternative form of alkoxylation.alkylpalladium(organic chemistry) Any alkyl organometallic compound of palladiumalkylphosphateAlternative form of alkyl phosphate.alkylphosphine(organic chemistry) Any aliphatic phosphinealkylquinolone(organic chemistry) Any alkyl quinolonealkynylaniline(organic chemistry) Any alkynyl derivative of anilineallachesthesiaSynonym of allesthesia.allantochorialAlternative form of allantochorionic.allantochorionthe allantochorion is a fusion of the chorion with the allantois and ensures gas exchange of the fetus.allantoenteric(anatomy) Synonym of allantoic.allantogenesisThe formation and development of the allantoisallantonematid(zoology) Any nematode of the family Allantonematidae.allatectomized(of an insect) Having undergone an allatectomy.allegoricalityThe quality of being allegorical; allegoricalness.allegorizationThe act of making into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.allelochemical(biochemistry, ecology) Having allelopathic effects.allelomorphism(genetics) A phenotype associated with a specific alleleallelopatheticMisspelling of allelopathic.allenylsulfone(organic chemistry) Any allenyl derivative of a sulfoneallergenicallyIn allergenic terms.allergological(medicine) Relating to the study and treatment of allergies.allergosorbent(immunology) That allows the sorption of antibodiesallescheriasisA fungal infection caused by Pseudallescheria boydii.alliaceousnessThe quality of being alliaceous; garlickiness or onioniness.alliospirosideA particular steroid glycoside.alliterationalInvolving alliteration; alliterative.alliterativelyIn an alliterative manner.alloactivation(immunology) activation of alloimmunityalloaggressive(immunology) aggressive towards "other" cells or tissuealloantibodiesplural of alloantibodyallocatabilityAlternative form of allocability.allocationallyIn terms of allocation.allocolchicine(organic chemistry) The antimitotic agent methyl 5-acetylamino-6,7-dihydro-9,10,11-trimethoxy-5H-dibenzo(a,c)cycloheptene-3-carboxylateallocoprophagy(biology) The feeding on excrement produced by other animals.allocryptopine(organic chemistry) A bioactive alkaloid from Glaucium arabicum.allodificationConversion to the allodial system.allodoxaphobiaFear of other people's opinions.alloemicymarinA particular steroid glycoside.allogeneicallyIn an allogeneic manneralloglaucosideA particular steroid glycoside.allohexaploidyThe condition of being allohexaploidallohistorical(narratology) Relating to alternate history, either as a discipline or genre, or as a specific counterfactual sequence of events.alloisocitrate(organic chemistry) An ion or salt that is a particular stereoisomer of isocitrate with IUPAC name (1S,2S)-1-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate.alloisoleucine(organic chemistry) An alloisomer of isoleucine produced as a byproduct of isoleucine transamination, component of many proteins and used for bone dating with amino acid racemizationallomerisationAlternative form of allomerization.allomerizationThe interconversion of allomeric forms.allometricallyIn an allometric manneralloparasitism(biology) parasitism involving alloparasitesalloparasitoidAny organism that is alloparasitic during part of its life cycleallopathicallyBy allopathic methods.allopatricallyIn an allopatric mannerallopauliosideA particular steroid glycoside.allophonicallyIn an allophonic manner.alloplasticity(psychology) The quality of being alloplastic.allopolyploidsplural of allopolyploidallopolyploidy(genetics) A form of polyploidy (having more than the usual number of chromosomes) that results from the interbreeding of different species.allopyranoside(organic chemistry) Any glycoside of allopyranosealloreactivity(cytology, immunology) The reaction of a lymphocyte or antibody with an alloantigen.alloresponsive(immunology) That generates an alloresponseallosecurinineSynonym of virosecurinine.allosensitisedAlternative form of allosensitized.allosensitizedsensitized by allosensitizationallostaticallyWith reference to, or by means of allostasisallostericallyIn an allosteric mannerallostimulatedstimulated by an alloantigenallostimulatorAny material that produces allostimulationallotetraploidamphidiploidallotransplantAn instance of allotransplantation.allotropicallyWith regard to allotropyalloverishnessAlternative form of all-overishness.allylbenzamide(organic chemistry) Any N-allyl derivative of benzamideallyloxyindole(organic chemistry) Any allyloxy derivative of an indoleallylpalladium(organic chemistry) Any allyl organometallic compound of palladium.allylphosphine(organic chemistry) Any allyl phosphinealphabetically(manner) In an alphabetical manner.alphabetizableThat can be alphabetized.alphageometricOf or pertaining to alphageometrics.alphahypovirusAny hypovirus of the genus AlphahypovirusalphaletovirusA letovirus of the genus AlphaletovirusalphameprodineOne of the isomers of meprodine.alphanodaviralRelating to the alphanodaviruses.alphanodavirusAny of the genus Alphanodavirus of viruses in the family Nodaviridae.alphanumericalConsisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.alphasatellite(biochemistry) viral single-stranded satellite DNA.alphasyllabaryA segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as a unit, and where each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary; an abugida.alsterpaullone(biochemistry) A particular cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor that induces apoptosisalternifoliate(botany) Having leaves that alternate on each side of a stemaltimetricallyBy means of altimetry.altitudinarianLofty in doctrine, aims, etc.altogethernessThe quality of forming a unified whole.altrigenderismNon-sexual interest in, or attraction to, members of the opposite sex.altruisticallyIn an altruistic manner; in a manner having regard of othersaluminoferrite(inorganic chemistry) A mixed aluminate / ferrite present in cement and in brownmilleritealuminographicRelating to aluminography.aluminohydride(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion, AlH₄⁻, present in such compounds as lithium aluminium hydride.aluminothermicRelating to, or employing, aluminothermy.alumotungstite(mineralogy) An isometric greenish yellow mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.alvarezsaurianAny extinct maniraptoran dinosaur of the superfamily AlvarezsauroideaalvarezsauroidAny small, long-legged running dinosaur of the superfamily AlvarezsauroideaalveologenesisThe formation of the alveoli of the lungsalveololingual(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the tonguealveolopalatalAlternative spelling of alveopalatal.alymphoblasticNot lymphoblasticalymphocytosisA genetic disorder in which lymphocyte proliferation is inhibited and the immune system is compromised.alymphocytoticRelating to alymphocytosis.alymphoplasticRelating to alymphoplasia.amalgamizationThe process or result of amalgamizing.amaranthaceous(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.amaterialisticNot materialistic.amateurishnessThe quality of being amateurish.amateurizationThe process of amateurizing.amatonormative(neologism) Privileging or valuing romantic relationships as fundamental or natural.ambassadorless(rare) Without an ambassador.ambassadorshipThe post or office of ambassador.ambassadressesplural of ambassadressambidensovirusAny DNA virus of the genus AmbidensovirusambidextralityThe quality of being ambidextral.ambidextrouslyIn an ambidextrous manner.ambilateralityThe condition of being ambilateralambilingualism(linguistics) The condition of being ambilingual; the ability to speak two or more languages with nativelike proficiency and fluency, treating them as completely equal without dominance of one over the other.ambipositionalRelating to an ambiposition.ambisinistrousclumsy, ambilevousambispectivelyIn an ambispective mannerambitionlesslyWithout ambition.ambitransitive(of a verb) Able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change.ambulancewomanThe female equivalent of an ambulanceman.ameliorabilityThe ability to be improved.amelioratinglySo as to ameliorate; In a manner that improves.amicronucleate(biology) Not having a micronucleus.amidiniumation(organic chemistry) Reaction with, or formation of an amidinium cationamidinopropane(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The amidine (CH₃)₂CH-C(=NH)NH₂amidohydrolaseAny of a class of hydrolases that act upon amide bondsamidolyticallyIn an amidolytic manneramillennialism(Christianity) A view in Christian eschatology that rejects the claimed future thousand-year physical reign of Jesus Christ on the earth, in opposition to premillennial and some postmillennial views of the Book of Revelation, chapter 20, claiming instead that the number of years in Revelation 20 is a symbolic number and that Christ's eventual physical reign will be permanent.amillennialistOf or pertaining to amillennialism.aminoacylatingThat undergoes aminoacylationaminoacylation(biochemistry, organic chemistry) The addition of an aminoacyl group to a compound, especially as part of the process of synthesizing proteins via aminoacyl tRNA synthetaseaminoadenosine(biochemistry) Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of adenosine, 2-aminoadenosine and 8-aminoadenosine, that are ribosyl nucleoside analogsaminoalcoholic(organic chemistry) Relating to aminoalcoholsaminoalkylated(organic chemistry) Modified by the addition of aminoalkyl groupsaminoarabinose(biochemistry) An amino sugar derived from arabinoseaminoarylation(organic chemistry) A reaction that adds an aryl group and an amino group across a double bondaminoaziridine(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of an aziridineaminobenzamide(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of benzamideaminobutanoate(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of aminobutanoic acidaminocatalysis(organic chemistry) The use of amines (especially chiral amines) as organic catalystsaminoglycosideAny N-glycoside of an amine, in some cases functioning as an antibioticaminoguanidine(organic chemistry, medicine) An amino derivative of guanidine, used for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy under the name pimagedineaminohexanoate(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of an aminohexanoic acid.aminohippurate(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a hippurateaminohydrazineSynonym of triazine.aminohydrolase(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that acts upon an amino group.aminoimidazole(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of imidazole, but especially 5-aminoimidazole whose ribonucleotide is an intermediate in the formation of purinesaminolevulinicOf or pertaining to aminolevulinic acid or its derivativesaminoluciferin(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of luciferinaminometradineA weak diuretic used to control oedema in those who have undergone mild congestive heart failure.aminopeptidase(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or proteinaminophenazoneA pyrazolone with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties.aminophosphine(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having both an amino and a phosphine groupaminopromazineAn antispasmodic drug.aminopropionic(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a propionic groupaminoquinolate(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a quinolateaminoquinolineAny of various quinoline derivatives notable as antimalarial drugs.aminoquinurideAn antispasmodic drug.aminosalicylicOf or pertaining to any aminosalicylic acid or derivative.aminoshikimate(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of aminoshikimic acidaminosteroidalRelating to aminosteroidsaminotetrazole(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a tetrazoleamisometradineA particular diuretic.amitochondrial(cytology) Lacking a mitochondrionamitriptylinesplural of amitriptylineammoniagenesis(physiology) The metabolism of glutamine to form ammonia and a glutarateammonification(biochemistry) The formation of ammonia or its compounds from nitrogenous compounds, especially as a result of bacterial decomposition.ammonioalunite(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.ammonioleucite(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal white mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.ammonitiferous(geology) Containing fossil ammonites.ammunitionlessWithout ammunition.ammunitionlike(chemistry) Resembling ammunition.amnioallantoic(physiology) amniotic and allantoicamniochorionicSynonym of amniochorial.amnioreduction(surgery) The removal of excess amniotic fluid.amortizabilityThe quality of being amortizable.ampelographistOne who studies ampelography.amperometricalAlternative form of amperometric.amphiarthrosis(anatomy) The type of movable joint in animals in which the surfaces of bones are connected by ligaments or cartilage.amphiarthroticOf or relating to amphiarthrosis.amphiberingianOn each side of the Bering Strait.amphibiologistOne who studies amphibiology.amphibiousnessThe state or quality of being amphibious.amphibological(linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous.amphichelydianAny extinct turtle of the suborder AmphichelydiaamphilepididanRelating to the amphilepididsamphinucleolusA nucleolus that has both basophilic and oxyphilic componentsamphipathicityThe condition of being amphipathicamphiphilicity(uncountable) The condition of being amphiphilicamphiprostylaramphiprostyleamphiproticityThe condition of being amphiproticamphistomatous(botany) Having stomata on each side of the leavesamphitelicallyIn an amphitelic manneramphitheateredAlternative form of amphitheatred.amplifiabilityQuality or degree of being amplifiableamplificationsplural of amplificationamplitudeology(physics) A field of quantum physics, that studies scattering amplitudes of quantum particles, and applying mathematical periods to simplifying the summation of Feynman diagramsamygdaliferousalmond-bearingamylinomimetic(medicine) Any drug that mimics the action of amylin; they are used to counter diabetesamylmetacresolAn antiseptic used to treat minor infections of the mouth and throat.amylobarbitoneObsolete form of amobarbital.amylohydrolase(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses starchamyloidophilicAttracted to amyloid and thus used to counter prion diseasesamyloidotropic(biology, cytology) Having an affinity for amyloid tissueanabaenopeptin(biochemistry) Any of a group of biologically-active peptides present in cyanobacteria, principally of the genus Anabaena.anacampticallyIn an anacamptic manner; by reflection of sound.anacanthobatid(zoology) Any skate in the family Anacanthobatidae.anacardiaceous(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.anachronicallyIn an anachronic manner.anacoluthisticHaving qualities of or resembling an anacoluthon.anacrusticallyIn an anacrustic manner.anaestheticianOne who administers anaesthetics.anageneticallyBy means of, or in terms of, anagenesis.anaglyptographAn instrument for making accurate engravings of any embossed object, such as a medal.anagrammaticalSynonym of anagrammatic.anagraphicallyInvolving or pertaining to anagraphic data.analbuminaemiaA benign inherited metabolic defect characterised by an impaired synthesis of serum albumin.analbuminaemicRelating to, or exhibiting, analbuminaemia.analgesiometerAlternative form of analgesimeter.analgosedationThe administration of an analgesic together with a sedative.analgosedativeanalgesic and sedativeanalogicalnessThe state or quality of being analogical.analphabeticalAlternative form of analphabetic.analyticalnessThe quality of being analytical.anamnesticallyBy means of anamnesisanamorphicallyIn an anamorphic manneranamorphoscopeA mirrored device which gives a correct image of an anamorphosis.anapaesticallyAlternative form of anapestically.anaphylactogen(medicine) A substance likely to or capable of producing an adverse reaction (anaphylaxis) in a person.anaptomorphineAny of the subfamily †Anaptomorphinae of prehistoric primate.anaptycticallyIn terms of, or by means of, anaptyxis.anarthrousnessThe state or quality of being anarthrous.anathematizingpresent participle and gerund of anathematizeanathemisationAlternative spelling of anathemization.anathemizationThe act or process of anathemizing.anatidaephobia(humorous) The fear that one is being constantly watched by a duck.anatreptically(rare) In an anatreptic way.anchoreticallyIn an anchoretic manneranchoriticallyIn the manner of an anchorite; reclusively.anchorlessnessThe state of being anchorless.ancylistaceous(mycology) Belonging to the family Ancylistaceae.ancylostomaticRelating to ancylostoma hookworms.ancylostomatid(zoology) Any member of the family Ancylostomatidae of hookworms.ancyrocephalidAny flatworm of the family AncyrocephalidaeandrocephalousHaving a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.androdioeciousRelating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.androgynophore(botany) A stalk bearing both the androecium and the gynoecium of a flower above the level of insertion of the perianth.andromedotoxinOne of the grayanotoxins; grayanotoxin I.andromoneciousAlternative spelling of andromonoecious.androsartorialmen's fashion (attributive)androsexualityThe state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to men.androstanediolEither of the steroids 3α-androstanediol (5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol) and 3β-androstanediol (5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol).androstanolone(biochemistry, pharmacology) Synonym of dihydrotestosterone.androstendioneAlternative form of androstenedione.androstenediol(biochemistry) Any of a group of related steroid androgens.androstenolonedehydroepiandrosteroneandyrobertsite(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral with vitreous lustre, having the chemical formula KCdCu₅[H₂AsO₄|(AsO₄)₄]·2H₂O.anechogenicity(medicine) The property of being anechogenic.anelectrotonicRelating to anelectrotonus.anelectrotonusThe condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.anesthesimeter(surgery) A device that monitors the amount of anaesthetic given to a patientanesthesiology(American spelling, Canadian spelling) The science of administering anesthetics.anestheticallyIn an anesthetic manneranesthetizableAble to be anesthetized.aneupolyploidy(genetics) The condition of being aneupolyploidaneurysmectomy(surgery) A surgical excision of an aneurysm.angelicizationThe process of angelicizing.angelificationA transformation into an angel.angioblastosisAlternative form of angioblastomatosis.angiocavernomaA vascular tumor made up of dilated blood vessels and containing large blood-filled spaces.angiocavernousRelating to angiocavernoma.angiocompetentPermeable to blood vessels.angiodysplasia(medicine) A small vascular malformation of the gut, a common cause of otherwise unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding and anemiaangioedematous(medicine) Of, relating to, or affected by angioedema.angiogenicallyIn an angiogenic mannerangiographicalangiographicangioinhibitorAny material that promotes angioinhibitionangiokeratomasplural of angiokeratomaangiokeratosis(pathology) The presence of many angiokeratomasangiolathyrism(medicine) Pathological changes in blood vessels due to Lathyrus infection.angioleiomyoma(medicine) A vascular leiomyoma of the skin, thought to arise from vascular smooth muscle, and generally acquired.angiologicallyIn an angiological mannerangiolymphaticRelating to, or via blood and lymph vesselsangiomyolipoma(medicine) A common benign tumour of the kidney.angioparalysis(pathology) paralysis of blood vesselsangiopathologyThe study of diseases affecting blood vessels.angioprotectin(biochemistry) A peptide, similar to angiotensin, that causes vasodilationangioquiescentIn the absence of angiogenesisangioresonanceSynonym of magnetic resonance angiography.angiosclerosis(pathology) Synonym of atherosclerosis.angiotensinase(biochemistry) Any peptidase that hydrolyzes angiotensinanglicizationsplural of anglicizationanglohelvetiumProposed name for the chemical element astatine.angularizationThe process of making something angular.angulosplenial(anatomy) angular and splenialangustifoliate(botany) Having narrow leaves.angustifolious(botany) Having narrow leaves.angustiseptateHaving a narrow septumanharmonicallyIn an anharmonic manner.anhydroglucose(biochemistry) The moiety, in a polysaccharide such as cellulose, consisting of a glucose molecule that has lost the elements of water (actually a -H and an -OH group)anhydrokainite(mineralogy) A sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula KMg(SO₄)Cl.anhydromannose(organic chemistry) Any anhydro sugar derived from mannoseanimadversionsplural of animadversionanimalculisticRelating to the theory of animalculism.anisochromasiaNon-uniform coloration of erythrocytes, caused by a non-uniform distribution of hemoglobin within them.anisodactylous(archaic) anisodactylanisodiametricNot isodiametric; in different directionsanisonucleosisThe presence of cell nuclei of different sizesanisoplanatism(optics) The absence of spatial invariance over an extended field of viewanisostemonous(botany, obsolete) Having a different number of stamens to petals.anisosyllabism(linguistics, poetry) the use of anisosyllabic verseanisotropicityThe quality of being anisotropicannexationistsplural of annexationistannihilabilityAbility to be annihilated.annihilatinglySo as to annihilate.annotativenessThe property of being annotative.annulenylidene(organic chemistry) Any carbene derived from an odd-numbered annulene by conversion of the CH₂ group to C:anodyspareuniaPain accompanying receptive anal sexual intercourse.anomalocaridid(zoology) Any of a group of large marine animals of the family †Anomalocarididae, known only from fossils.anomalosaepiidAny cuttlefish of the subgenus AnomalosepiaanomopterellidAny ant of the subfamily Anomopterellinae (sometimes family Anomopterellidae)anopisthograph(palaeography) Written on one side only.anorectoplasty(surgery) Repair to the anus and rectumanosodiaphoriaA condition in which a person who suffers disability due to a brain injury seems indifferent to the existence of their handicap.anosodiaphoric(medicine) Of, relating to or exhibiting anosodiaphoria; affected by, yet pathologically indifferent to, one's neurological deficit (especially paralysis) secondary to a brain injury.anostostomatid(entomology) Any member of the Anostostomatidae, the wetas.answerablenessThe state or quality of being answerable.answerlessnessAbsence of an answer.antagonisationAlternative form of antagonization.antagonisticalAlternative form of antagonistic.antagonizationA process or action of antagonizing.antaphrodisiacCapable of reducing the sex drive.antarafaciallyIn an antarafacial way.antarcticosideA particular steroid glycoside.antedependence(mathematics) The dependence of a measure on some previous observationsantediluviallyIn an antediluvial manner.antediluvianlyIn an antediluvian manner.antehypophysis(anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary glandantejentacular(rare, formal) Occurring before breakfast.antemillennialSynonym of premillennial.anteriolateralMisspelling of anterolateral.anteriolingualMisspelling of anterolingual.anteriormedialMisspelling of anteromedial.anterioventralAlternative form of anteroventral.anterobuccallyIn an anterobuccal directionanterocaudallyIn an anterocaudal manner or directionanterocingulidSynonym of anterolophid.anterodistallyIn an anterodistal directionanterodorsally(anatomy) In an anterodorsal direction.anteroexternal(anatomy) anterior and externalanteroinferior(anatomy) Located in front and below.anterointernalSynonym of antero-internal.anterolabiallyIn an anterolabial directionanterolophulidAn anterior lophulidanteromedially(anatomy) In an anteromedial position or direction.anteromesially(anatomy) In an anteromesial manner or directionanteroproximal(anatomy) anterior and proximalanterorolandic(medicine) Anterior to the Rolandic fissure in the brain (now called the central sulcus).anterosuperior(anatomy) From anterior to superior.anterotemporal(anatomy) At the base of the templesanthaspidellid(zoology) Any of the extinct sponges in the family Anthaspidellidae.anthecologicalRelating to anthecologyanthelminthicsplural of anthelminthicantheraxanthin(organic chemistry) A yellow carotenoid pigment found in some protozoaanthericaceous(botany) Belonging to the family Anthericaceae, now often tribe Antericeae in family Asparagaceae.anthocyanoside(organic chemistry) Any of a class of molecules consisting of an anthocyanidin backbone with specific sugars attached.anthologicallyIn the manner of an anthology.anthologizableSuitable for inclusion in an anthology.anthraciferous(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.anthracologistOne who studies anthracology.anthracomartid(zoology) Any of the extinct arachnids in the family Anthracomartidae.anthracoptilid(zoology) Any member of the extinct insect family Anthracoptilidae.anthracosaurid(zoology) Any member of the extinct family Anthracosauridae.anthracoxenite(mineralogy) The part of anthracoxene that is insoluble in ether.anthracyclinesplural of anthracyclineanthracyclinicRelating to, or characteristic of anthracyclinesanthranilamide(organic chemistry) The amide of anthranilic acidanthrapurpurin(organic chemistry) 1,2,7-trihydroxyanthraquinone, a purple dye used in histology for the detection of calciumanthrapyrazole(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a class of compounds that have a pyrazole ring formed adjacent to two of the rings of an anthracene; many of them are cytotoxic, or have anticancer activityanthraquinonic(organic chemistry) Relating to, or derived from an anthraquinoneanthraxiferousAlternative form of anthraciferous.anthropisationAlternative spelling of anthropization.anthropization(ecology) The transformation or adaptation of the environment to meet the needs of humans, or by human activity.anthropochoricAlternative form of anthropochorous.anthropocosmicRelating to humankind and the cosmos.anthropodermicOf a book: bound in human skin.anthropogeniseAlternative form of anthropogenize.anthropogenizeTo become anthropogenicanthropogenousof or pertaining to anthropogenyanthropographyThe branch of anthropology that deals with the geographical distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which deals historically with the origin and filiation of races and nations.anthropologianA theologian of anthropology.anthropologiesplural of anthropologyanthropologistAn expert in anthropology.anthropometricof, or relating to anthropometryanthropomorphyThe quality of being anthropomorphic.anthroponomicsanthroponomyanthroponymousOf or relating to an anthroponym.anthropopathicOf or relating to anthropopathy.anthropophagicCannibalistic; man-eating.anthropophagusA man-eater; a cannibal.anthropophiliaThe condition of being anthropophilicanthropophilicPreferring human beings to other animals. It especially alludes to (i) bloodsucking arthropods such as mosquitos, denoting the preference of a parasite for the human host as a source of blood or tissues over an animal host; and (ii) dermatophytic fungi which grow preferentially on humans.anthropophobiaA profound fear of human beings, or of human society.anthropophobicDisliking human beings.anthropophonicOf or relating to anthropophonics.anthropophylicMisspelling of anthropophilic.anthroposcopicRelating to anthroposcopy.anthroposophicOf, or pertaining to anthroposophy.anthroposphereThat part of the environment that is made or modified by humans for use in human activities and human habitats.anthropotheismThe ascription of human form and nature to the gods, or the belief that gods are deified human beings.anthropotomist(archaic) Someone versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.anthropotropicDesigned to be more suitable for use by humansantiabsolutismopposition to absolutismantiabsolutistOne who opposes absolutism.antiacetylated(immunology, in combination) That makes an allergic response with an acetylated materialantiadipocyticThat counters the formation and development of adipocytesantiadipogenicThat counters adipogenesisantiadrenergicpreventing or counteracting the effects of adrenalineantiagglutininAny substance, especially an antibody, that inhibits the action of an agglutininantiaggressionThe lack or absence of aggression.antiaggressive(medicine) Counteracting aggression.antiaircrafterSynonym of antiaircraftsman.antialcoholismOpposition to alcoholism.antialcoholistOne who opposes the drinking of alcohol.antiallergenicCountering allergic reactions.antialtruisticopposed to altruismantiamastigoteThat counters amastigotesantiamboceptorAny substance that counters an amboceptorantianaplasticThat counters the effect of anaplastic tumoursantiandrogenic(medicine) That counters the effects of androgensantianesthetic(American spelling) reversing or reducing anesthesiaantiangiogenic(pharmacology) That inhibits angiogenesis, including neoangiogenesis (especially when used to combat cancer).antiannexationOpposing annexation.antianophelineThat counters anopheles mosquitosantianxiolyticSynonym of anxiolytic.antiapoplecticCountering apoplexy.antiaristocratOne who opposes the aristocracy.antiarrhythmiaAlternative form of antiarrhythmic.antiarrhythmic(pharmacology) Used to treat or prevent (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).antiascariasisPreventing ascariasis.antiassignment(law) Preventing the assignment (of a right, obligation, etc.) from one party to another.antiasymmetricThat counters asymmetryantiautomobileOpposing the use of automobiles.antiautophagicThat counters autophagyantibacterialsplural of antibacterialantibasketballOpposing the sport of basketball.antibilharzialThat counters bilharziaantibiofoulantAny substance used to remove biofoulants.antibiofoulingSynonym of antifouling.antibiologicalOpposed to biology.antibiotherapy(medicine) therapy that uses antibioticsantibioticallyIn terms of antibiotic effect.antiblisteringPreventing blistering.antibolshevism(politics) Opposition to Bolshevism.antibolshevist(politics) One who opposes Bolshevism.antibottleneckPreventing or countering bottlenecks in a process.antibotulismicThat counters the effects of botulism.antibullionistOne who rejects bullionism.antibureaucratOpposed to bureaucracy.anticacochymicSynonym of anticachectic.anticalcifyingThat prevents calcificationanticamouflageColoration or markings designed to draw attention to something.anticapitalism(politics) Opposition to capitalism.anticapitalist(politics) One who opposes capitalism or subscribes to anticapitalism.anticarcinogen(medicine) Any substance that reduces the occurrence or severity of cancers.anticariogenicThat counters cariogenesisanticastrationAlternative spelling of anti-castration.anticatabolite(biochemistry) Any substance that inhibits catabolismanticatalepticPreventing or countering catalepsy.anticensorshipActing against or opposed to censorship.anticentromere(immunology) That bind/react with antigens associated with the centromereanticerebellarThat attacks the cerebellumanticeremonialOpposing ceremonial in religion.antichaotropicThat counters chaotropismantichauvinismOpposition to chauvinism.antichauvinistOne who opposes chauvinism.antichemotaxisThe suppression of chemotaxisantichimpanzee(immunology, of an antibody) Reacting with the immunoglobins found in chimpanzees.antichlamydial(pharmacology) Acting against chlamydia.anticholagogue(medicine) An agent that inhibits bile secretion.anticholereticInhibiting the production of bile by the liver.anticipabilityThe quality of being anticipable; foreseeability, predictability.anticipatinglyIn an anticipating manner; looking forward; expectantly.anticipativelyIn an anticipative manner; expectantly.anticipatorilyIn an anticipatory manner.anticitrullineAlternative form of anticitrullinated.anticlassicism(art) Opposition to, or rejection of, what is classical.anticlassicist(art) One who opposes or rejects what is classical.anticlonogenicThat inhibits the formation of clonesanticlonotypicThat counters clonotypesanticoagulantsplural of anticoagulantanticoagulated(medicine) That has been treated with an anticoagulantanticoincidentRelating to anticoincidenceanticollectiveOpposing collectives or collectivism.anticolorectalThat counters colorectal canceranticommercialOpposed to commercialismanticommissionOpposing a commission.anticommunistsplural of anticommunistanticommutator(mathematics) A function of two elements A and B, defined as AB + BA.anticompetitor(biology) That opposes the activities of a competitoranticomplement(biochemistry) Synonym of complement.anticompromiseOpposing a compromise.anticompulsiveThat counters compulsive behaviouranticonceptioncontraceptionanticonceptiveSynonym of contraceptive.anticonceptualOpposing conceptualism.anticoncessionOpposing a concession.anticondensateinhibiting condensationanticonfessionOpposing the Catholic practice of confession.anticonformistAn advocate of anticonformityanticonformityA form of individualism that is an active rejection of conformityanticontagious(medicine) Opposing or destroying contagion.anticonvective(physics) That prevents convection.anticonversion(law, religion) Opposing or preventing conversion from one religion to another.anticonvulsant(pharmacology) An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.anticonvulsionAlternative form of anticonvulsive.anticonvulsive(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.anticopulatoryPreventing or warding off copulation.anticorrelated(sciences) Having a negative correlation, such that one quantity increases when another decreasesanticorruptionOpposed to or combating corruption.anticounselingOpposing counseling.anticreativityOpposition to creativity.anticulturallyIn an anticultural manner.anticyclolysis(meteorology) The weakening or termination of anticyclonic circulation in the atmosphere.anticyclotomic(number theory) Pertaining to a Galois character φ, such that φ . (φ ◦ c) = 1, where c is the nontrivial element of Gal(K/Q), where K is an imaginary quadratic field.anticysticidalSynonym of cysticidal.anticytochrome(immunology) That generates an immune response with a cytochromeantidefamationOpposing the defamation of a particular group. Chiefly in direct or oblique reference to the Anti-Defamation League.antidegradableThat counters degradation.antidelusional(pharmacology) Countering delusions.antidemocraticOpposed to the tenets of democracy.antidepressant(pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.antidepression(economy) Opposing or countering economic depression.antidepressiveCounteracting depression.antiderivative(calculus) A function whose derivative is a given function; an indefinite integralantidermatitic(dermatology) Countering dermatitis.antidermatitisCountering dermatitis.antidermatoticCountering dermatosis.antidesmoglein(immunology) Any antibody that binds to desmogleinantidetonationThat suppresses detonationantidevolutionOpposing devolution.antidiagonally(mathematics) In an antidiagonal manner.antidiarrhoealAlternative spelling of antidiarrheal.antidiarrhoeic(British spelling) Alternative form of antidiarrheic.antidictionary(computational linguistics) The set of all words of minimal length that never appear in a particular string.antidifferenceA function F(x) is the antidifference of f(x) if F(x+1)-F(x)=f(x).antidiphtheriaPreventing diphtheria.antidiphthericAlternative form of anti-diphtheric.antidiphtherin(historical) A certain vaccine against diphtheria.antidisabilityOpposing disabled people.antidisciplineAn academic discipline that is the opposite of another, or that goes against the conventions of disciplines generally.antidiscursive(social sciences) Opposing a discourse, or institutionalized way of thinking.antidispersionPreventing dispersion.antidissectionOpposing dissection of animals.antidominantly(mathematics) In an antidominant mannerantidromically(neurology) In an antidromic manner.antidysenteric(pharmacology) Working against dysentery.antidyskinetic(pharmacology) That counters dyskinesiaantidystrophin(immunology) That generates an allergic reaction to dystrophinantiearthquake(engineering) Preventing damage from earthquakes.antiecologicalOpposing ecology or ecological concerns; antienvironmental.antieczematous(pharmacology) Countering eczema.antiemigrationOpposing emigration.antiempiricismOpposition to empiricism.antiempiricist(philosophy) One who opposes empiricism.antiemploymentOpposing or countering employment.antiendomysialThat damages the endomysiumantiepilepticsplural of antiepilepticantiepithelialThat inhibits the action of any material in the epitheliumantiequatorialAway from the equatorantierysipelasPreventing erysipelas.antiestrogenic(pharmacology) Inhibiting estrogen.antieukaryotic(immunology) That reacts with eukaryotesantieverythingOpposing everything.antiexpressive(art) Opposing or avoiding expressiveness.antifederalismAlternative form of anti-federalism.antifederalistAlternative spelling of anti-federalist.antifemininityBeliefs and behaviours that oppose or shun femininity.antifeministicantifeministantifertilizerOpposing the use of fertilizer.antifertilizinA protein that reacts with fertilizin, causing sperm to adhere to the egg.antifibrogenicThat reduces fibrogenesisantifilibuster(US, politics) Opposing or preventing filibuster.antiflammatoryMisspelling of antiinflammatory.antiflatulenceCountering flatulence.antiflaviviralThat counters flavivirusesantiflavivirusThat counters flavivirusesantiflorigenic(botany) Discouraging the formation of flowers.antiforeignismantiforeign attitudesantifraudulentActing against fraud.antifrictionalSynonym of antifriction.antigalactosyl(immunology) The generates an immune response to galactosylated liposomesantigenerativeOpposing generation or procreation.antigiardiasisServing to counter or prevent giardiasis.antigingivitic(pharmacology, dentistry) Countering gingivitis.antigingivitis(pharmacology, dentistry) Countering gingivitis.antiglucotoxicThat counters glucotoxicityantiglycolytic(biochemistry) Acting to prevent glycolysisantigonococcalThat counters gonococciantigonococcicSynonym of antigonococcal.antigonorrheicAlternative form of antigonorrhoeic.antigovernmentOpposed to a government currently in power.antiguillotineOpposing the guillotine as a method of execution.antihaemolysinAny substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effects of haemolysinantihaemolyticAlternative form of antihemolytic.antiharassmentCounteracting harassment.antihedonisticOpposing hedonism.antihegemonismOpposition to a policy of hegemony.antihegemonistOne who opposes a hegemony.antihelicopter(military) Intended for use against helicopters.antihelminthicAlternative form of anthelmintic.antihemophilic(medicine) That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.antihemostaticThat counters hemostasisantiheroicallyIn an antiheroic manner.antihistaminesplural of antihistamineantihistaminic(pharmacology) Of or pertaining to antihistamines.antihistoricalOpposing or contrary to history.antihomeopathyThe organized opposition to homeopathy; The antihomeopathy movement.antihomophobiaOpposition to homophobiaantihomophobicOpposing homophobia.antihomosexualOpposed to homosexuality.antihumanisticOpposed to humanismantihyperbolicinverse hyperbolicantihyperlipidAlternative form of antihyperlipidemic.antihystericalOpposing or preventing hysteria.antiindustrialUncommon spelling of anti-industrial.antiinfectiousThat counters infectionantiinfectivesplural of antiinfectiveantiinsurgency(military) Opposing or countering insurgency.antiinterferonThat opposes the action of interferonantikidnapping(law enforcement) Preventing or countering kidnapping.antilaundering(law enforcement) Countering money laundering.antilegionellaThat counters, or prevents legionellaantileishmania(immunology, pharmacology) Acting against Leishmania parasites.antileukocidinAny substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effects of leukocidinantiliberalism(politics) Antiliberal beliefs and practices.antiliberationOpposing liberation.antilibidinousOpposing or countering the libido.antilipidaemicAlternative form of antilipidemic.antilipotropicThat counters the effects of lipotropinantiliteralismOpposition to a literal interpretation of something.antiliterature(literature) Written works that deliberately avoid the typical conventions of literature, such as antinovels, antiplays and antipoems.antilithogenic(medicine) Preventing the formation of calculi.antiluciferase(immunology, of an antibody) That reacts with luciferaseantiluteolyticThat counters luteolysisantilymphocyte(immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytesantimacrophage(immunology) That counters the activity of macrophagesantimainstreamOpposing the mainstream.antimalariallyIn an antimalarial way.antimanagement(business) In opposition to management.antimechanized(military) Countering mechanized fighting vehicles such as tanks.antimeningitic(pathology) as used against meningitisantimeningitis(pathology) used against meningitisantimesenteric(anatomy) Opposite the mesenteric attachment of the intestineantimetabolite(medicine) Any substance that competes with or inhibits the normal metabolic process, often by acting as an analogue of an essential metabolite.antimetastasis(medicine) That inhibits metastasisantimetastatic(medicine) antimetastasisantimetathesisThe repetition of the same word in a sentence with a different meaning.antimicrobialsplural of antimicrobialantimicrosomalThat inhibits the action of microsomesantimilitarismAlternative spelling of anti-militarism.antimilitarist(politics) Opposed to militarismantimisogynistOpposed to misogyny; serving to prevent misogyny.antimissionary(religion) Opposing religious missionaries.antimonarchialAlternative form of antimonarchical.antimonarchismAlternative form of anti-monarchism.antimonarchist(politics) One who is opposed to monarchy.antimoniferous(geology) Containing or producing antimony.antimonoclonalThat counters monoclonal antibodiesantimonopolism(economy) Opposition to monopolies.antimonopolist(economy) One who opposes monopolies.antimoralisticOpposing moralism.antimotivationActive rejection of something towards which one should be motivated.antimuscarinic(pharmacology) That disrupts the action of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, and/or of muscarine itself, in the nervous system.antimyasthenic(medicine) That counters the effect of myastheniaantimycoplasmaantibacterial against mycoplasmaantinaturalism(sociology) The view that the natural world and the social world are different, related to antipositivism.antinaturalist(philosophy, sociology) Opposing or rejecting naturalism.antineoplastic(pharmacology, oncology) Inhibiting the development of tumours.antineoplastonAny of a group of peptides and other compounds used in a controversial unproven therapy against cancer.antinepotistic(politics, business) Opposing or preventing nepotism.antineurogenicThat counters any neurogenic effectantineurotoxinAny substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effect of a neurotoxinantineutralino(physics) The antiparticle of a neutralino.antineutralityOpposing a policy of neutrality.antineutrophil(biology) That has staining characteristics that are opposite of neutrophilsantinihilistic(philosophy) Opposing nihilism.antinominalism(philosophy) A doctrine that is counter to nominalismantinominalist(philosophy) A supporter of the philosophy of antinominalism.antinovelistic(literature) Of or relating to an antinovel.antinuclearismOpposition to nuclear weapons.antinuclearistOne who is opposed to nuclear weapons.antinucleating(biology) That prevent nucleationantinucleosideAn antibody that targets nucleosidesantinucleosome(immunology) An antinucleosomal antibodyantinucleotideAn antibody that targets nucleotidesantinutritious(biochemistry) Interfering with the absorption or metabolism of a nutrient.antiobesogenicCountering the onset of obesity.antioccupation(politics, military) Opposed to a particular military occupationantiodontalgic(rare) Countering toothache.antioedematousAlternative form of antiedematous.antiopposition(politics) Opposing a political opposition.antioppressionOpposing or countering oppression.antioppressiveOpposing or countering oppression.antiosteogenicInhibiting osteogenesis.antioxidizableAble to prevent being oxidizedantipaedophile(law enforcement) Opposing paedophiles.antiparallelly(mathematics) In an antiparallel manner.antiparasiticsplural of antiparasiticantiparliamentOpposing a parliament.antipatheticalSynonym of antipathetic (“with antipathy”).antipathicallyIn an antipathic manner; through an antipathical fashion.antipathogenic(medicine) That acts against pathogensantipatriarchy(sociology) Opposing the patriarchy.antipatriotismopposition to patriotismantiperiplanar(physical chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 150° and 180°antiperistasis(philosophy) The heightening of the force of an opposing process.antiperistaticPertaining to antiperistasis.antiperniciousThat counters a pernicious diseaseantiperovskite(mineralogy) Any crystal with a structure based on a perovskite but with the cations replaced by anions and vice versa.antiperoxidantSynonym of antiperoxidative.antiperoxidase(immunology, of an antibody) That counters the effect of peroxidaseantipersistent(mathematics) Describing a stochastic process that has a negative correlation between its increments.antiperspirant(countable, uncountable) A substance used to minimize perspiration (sweating), and usually applied to the underarm area.antipertussivethat counters whooping coughantiphagocytic(immunology) impeding or preventing the action of phagocytes or the occurrence of phagocytosisantiphasicallyIn an antiphasic mannerantiphilosophy(philosophy) An antitheoretical metaphilosophy critical of a priori justification aiming to dissolve misconceptions that traditional philosophy makes.antiphlogistic(pharmacology) Counteracting inflammation.antiphlogiston(historical) Opposed to the phlogiston hypothesis.antiphonicallyWith antiphony.antiphotoagingInhibiting photoaging.antiphrastical(rhetoric) Antiphrastic.antiphthisicalRelieving or curing phthisis.antipickpocketOpposing or countering pickpockets.antiplagiarismOpposing or preventing plagiarism.antiplasmodial(pharmacology) That counters parasites of the genus PlasmodiumantiplasmodiumThat suppresses the activity of Plasmodium parasitesantiplutocracy(politics) Opposing plutocracy.antipolarising(rare) That prevents or removes polarisation.antipolioviralActive against poliovirus.antipoliovirusActive against poliovirus.antipolitician(politics) Someone who is the opposite of a typical politicianantipolyspermyThat counters polyspermyantipolyvalent(immunology) That counters polyvalent antibodiesantipositional(chess) Not positional; not in the spirit of long-term strategic, positional play.antipositivism(social sciences) The view that the social realm may not be subject to the same methods of investigation as the natural world.antipositivist(social sciences) Relating to antipositivism.antipragmatism(philosophy) A viewpoint that rejects pragmatism.antipragmatist(philosophy) One who rejects pragmatism.antiprecipitinA substance derived from a precipitin and capable of neutralizing it.antipreventionOpposing prevention (of crime, the spread of disease, etc.).antipronograde(zoology) Of or pertaining to a body posture that is not parallel to the ground when an animal is moving.antipropagandaPreventing or opposing propaganda.antipropulsiveA drug that reduces the symptoms of diarrheaantiprostituteOpposing prostitutes.antiprotection(economy) Opposing protectionism.antiproteinase(biochemistry) Any inhibitor of proteinase activityantiprotestant(Christianity) Opposing the Protestant form of Christianity.antiprudentialLacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.antipsychiatryOpposed to psychiatryantipsychologyOpposed to psychology.antipsychoticsplural of antipsychoticantipunishmentOpposing punishment.antipurinergicThat inhibits the release of purinesantipuritanismOpposition to puritanism.antiputrescentCounteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.antipyrimidineAn analogue of the pyrimidines and derived nucleotides that acts as an antimetaboliteantiquarianiseNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of antiquarianize.antiquarianismStudy or love of antiques.antiquarianistA proponent of antiquarianism.antiquarianize(colloquial, dated, intransitive) To act the part of an antiquary.antiquatednessThe state or quality of being antiquated.antirabbinicalOpposing rabbis.antiradicalismOpposition to radical ideologies.antireciprocalSynonym of nonreciprocalantirecruitingOpposing recruiting campaigns, for example by the military.antiredundancyCountering or eliminating redundancy within a system.antireferendumOpposing a referendum.antireflecting(physics) That suppresses reflection from its surfaceantireflection(optics) Synonym of antireflective.antireflective(optics) Preventing visible reflection.antiregulationOpposing regulation.antiregulatoryThat disapproves of excessive regulationantirelativismAn opposition to relativism.antirelaxation(physics) That counters relaxationantirepression(genetics) The action of antagonizing a repressorantirepressive(politics) Opposed to repression; working against repression.antirepublican(politics) Opposing the formation of a republic.antiresistanceOpposing or countering a political resistance movement.antiresorptiveInhibiting resorption.antirestenosis(medicine) That counters restenosisantirestenoticThat counters restenosisantiretroviral(pharmacology) That combats infection by retroviruses.antiretrovirus(virology, pharmacology) Countering retroviruses; antiretroviral.antirevolutionOpposing a revolution.antirhetoricalOpposing or avoiding the use of rhetoric.antirheumatoidThat counters rheumatoid arthritisantirhinoviralThat counters the effects of rhinovirusesantisacerdotalHostile to priests or the priesthood.antisaturationPreventing saturation.antischolastic(philosophy) Opposing scholasticism.antiscientificOf or pertaining to antiscience; contrary to the tenets of the scientific method.antisclerostinThat counters the effect of sclerostinantiscripturalthat contradicts scriptureantiscrofulous(pharmacology) Working against scrofula.antiseborrheic(medicine) Acting against seborrhea.antiseborrhoicMisspelling of antiseborrheic.antisenescence(biology) Inhibiting senescence.antiseparationOpposing separation (e.g. from a political union).antiseparatism(politics) Opposition to separatism.antiseparatist(politics) One who opposes separatism.antisepticallyIn an antiseptic manner.antisepticizedsimple past and past participle of antisepticizeantisettlementOpposing a settlement.antisialagogueAny substance that decreases the production of saliva.antisimilarityThe condition of being antisimilarantisimoniacalantisimoniacantiskepticismOpposition to a skeptical viewpoint.antislaveryismOpposition to slavery.antisocialnessThe quality of being antisocial.antispasmodicsplural of antispasmodicantispasticity(pharmacology) That prevents or diminishes spasms.antispeciesism(philosophy, ethics) An ethical stance which opposes the unjustified consideration or treatment of sentient individuals who are not classified as belonging to a certain species.antispeciesistA proponent of antispeciesism.antistarvationOpposing or preventing starvation.antistretching(physics) Characterized by a decrease of the quadrupole deformation.antistrophicalOf or relating to an antistrophe.antistructural(sociology) Of or relating to antistructure.antisubjectiveOpposing a purely subjective approach, hence not based only on individual opinions etc.antisubsidenceCountering or preventing subsidence of land.antisubversionOpposing or countering political subversion.antisubversive(politics) Opposing or countering political subversion.antisuffragism(historical) Opposition to the suffragette movement for women's voting rights.antisuffragistOne who opposes suffrage.antisurfactantThat counters the effect of a surfactantantisymmetriseNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of antisymmetrize.antisymmetrize(mathematics) To make antisymmetric.antisynthetase(immunology) That disrupts the action of synthetase enzymesantisyphilitic(pharmacology) Countering syphilis.antitechnologyOpposed to technologyantitelevisionOpposing television.antitelomerase(biology) Acting against telomerase.antitemperanceOpposing the temperance movement against alcohol.antiterminator(biochemistry) Any enzyme that promotes antiterminationantitheatricalIn opposition to the theatre.antitheisticalAlternative form of antitheistic.antitheocratic(politics) Opposed to theocracy.antitheticallyIn an antithetic manner.antithickeningPreventing or inhibiting thickening.antithrombosis(medicine) The effect of an antithrombotic agentantithrombotic(pharmacology) That inhibits the formation of thrombiantithyrotoxicCountering thyrotoxicity.antitobaccoite(archaic) One who opposes the smoking of tobacco.antitoxoplasma(immunology) Alternative form of antitoxoplasmal.antitransitionOpposing transition.antitreponemalActive against treponema.antitrochanter(anatomy) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur playsantitruncation(astronomy, of the disk of a spiral galaxy) The presence of an outer radial surface brightness profile that is distinctly shallower in scope than the main disk profile.antitubercular(pharmacology) That is used to treat tuberculosis.antiturbulencePreventing or countering turbulence.antityrosinase(biochemistry, immunology) That counters the action of tyrosinaseantiulcerativeThat counters ulcerationantiuniversityOpposing a university or universities in general.antivaccinatorAlternative form of anti-vaccinator.antivegetarianOpposed to vegetarianism.antivitalisticOpposing vitalism.antivolitionalOf or relating to antivolition.antiwesternismAn ideological, cultural, and political trend opposing Western cultural and political influences.antiwitchcraftOpposing the practice of witchcraft.antiwithdrawalThat counters withdrawal.antiwolbachialThat counters bacteria of the genus Wolbachia.antixenophobiaOpposition to xenophobia.antixenophobicOpposing xenophobia.antlerlessnessAbsence of antlers.antlerogenesisThe formation and development of antlers.antonomasticalAlternative form of antonomastic.antroventrallyMisspelling of anteroventrally.antrustionshipThe role or status of an antrustion.anxiodepressedSuffering from clinical anxiety and depression (anxiodepression).anxiolyticallyIn an anxiolytic way.anxioselectiverelieving anxiety without side effects.anxiostressiveHaving both symptoms of anxiety and stressaortoarteritis(medicine) A condition involving inflammation of the aorta and arteries.aortobifemoral(anatomy) aortic and bifemoralaortomyoplastyA surgical procedure in which a strip of healthy muscle is wrapped around the aorta.aortopulmonary(anatomy) Relating to the aorta and lungs.aortosclerosis(pathology) atherosclerosis of the aortaapartheidesque(rare) Similar to the system of apartheidapartheidistic(sociopolitics) Of, or pertaining to apartheidismapathogenicityThe condition of being apathogenic.apendicularianMisspelling of appendicularian.apexcardiogramA diagnostic image produced by apexcardiography.aphasiological(speech therapy) Of or relating to aphasiology.aphelenchoididAny nematode of the superfamily Aphelenchoidideaapheliotropism(botany) the tendency to bend away from sunlight, as some plants do; negative phototropismaphercotropism(obsolete, biology) The movement or growth of an organism away from an obstruction.aphilosophicalNot philosophical; without philosophy.aphoristicallyIn an aphoristic manner.aphoristicnessThe state, quality, or condition of being aphoristicaphyllophoroidAny fungus of the obsolete order Aphyllophorales.aphysiologicalNot physiologicalapicocomplexanMisspelling of apicomplexan.apicocoronallyIn apicocoronal position.apicolaterallyIn an apicolateral mannerapicoposteriorapical and posteriorapistogrammineAny cichlid of the genus Apistogrammaapitherapeuticrelating to apitherapyapocalypticianOne who believes in a coming apocalypse.apocalypticism(religion) A belief or doctrine based on apocalypse, especially which believes in an imminent end to the current world order.apocalypticistA person who holds or expresses an apocalyptic view.apocentromeric(genetics) Away from a centromereapocryphalnessThe state or condition of being apocryphal.apodeicticallyIn an apodeictic manner.apohemoprotein(biochemistry) The apoprotein of a hemoproteinapohydrogenase(biochemistry) The apoprotein of a hydrogenase.apolactoferrin(biochemistry) The iron-free form of lactoferrinapolipoprotein(biochemistry) Any polypeptide or protein that can serve as an apoprotein by binding with a lipid to form a lipoprotein.apologeticallyIn an apologetic manner; by way of defense, apology or excuse.apologeticnessThe quality of being apologetic.apomorphicallyIn an apomorphic manner.apophlegmatism(obsolete) The action of apophlegmatics.apophthegmaticAlternative form of apothegmatic.apophytochrome(biochemistry) The apoprotein of a phytochromeapoplasticallyVia an apoplastapoplecticallyIn an apoplectic manner.apoptogenicityThe condition of being apoptogenicaporematicallyIn an aporematic manner.aposcopolamine(organic chemistry) An alkaloid present in several nightshadesaposematically(ecology) In an aposematic manner.aposiderophoreThe apoprotein of a siderophoreapostrophation(rare) Personal address via apostrophe (an exclamatory speech).apostrophelessWithout an apostrophe.apostrophisingpresent participle and gerund of apostrophiseapostrophizingpresent participle and gerund of apostrophizeapotemnophilia(psychology) A psychological disorder characterized by the intense and long-standing desire for amputation of a specific limb.apotemnophobia(psychology) A fear of amputation (afraid that one will lose appendages), fear of amputations (fear of amputations on others), fear of amputees (persons with amputations).apothecaryshipThe state or period of working as an apothecary.apothegmaticalRelating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.apotheoticallyIn an apotheotic manner.apotransferrin(biochemistry) The apoprotein of transferrinapotropaicallyIn an apotropaic manner.appeasablenessThe state or quality of being appeasable.appendectomiesplural of appendectomyappendectomize(surgery) To perform an appendectomy (on)appendicectomy(surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendixappendicostomy(surgery) The creation of an opening into the vermiform appendix, typically via the navelappendiculatedAlternative form of appendiculate.apperceptivelyIn an apperceptive manner.appetisingnessThe state of being appetisingappetitivenessThe fact or quality of being appetitive.appetizingnessThe state of being appetizingapplauseometer(informal, US) A device of dubious accuracy used to measure the volume of an audience’s applause.applicablenessThe state or quality of being applicable.applicationismA tendency to view situations as problems to be solved by applying a certain theory or technique.applicationistA proponent of applicationism.applistructure(computing) The amalgamation of applications and technological infrastructure.apportionmentsplural of apportionmentappositionallyIn an appositional manner.appraisabilityThe characteristic of being appraisable; the ability to be evaluated for potential value.appreciabilityThe quality or degree of being appreciable.appreciatinglyAppreciatively, with appreciation: in an appreciating manner.appreciationalOf or relating to appreciation.appreciativelyIn an appreciative manner.appreciatorily(obsolete, rare) With appreciation; appreciatively.apprehendinglyWith apprehension or understanding.apprehensivelyin an apprehensive manner; with apprehensionapprenticehood(obsolete) apprenticeshipapprenticelikeResembling or characteristic of an apprentice or apprenticeships.apprenticeshipThe condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.appropriationsplural of appropriationapprovablenessThe state or quality of being approvable.approximatableAlternative form of approximable.approximatedlyIn an approximated mannerapproximationsplural of approximationapragmatically(rare) Not pragmatically.aquabirnavirusAny virus of the genus Aquabirnavirus.aquaculturallyIn an aquacultural manner; with regard to, or by means of, aquaculture.aquaglycoporin(biochemistry) A form of aquaporin that is active in the transport of water and glycols (including glycerol)aquapharyngealOf or pertaining to the bulb-like anterior part of a sea cucumber, containing the pharynx and water vascular system.aquariologicalRelating to aquariologyaquifoliaceous(botany) Belonging to the Aquifoliaceae.aquintocubitalAlternative form of aquincubital.arabinonucleicOf or pertaining to arabinonucleic acids or their derivativesarabinosylatedModified by arabinosylationarachnodactyly(teratology) a condition in which the fingers and hands are abnormally long and slenderarachnological(zoology) Of or relating to arachnology, the study of arachnids.arachnophagousSpider-eating.arachnophobiacA person who suffers from arachnophobiaarachnophobiasplural of arachnophobiaaraucariaceous(botany, relational) Of or relating to the Araucariaceae.arbitrariouslyIn an arbitrarious manner.arbitrationismA policy of resolving disputes by arbitration.arbitrationistA proponent of arbitrationism.arbitratorshipThe role or status of an arbitrator.arboriculturalOf or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees.arborsculptureThe art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.arbovirologistA virologist who specialises in the arbovirusesarchaebacteriaplural of archaebacteriumarchaeobalanid(zoology) Any member of the family Archaeobalanidae, stalkless acorn barnacles in the order Sessilia.archaeobiology(archaeology, biology) The biological aspects of archaeologyarchaeobotanicarchaeobotanicalarchaeocyathanSynonym of archaeocyathid.archaeocyathidAny of the clade †Archaeocyatha of marine sponges.archaeogenetic(archaeology, genetics) Of or pertaining to archaeogeneticsarchaeogenomicRelated to archaeogenomes or to archaeogenomicsarchaeogeologySynonym of geoarchaeology.archaeognathanAny insect of the order Archaeognatha.archaeographerSynonym of archaeographist.archaeographicRelating to archaeographyarchaeohyracid(zoology) Any of the extinct mammals of the family Archaeohyracidae.archaeolemurid(zoology) Any of the extinct lemurs in the family Archaeolemuridae.archaeologicalRelating to the science or research of archaeology.archaeologistsplural of archaeologistarchaeometristA scientist whose speciality in archaeometryarchaeopsychicAlternative form of archeopsychic.archaeoseismicRelating to ancient earthquakes and other seismic activityarchaeosortase(biochemistry) An enzyme, in some archaea, that modifies protein sortingarchaeostracanAny extinct crustacean of the order Archaeostracaarchaeosurface(geology) A prehistoric surfacearchaeozoology(archaeology) The study of relationships between humans and animals over time.archaisticallyIn an archaistic fashion.archantagonistA chief antagonist.archbishophood(ecclesiastical) The rank of archbishop; the state of being an archbishop.archbishoprickObsolete spelling of archbishopric.archbishopricsplural of archbishopricarchbishopshipThe status or office of an archbishop.archchancellorchief chancellorarchcompetitorA primary competitor.archdeaconriesplural of archdeaconryarchdeaconshipThe rank or office of an archdeacon.archealization(biology) The restoration of an ecosystem of other biological system to its original, prehistoric formarchebacterialAlternative form of archaebacterial.archebacteriumAlternative spelling of archaebacterium.archencephalon(developmental biology) The primitive forebrain area of an embryo.archeomagneticAlternative form of archaeomagnetic.archeomaterial(archaeology) Any material from an earlier civilization, found during archeological studies.archetypicallyIn an archetypical fashion.archiborborineAny dipteran of the subfamily Archiborborinaearchicontinent(geology, rare) A continental land mass that was present in geologic timearchidiaconatearchdeaconryarchiepiscopalOf or relating to an archbishop or an archbishopric.archigregarineAny parasitic alveolate of the order ArchigregarinoridaarchihereticalAlternative form of arch-heretical.archimandritalOf or relating to an archimandrite.archimandritesplural of archimandritearchipolypodanAny extinct millipede of the superorder Archipolypodaarchipterygium(anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.archisynagogue(historical, Judaism) The head of a synagogue.architectonicsThe science pertaining to architecturearchitextuallyIn terms of architextuality.archontologistA person who studies archontologyarchosauriform(zoology) Belonging to the Archosauriformes, a clade of diapsid reptiles.archpresbytery(ecclesiastical) The absolute dominion of presbytery.archpriesthood(ecclesiastical) The office of an archpriest.archvillainessA female archvillain.ardisiaquinone(organic chemistry) Any of a group of alkyl benzoquinone derivatives present in a pant of genus Ardisia.arenediazonium(organic chemistry) Any aryl diazonium ion or saltareostationaryA geostationary orbit around Mars.aretologicallyIn terms of aretology.argentaffinoma(pathology) A carcinoid tumor of the gastrointestinal tractargentilactone(organic chemistry) The lactone 2-[(Z)-hept-1-enyl]-2,3-dihydropyran-6-oneargentoromeite(mineralogy) A silver-containing antimonite mineralargilluviation(soil science) The downward movement of clay in a soil profile by water.argumentationsplural of argumentationargumentatiousTending to argue; disputatious.arhinencephaly(teratology) holoprosencephalyarhythmicalityThe quality of being arhythmical.aristocratical(politics) Aristocratic.aristololactam(organic chemistry) The aristolactam 14-methoxy-3,5-dioxa-10-azapentacyclo[9.7.1.0^(2,6).0^(8,19).0^(13,18)]nonadeca-1(18),2(6),7,11(19),12,14,16-heptaen-9-onearistomonarchyRule by the best class of people as monarchs.arithmaticallyMisspelling of arithmetically.arithmeticallyIn terms of arithmetic.arithmeticiansplural of arithmeticianarithmetizableAble to be arithmetized.arithmographic(linguistics) In which words are encoded as numbersarmoursmithingA profession that involves forging armour pieces, such as greaves and helms, out of raw materials like metal or steel.aromatherapiesplural of aromatherapyaromatherapist(alternative medicine) A practitioner of aromatherapy.aromaticalnessThe state or quality of being aromatical.arrangeabilityThe property of being arrangeable.arrhythmicallyIn an arrhythmic manner; without a fixed rhythmarrhythmogenic(cardiology, pharmacology) Relating to arrhythmogenesisarrondissementAn administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries.arrythymogenicMisspelling of arrhythmogenic.arsenochromate(inorganic chemistry) Any salt (or anion) containing arsenate and chromate in a fixed proportionarsenogoyazite(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, barium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.arsenolamprite(mineralogy) A shiny grey-white form of arsenic composed of orthorhombic crystals.arsenosilicate(inorganic chemistry, mineralogy) A chemical compound that is a variation of a silicate where some silicon atoms are replaced by arsenic.arsentsumebite(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.arsenuranylite(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.artedidraconid(zoology) Any fish in the family ArtedidraconidaeartefactitiousAlternative form of artifactitious.artefactualityAlternative form of artifactuality.artefactualizeAlternative form of artifactualize.arteriogenesis(medicine) An increase in the diameter of existing arterial vesselsarteriographic(medicine) Relating to arteriography.arteriolopathy(pathology) disease of the arteriolesarteriorrhaphy(surgery) The suturing of an arteryarthasterosideA particular steroid glycoside.arthrocentesis(surgery) The clinical procedure of using a syringe to collect synovial fluid from a joint capsule, used in the diagnosis of gout, arthritis, and synovial infections.arthrochalasiaAlternative form of arthrochalasis.arthrochalasis(teratology) A rare form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, characterised by very loose joints and dislocations involving both hips.arthroconidium(mycology) A kind of asexual fungal spore, typically produced by segmentation of pre-existing fungal hyphae.arthrofibrosis(pathology) The formation of fibrous tissue within a jointarthrogryposis(countable, teratology) The permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position.arthrogrypotic(pathology, teratology) Of, pertaining to or affected with arthrogryposis.arthropodivore(biology) Any animal that eats arthropodsarthropodivory(biology) The condition of being arthropodivorousarthropodology(zoology) The study of arthropods.arthropomatousRelating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the order Arthropomataarthropometric(anatomy) Relating to the measurement of joints.arthroscopicalAlternative form of arthroscopic.arthrostenosisConstriction of size in a joint.articulabilityThe quality or degree of being articulable.articulatenessThe quality of being articulate.articulationalOf or relating to articulation.articulativelyIn an articulative manner.articulatorilyIn terms of, or by means of, articulation.articulographyThe measurement of the movements of the lips, teeth and the different parts of the tongue during speech.articulometricRelating to articulometryartifactuality(philosophy) The quality of being artifactual.artifactualize(transitive) To convert into an artifact.artificialnessThe state or quality of being artificial.artillerywoman(military) A female soldier who uses artillery.artiodactylateAny even-toed ungulate of the order Artiodactylaartiodactylous(zoology) even-toed; belonging to the Artiodactylaartsploitation(art, slang) A genre of art that relies on self-reference;arylalkylamine(organic chemistry) A secondary or tertiary amine that has both an alkyl and an aryl group connected to the nitrogen atomarylalkylidene(organic chemistry, in combination) Any aryl derivative of an alkylidene radicalarylbenzofuran(organic chemistry) Any aryl derivative of a benzofuranarylcarboxylic(organic chemistry) Relating to any aryl derivative of a carboxylic acidarylpiperazine(organic chemistry) Any aryl derivative of a piperazine, especially any that is the basis of several drug familiesarylpiperidine(organic chemistry) Any aryl derivative of a piperidinearylsulphataseAlternative spelling of arylsulfatase.arylsulphonateAlternative spelling of arylsulfonate.arytenoidopexy(surgery) fixation of the arytenoidsasaccharolytic(microbiology, of a bacterium, mold, etc.) Incapable of breaking down carbohydrates for energyascalonicosideA particular steroid glycoside.asciibeticallyAlternative letter-case form of ASCIIbetically.ascosporogenicRelating to ascosporogenesisasexualisationAlternative spelling of asexualization.asexualizationThe act or process of asexualizing.aspacochiosideA particular steroid glycoside.aspartoacylase(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the deacylation of acetyl-aspartateaspectlessnessThe quality of being aspectless.aspectological(psychology and linguistics) Relating to aspectologyaspergilliform(botany) Resembling the aspergillum in formaspergillimide(organic chemistry) The alkaloid (1R,6R,7S,9R,11R)-1',6,10,10,13-pentamethylspiro[3,13-diazatetracyclo[5.5.2.01,9.03,7]tetradecane-11,3'-pyrrolidine]-2',5',14-trione present in Aspergillus japonicusaspermatogenicThat does not produce spermatozoaasperphenamateAn organic compound produced by Penicillium megasporum and other fungi.asphodelaceous(botany) Belonging to the plant family Asphodelaceae.asphyxiaphiliaAlternative form of asphyxiophilia.asphyxiophilia(BDSM) A paraphilia involving an attraction to breathplay.aspidochirotidAny sea cucumber of the order Aspidochirotidaaspidorhynchid(zoology) Any of the extinct fish in the family Aspidorhynchidaeaspidosiphonid(zoology) Any of the peanut worms in the family Aspidosiphonidae.aspidospermine(medicine) An alkaloid, obtained from quebracho bark, that was once used as a respiratory stimulant and antispasmodic, and as an antipyretic in typhoid feveraspidospondyly(zoology) The condition of having the centra of the vertebra arranged in separate ossifications.aspirationallyIn an aspirational manner.assailablenessThe state or quality of being assailable.assassinationsplural of assassinationassassinatress(dated, rare) A female assassin.assaultivenessQuality of being assaultive.assemblabilityThe condition of being assemblable.assemblymemberA person who serves as a member of an assembly.assemblypersonAn assemblymember; an assemblyman of any gender.assertoricallyIn an assertoric fashion.asseveratinglyin an asseverating mannerasseverationalOf or pertaining to asseveration.asseverativelyIn an asseverative manner.assholeishnessAlternative spelling of assholishness.assimilabilityThe quality or degree of being assimilable.assimilateness(very rare) Similarity.assimilationalRelated to assimilation.assistantshipsplural of assistantshipassociablenessThe state or quality of being associable.associatednessThe state or quality of being associated.associateshipsplural of associateshipassociationism(psychology) A theory that association (of experiences etc) is the basis of consciousness and mental activityassociationist(philosophy) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas.asteriosaponinAny of a group of toxic saponins produced by starfishasterolecaniid(zoology) Any of the scale insects in the family Asterolecaniidae.asterophyllite(paleontology) A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.asterriquinone(organic chemistry) Any of a group of indole quinones based on 2,5-dihydroxy-3,6-bis[1-(2-methylbut-3-en-2-yl)indol-3-yl]cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dioneasthenospermia(medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility or subfertility.asthenospermic(medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertileasthenospheric(geology) Of, pertaining to, or arising from the asthenosphere, the soft area of the upper mantleastigmaticallyIn an astigmatic manner; through or in relation to astigmatism.astonishednessThe state or quality of being astonished.astoundingnessThe quality of being astounding.astragalectomyThe surgical removal of the astragalus, or talus, in order to stabilize the ankle.astragalomancyAny form of divination by dice.astragyromancyDivination by dice.astrapotherian(paleontology) Any member of the order †Astrapotheria of extinct mammals.astrapotheriid(zoology) Any of the extinct mammals in the family Astrapotheriidae.astroballisticOf or pertaining to astroballistics.astrobiologistA biologist whose speciality is astrobiology.astrochemistry(chemistry, astronomy) The study of the chemical composition of stars and outer spaceastrocyticallyIn an astrocytic mannerastrocytopathy(pathology) An autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system associated with astrocytes.astrodiagnosisThe use of astrology to diagnose illness.astrodynamicalAstrodynamic.astroecologistOne who studies astroecology.astrogeography(rare, science fiction) The study of exoplanet geography.astrogeologistOne who studies astrogeology.astrogliogenicRelating to astrogliogenesisastrogliopathy(pathology) gliopathy of astrogliaastrolithology(archaic) The science of aerolites.astrologicallyIn an astrological manner.astrometrician(astronomy) One who studies astrometry.astromythologyAstrological mythology.astronavigatorOne who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot.astronomically(not comparable) Of or relating to astronomy.astrophilatelyThe branch of philately dealing with space flight and similar subjects.astrophotonics(astronomy) The application of photonics technology to astronomyastrophysicistOne who studies astrophysics.astropoliticalOf or relating to astropolitics.asymbioticallyIn an asymbiotic mannerasymmetricallyIn an asymmetric manner.asymptomaticalAlternative form of asymptomatic.asymptotically(mathematical analysis) In an asymptotical manner, in the way of an asymptote, toward an asymptote.asynchronicity(uncountable) The state of being asynchronous.asynchronisticNot synchronistic.asynchronouslyIn an asynchronous manner.asynclitically(medicine) In an asynclitic manner; assuming an asynclitic position.ataxophragmiid(zoology) Any any of the foraminifers in the family Ataxophragmiidae.atelectatraumaAlternative form of atelectrauma.atelectotraumaAlternative form of atelectrauma.atheologicallyIn an atheological manner.atheoreticallyIn a way that is not theoretical.atheroablationAblation of an atheroma.atheroablativeRelating to atheroablationatheroembolismCholesterol embolismatherogenicityThe condition of being atherogenicatheroscleromaMisspelling of atherosclerosis.athleisurewearCasual sports clothing.athoracophorid(zoology) Any slug in the family Athoracophoridae.atlantogenatanAny mammal of the clade Atlantogenata.atlantomastoidRelating to the atlas (bone) and mastoid (process)atmospherelessLacking an atmosphere.atmospherologyThe study of a planetary atmosphere.atoothfairyist(very rare, humorous) A person who does not believe in the tooth fairy.atractaspidineAny snake of the subfamily Atractaspidinaeatramentaceous(obsolete) Inky, inklike.atramentarious(obsolete) Like ink; suitable for making ink.atraumaticallyIn an atraumatic manner.atrichornithid(zoology) Any member of the Atrichornithidae.atriopulmonary(anatomy) Relating to the atrium of the lungsatropinization(medicine) Physical effects caused by atropine, including flushing, mydriasis, tachycardia, and dryness of the mouth and nose.atropisomerism(physical chemistry) isomerism as a result of restricted rotation about a single bondatropoisomericAlternative form of atropisomeric.attachablenessThe state or quality of being attachable.attainablenessThe state or quality of being attainable.attemptabilityThe property of being attemptable.attitudinalismThe condition of being attitudinalattitudinarianOne who attitudinizes; one who postures or behaves in a stilted and pretentious manner.attitudinizingThe act of one who attitudinizes; affected posturing.attractabilityThe quality of being attractable.attractionallyIn an attractional manner.attractiveness(uncountable) The state of being attractive or engaging.attributionistA person who attributes actions to specific causesauctionability(very rare) The characteristic of being auctionable; the ability to be sold at auction.audibilizationThe process of audibilizing.audioanalgesiaThe use of white noise or music to reduce the pain of medical procedures such as dental treatment.audiocassettesplural of audiocassetteaudiofrequencyAlternative form of audio frequency.audiolinguallyUsing the audiolingual method of language learning.audiologicallyIn an audiological manner; by way of audiology.audiometriciana technician who carries out audiometry.audiorecordingpresent participle and gerund of audiorecordaudiovisualistA specialist in audiovisual materials.audiovisualityThe quality of being audiovisual.augmentationalOf or relating to augmentation; augmentative.augmentationer(historical) An officer of the Court of Augmentations.augmentativelyIn an augmentative fashion.aurantiobtusin(organic chemistry) An anthraquinone present in Cassia occidentalisauriferousnessThe quality of being auriferous.aurivilliusite(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark gray black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, iodine, mercury, and oxygen.aurothiomalate(organic chemistry) A thiomalate with the addition of gold.auspiciousnessThe state or quality of being auspicious or successful.autapomorphousAlternative form of autapomorphic.authenticatingpresent participle and gerund of authenticateauthenticationSomething which validates or confirms the authenticity of something; or the process of doing so.authenticatorsplural of authenticatorauthenticitiesplural of authenticityauthigenicallyIn an authigenic manner; generated where it is found.authorisationsplural of authorisationauthoritariansplural of authoritarianauthorizationsplural of authorizationauthorlessnessThe condition of being without an author.autoacetylated(biochemistry) modified by autoacetylationautoactivation(biochemistry) autocatalysisautoadjustmentautomatic adjustmentautoagglutinin(immunology) An antibody that agglutinates red blood cellsautoaggregatedsimple past and past participle of autoaggregateautoaggression(immunology) The behaviour of autoaggressive antibodiesautoaggressive(immunology, of antibodies) That attacks the organism that produces themautoalgometricRelating to autoalgometry; measured using an autoalgometerautoamputationThe spontaneous detachment from the body and elimination of an appendage or an abnormal growth, such as of a polyp.autoanalyticalRelating to autoanalysis.autoantibodiesplural of autoantibodyautoapomorphicAlternative form of autapomorphic.autoasphyxiate(intransitive) To commit autoasphyxiation.autoassociatorSynonym of autoencoder.autobarotropicOf or pertaining to autobarotropyautobiographal(archaic) autobiographicalautobiographerOne who writes his or her own life or biography.autobiographicSynonym of autobiographical.autobracketing(photography) A camera feature where several successive shots are taken with slightly different settings and then automatically combined.autocalibratedcalibrated by means of autocalibrationautocastrationThe removal of one's own testicles.autocategorize(computing, rare, chiefly US) To automatically categorize.autocentromereDescribing an anticentromere antibody associated with an autoimmune diseaseautochemotaxischemotaxis due to a chemical stimulant released by the organism itselfautochromosomeAlternative form of autosome.autoclassifier(computing) Something that autoclassifies.autoclusteringautomatic clusteringautocollimator(physics) A device that uses a plane mirror to align or collimate optical devicesautocombustionspontaneous combustionautocompaction(geology) compaction of a stratum due to its own weightautocompatibleExhibiting autocompatibility.autocompletionA software feature permitting form fields, etc., to be autocompleted.autoconcurrent(computing theory) Exhibiting or relating to autoconcurrency; occurring simultaneously and in parallel.autoconnectionautomatic connectionautocontrastedautomatically contrastedautocontrolledautomatically controlledautoconvectionspontaneous convection in a fluid layerautoconvectiveOf, pertaining to, or exhibiting autoconvectionautoconversionautomatic conversionautocoprophagyThe feeding on its own excrement.autocopulation(zoology) Sexual intercourse with oneself.autocorrectionAn automatic correction, especially of text in a word processor.autocorrectiveThat rights itself.autocorrelatedsimple past and past participle of autocorrelateautocorrelator(electronics) A device that modifies a signal with a delayed copy of itself in order to detect any periodic signal hidden in the noiseautocovariance(statistics) The covariance of a signal with another part of the same signalautocraticallyIn an autocratic manner.autocratorical(obsolete) autocraticautodependency(mathematics) The dependency of the value of a variable on its value at a previous timeautodetachment(physics) Synonym of autoionization.autodetonation(chemistry) The spontaneous detonation of a substance.autodiagnosticRelating to, or carrying out, autodiagnosis; self-diagnosing.autodiploidize(genetics) To become autodiploidautodissociate(chemistry) To dissociate without the intervention of any other speciesautoeciousnessThe quality of being autoecious.autoecologicalAlternative form of autecological.autoenrollmentAutomatic enrollment (especially of security certificates in a computer system).autoeroticallyIn an autoerotic manner.autoextractionThe extraction of one's own teeth, typically as a means of self-harm.autofiltrationThe filtration of material by itself, acting as its own filter medium.autogenerationautomatic generationautogynephiliaIn Blanchard's transsexualism typology, the supposed paraphilic tendency of a male person to be sexually aroused by the thought of being a female, sometimes framed as a form of gender identity disorder or transvestic fetishism.autogynephilicOf or pertaining to autogynephilia.autogynophiliaAlternative form of autogynephilia.autoheterodyne(dated, electronics) autodyneautohybridizedsimple past and past participle of autohybridizeautohydrolysis(chemistry) hydrolysis using water alone (often at high temperatures)autohyponymousBeing or relating to an autohyponym: a polysemous word (that is, one with multiple senses) such that one sense is a hyponym of another.autoimmunology(immunology) The branch of immunology that studies autoimmunityautoinfectionsplural of autoinfectionautoinhibition(biochemistry) Any of several intramolecular interactions that regulate protein function.autoinhibitoryOf or pertaining to autoinhibitionautoinoculableCapable of autoinoculationautoinsufflate(transitive, medicine, otolaryngology) To force air from the throat into the middle ear with one's nose plugged; to perform the Valsalva manoeuvre.autointoxicantAny substance causing autointoxication.autointoxicate(transitive) To cause to undergo autointoxication.autoionisationAlternative form of autoionization.autoionizationA process by which atoms or molecules spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized stateautolithographA drawing produced by autolithographyautologicalityThe state or quality of being autological.autoluminogramAn image produced by autoluminographyautolymphocyteA lymphocyte, formed from a patient's own leukocytes, once used therapeuticallyautomatabilityThe quality of being automatable; the ability to be automated.automatisationAlternative form of automatization.automatizationThe process of making an action of a higher animal reflexive.automedication(medicine, rare) Self-medication.automerization(chemistry) Any rearrangement reaction that yields a degenerate form of the starting materialautomicticallyBy means of automixis.automobilelessWithout an automobile.automobilistic(dated) Relating to automobiles.automoderation(computing) Automatic moderation (of a discussion forum, etc.).automonosexualSexually aroused by one's own body, and not by others.automysophobiaAn abnormal fear of being dirty.autonomizationThe process of making something, someone or a system autonomous.autoparametric(physics) autonomous and parametricautoparasitismA form of parasitism in which a parasite infects another individual of the same speciesautoparasitoida parasitoid that practices autoparasitismautopathogenicpathogenic to its own tissueautopentaploid(genetics) pentaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomesautoperpetuateTo perpetuate itselfautophagicallyIn an autophagic mannerautophagocyticSynonym of autophagocytotic.autophagophore(cytology) The membrane apparatus in a cell responsible for autophagyautophagosomalOf or pertaining to autophagosomesautophagosomicRelating to autophagosomesautophonoscope(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.autophotograph(dated) autoradiographautoplagiarismThe republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original.autoplasticity(psychology) The quality of being autoplastic.autopolymerize(intransitive) To undergo autopolymerization.autopolyploidsplural of autopolyploidautopolyploidyThe property of being autopolyploid.autopopulation(computing) automatic population (of a database with data, a form with text, etc.)autoprocessing(biochemistry) enzymatic activity on the enzyme molecule itselfautoproductionAutomatic production.autoprojection(computing theory) self-applicable partial evaluationautoprotectiveProtecting itself.autoproteinaseAlternative form of autoprotease.autoproteolyzeTo undergo autoproteolysisautoprotolysis(chemistry) The autoionization of water (or similar compounds) in which a proton (hydrogen ion) is transferred to form a cation and an anion e.g. 2H₂O => H₃O⁺ + OH⁻autoradiograph(sciences) An image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material.autoradiolysisThe radiolysis of a radioactive compound resulting from its own radioactive decay.autoreactivity(immunology) The condition of being autoreactive.autorefinementautomatic refinementautorefractionophthalmic examination by means of an autorefractorautorefractiveRelating to autorefractionautoregenerate(rare) To regenerate without external influences.autoregression(mathematics) An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviourautoregressive(statistics) Employing autoregression, using a weighted sample of past data to predict future resultsautoregulation(biology) Any of several physiological processes in which an inhibitory feedback system counteracts change.autoregulativeautoregulatoryautoregulatoryOf or pertaining to autoregulationautorepression(genetics, biochemistry) repression of the expression of a protein by the protein itselfautorepressiveRelating to autorepressionautoresistance(biology) resistance to a poison produced by the body itself (typically, one used as a defence)autorhythmicalSynonym of autorhythmic.autorotationalRelating to autorotation.autosarcophagyThe eating of one's own flesh.autoscattering(physics) A proposed quantum effect following the recombination of a split quantonautoseminationSelf semination.autosequencingautomatic sequencingautosimilarityAlternative form of self-similarity.autosporangiumA sporangium for autosporesautosporogenicRelating to autosporogenesisautostabilizerAn automatic stabilizerautostereogramA single-image stereogram, designed to trick the human eye and brain into seeing a three-dimensional scene in a two-dimensional image.autosterilizedsterilized by autosterilizationautosuccession(ecology) An ecological succession, in which a species promotes its own continuation, so that initial population and climax are the same.autosuggestion(psychology, uncountable) The practice of suggesting thoughts to oneself, as in autohypnosis.autosuggestiveEmploying autosuggestion.autotelegraphyTransmission of messages by autotelegraph.autotetraploid(genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosomeautotopagnosiaA form of agnosia characterized by an inability to localize and orient different parts of the bodyautotopagnosicRelating to autotopagnosiaautotopographyA means of representing oneself to others through intimate objects such as one's clothing and keepsakes.autotoxicationSynonym of autointoxication.autotransplantautotransplantationautotriggering(medicine) Inappropriate automatic triggering of a ventilator (respirator) in the absence of muscle activity.autotropicallyIn an autotropic mannerautotypography(archaic) A process by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which further prints can be made.autovalidationautomatic validationavailabilitiesplural of availabilityavantgardistic(of a work of art) Innovative, pioneering.avariciousnessThe state or quality of being avaricious.avenanthramide(organic chemistry) Any of a class of phytoalexins found in the groats of oat seedsaventurescence(gemology) An optical reflectance (a metallic glitter) effect seen in certain gems, arising from small, preferentially oriented mineral platelets within the material.aventurizationSynonym of aventurescence.avicenniaceous(botany, relational) Of or relating to the Avicenniaceae.avunculocalityThe practice of a newly-married couple living in the household of the husband's maternal uncleawkwardnessful(rare, nonstandard) Full of awkwardness.axiologizationInterpretation in terms of axiology.axiomatisationAlternative form of axiomatization.axiomatizationThe reduction of some system or concept to a set of axioms.axisymmetricalSynonym of axisymmetricaxoplasmicallyIn an axoplasmic way.azadiphosphole(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric five-membered heterocycles having one nitrogen atom, two phosphorus atoms and two double bonds.azaheterocycle(organic chemistry) Any heterocycle containing a nitrogen atom in the ringazamacrocyclic(organic chemistry) Relating to an azamacrocycleazastannatrane(organic chemistry) Any of a class of compounds formally derived from the azaphosphatranes by replacement of the phosphorus atom by tinazeotropicallyBy the use of an azeotrope.azidoglycoside(organic chemistry) Any glycoside in which a hydroxyl group has been replaced by an azido groupazidothymidine(pharmacology) Synonym of zidovudine.azinphosmethylAlternative form of azinphos-methyl.azochromophore(organic chemistry) Any chromophore containing an azo (-N=N-) groupazonaphthalene(organic chemistry) Any azo derivative of naphthaleneazoniahelicene(organic chemistry) Any azahelicene in which the nitrogen heteroatom carries a positive chargeazotobacterialRelating to Azotobacter bacteria.
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