| amalgamator | (noun) a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies | - |
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| animator | (noun) the technician who produces animated cartoons | - |
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| (noun) someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | Synonyms: energiser, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer |
| automaton | (noun) a mechanism that can move automatically | Synonyms: golem, robot |
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| (noun) a machine that operates on its own without the need for human control | - |
| (noun) someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way | Synonyms: zombi, zombie |
| bioclimatology | (noun) the study of effects of climate on living organisms | - |
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| cephalhematoma | (noun) a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth | Synonyms: cephalohematoma |
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| cephalohematoma | (noun) a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth | Synonyms: cephalhematoma |
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| chromatogram | (noun) the recording (column or paper strip) on which the constituents of a mixture are adsorbed in chromatography | - |
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| chromatograph | (noun) equipment that enables a sophisticated separation, e.g. gas chromatographic or liquid chromatographic separation. | - |
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| chromatography | (noun) a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency | - |
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| cinematographer | (noun) a photographer who operates a movie camera | Synonyms: camera operator, cameraman |
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| cinematography | (noun) the act of making a film | Synonyms: filming, motion-picture photography |
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| climatologist | (noun) someone who is expert in climatology | - |
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| climatology | (noun) meteorology of climates and their phenomena | - |
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| collimator | (noun) optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam | - |
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| (noun) a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one | - |
| comatoseness | (noun) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | Synonyms: coma |
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| crematorium | (noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematory |
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| (noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated | Synonyms: crematory |
| crematory | (noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematorium |
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| (noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated | Synonyms: crematorium |
| dermatoglyphic | (noun) the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) | - |
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| dermatoglyphics | (noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet | - |
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| dermatologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin | Synonyms: skin doctor |
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| dermatology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases | - |
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| dermatome | (noun) a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin | - |
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| dermatomycosis | (noun) fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) | Synonyms: dermatophytosis |
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| dermatomyositis | (noun) myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling accompanied by skin rash affecting cheeks and eyelids and neck and chest and limbs; progression and severity vary among individuals | - |
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| dermatophytosis | (noun) fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) | Synonyms: dermatomycosis |
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| dermatosclerosis | (noun) an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin | Synonyms: scleroderma |
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| dermatosis | (noun) disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation) | - |
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| dichromatopsia | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromia |
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| distomatosis | (noun) a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products | Synonyms: black disease, liver rot, sheep rot |
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| estimator | (noun) an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) | Synonyms: calculator, computer, figurer, reckoner |
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| grammatolatry | (noun) the worship of words | Synonyms: verbolatry, word-worship |
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| haematocele | (noun) swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | Synonyms: haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele |
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| haematochezia | (noun) passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer) | Synonyms: hematochezia |
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| haematocoele | (noun) swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | Synonyms: haematocele, hematocele, hematocoele |
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| haematocolpometra | (noun) accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus | Synonyms: hematocolpometra |
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| haematocolpos | (noun) accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen) | Synonyms: hematocolpos |
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| haematocrit | (noun) a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood | Synonyms: hematocrit |
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| (noun) the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit | Synonyms: hematocrit, packed cell volume |
| haematocytopenia | (noun) an abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood | Synonyms: hematocytopenia |
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| haematocyturia | (noun) the presence of red blood cells in the urine | Synonyms: hematocyturia |
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| haematogenesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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| haematohiston | (noun) a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells | Synonyms: globin, hematohiston |
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| haematoidin | (noun) an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice | Synonyms: bilirubin, hematoidin |
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| haematologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: hematologist |
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| haematology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: hematology |
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| haematolysis | (noun) lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin | Synonyms: haemolysis, hematolysis, hemolysis |
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| haematoma | (noun) a localized swelling filled with blood | Synonyms: hematoma |
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| haematopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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| hematocele | (noun) swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | Synonyms: haematocele, haematocoele, hematocoele |
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| hematochezia | (noun) passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer) | Synonyms: haematochezia |
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| hematochrome | (noun) a reddish coloring material found in some algae | - |
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| hematocoele | (noun) swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | Synonyms: haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele |
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| hematocolpometra | (noun) accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus | Synonyms: haematocolpometra |
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| hematocolpos | (noun) accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen) | Synonyms: haematocolpos |
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| hematocrit | (noun) a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood | Synonyms: haematocrit |
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| (noun) the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit | Synonyms: haematocrit, packed cell volume |
| hematocyst | (noun) a cyst containing blood | Synonyms: blood cyst, hemorrhagic cyst |
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| hematocytopenia | (noun) an abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood | Synonyms: haematocytopenia |
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| hematocyturia | (noun) the presence of red blood cells in the urine | Synonyms: haematocyturia |
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| hematogenesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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| hematohiston | (noun) a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells | Synonyms: globin, haematohiston |
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| hematoidin | (noun) an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice | Synonyms: bilirubin, haematoidin |
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| hematologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: haematologist |
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| hematology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: haematology |
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| hematolysis | (noun) lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin | Synonyms: haematolysis, haemolysis, hemolysis |
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| hematoma | (noun) a localized swelling filled with blood | Synonyms: haematoma |
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| hematopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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| hemochromatosis | (noun) pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints | Synonyms: bronzed diabetes, iron-storage disease, iron overload |
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| lachrymator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lacrimator, tear gas, teargas |
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| lacrimator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lachrymator, tear gas, teargas |
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| lipomatosis | (noun) pathology in which fat accumulates in lipomas in the body | - |
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| myxomatosis | (noun) a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits | - |
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| nematode | (noun) unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Synonyms: nematode worm, roundworm |
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| neurofibromatosis | (noun) autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities | Synonyms: von Recklinghausen's disease |
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| numismatologist | (noun) a collector and student of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collector, numismatist |
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| numismatology | (noun) the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) | Synonyms: coin collecting, coin collection, numismatics |
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| onomatomania | (noun) obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness | - |
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| onomatopoeia | (noun) using words that imitate the sound they denote | - |
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| palaeoclimatology | (noun) the study of the climate of past ages | Synonyms: paleoclimatology |
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| paleoclimatology | (noun) the study of the climate of past ages | Synonyms: palaeoclimatology |
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| pneumatophore | (noun) an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant | - |
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| primatology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies primates | - |
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| prismatoid | (noun) a polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planes; the faces that lie in those planes are the bases of the prismatoid | - |
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| reformatory | (noun) correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders | Synonyms: reform school, training school |
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| rheumatologist | (noun) a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases | - |
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| rheumatology | (noun) the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints | - |
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| somatosense | (noun) any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain | - |
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| somatotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans | Synonyms: growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin, STH |
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| somatotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans | Synonyms: growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, STH |
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| somatotype | (noun) a category of physique | Synonyms: body type |
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| spermatocele | (noun) a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa | - |
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| spermatocide | (noun) a contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa | Synonyms: spermicide |
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| spermatocyte | (noun) a male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids | - |
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| spermatogenesis | (noun) development of spermatozoa | - |
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| spermatophyte | (noun) plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores | Synonyms: phanerogam, seed plant |
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| spermatozoan | (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon |
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| spermatozoid | (noun) a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm | Synonyms: antherozoid |
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| spermatozoon | (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan |
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| stemmatology | (noun) the humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis) | Synonyms: stemmatics |
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| stomatopod | (noun) a kind of crustacean | Synonyms: stomatopod crustacean |
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| thaumatolatry | (noun) the worship of miracles | Synonyms: miracle-worship |
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| tomato | (noun) mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable | - |
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| (noun) native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties | Synonyms: love apple, Lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant |