| abdominoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach | Synonyms: tummy tuck |
|---|
| achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
|---|
| achondroplasty | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
|---|
| alastrim | (noun) a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus | Synonyms: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
|---|
| ameloblast | (noun) a cell from which tooth enamel develops | - |
|---|
| aminoplast | (noun) a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds; used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles | Synonyms: amino plastic, amino resin |
|---|
| anaplastic | (adjective) of or relating to anaplasia | - |
|---|
| anaplasty | (noun) surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue | Synonyms: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery |
|---|
| angioplasty | (noun) an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery | - |
|---|
| antineoplastic | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour |
|---|
| (noun) any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function | Synonyms: antineoplastic drug, cancer drug |
| arthroplasty | (noun) surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint | - |
|---|
| autoplastic | (adjective) of or relating to or involved in autoplasty | - |
|---|
| autoplasty | (noun) surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body | - |
|---|
| (noun) tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person | Synonyms: autograft |
| backblast | (noun) backfire from a recoilless weapon | Synonyms: back-blast |
|---|
| ballast | (noun) any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship | - |
|---|
| (noun) an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps | Synonyms: light ballast |
| (noun) a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) | Synonyms: ballast resistor, barretter |
| (noun) an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings | - |
| (noun) coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads | - |
| (verb) make steady with a ballast | - |
| beplaster | (verb) cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on | Synonyms: plaster |
|---|
| blast | (noun) a very long fly ball | - |
|---|
| (noun) intense adverse criticism | Synonyms: attack, fire, flack, flak |
| (noun) an explosion (as of dynamite) | - |
| (noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, bang, clap, eruption |
| (noun) a highly pleasurable or exciting experience | Synonyms: good time |
| (noun) a strong current of air | Synonyms: blow, gust |
| (verb) shatter as if by explosion | Synonyms: knock down |
| (verb) shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly | - |
| (verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: crucify, pillory, savage |
| (verb) use explosives on | Synonyms: shell |
| (verb) fire a shot; release | Synonyms: shoot |
| (verb) hit with great force | Synonyms: boom, nail, smash |
| (verb) create by using explosives | Synonyms: shell |
| (verb) make with or as if with an explosion | - |
| (verb) apply a draft or strong wind to to | - |
| (verb) make a strident sound | Synonyms: blare |
| blasted | (adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal |
|---|
| blastema | (noun) a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops | - |
|---|
| blastemal | (adjective) of or relating to blastemata | Synonyms: blastematic, blastemic |
|---|
| blastematic | (adjective) of or relating to blastemata | Synonyms: blastemal, blastemic |
|---|
| blastemic | (adjective) of or relating to blastemata | Synonyms: blastemal, blastematic |
|---|
| blaster | (noun) a workman employed to blast with explosives | Synonyms: chargeman |
|---|
| blasting | (adjective) causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin | Synonyms: ruinous |
|---|
| (adjective) unpleasantly loud and penetrating | Synonyms: blaring |
| blastocele | (noun) the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula | Synonyms: blastocoel, blastocoele, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity |
|---|
| blastocoel | (noun) the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula | Synonyms: blastocele, blastocoele, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity |
|---|
| blastocoele | (noun) the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula | Synonyms: blastocele, blastocoel, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity |
|---|
| blastocoelic | (adjective) of or relating to a segmentation cavity | - |
|---|
| blastocyst | (noun) the blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred | Synonyms: blastodermic vessicle |
|---|
| blastocyte | (noun) an undifferentiated embryonic cell | - |
|---|
| blastocytoma | (noun) a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells | Synonyms: blastoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma |
|---|
| blastoderm | (noun) a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula | Synonyms: blastodisc, germinal area, germinal disc |
|---|
| blastodermatic | (adjective) of or relating to a blastoderm | Synonyms: blastodermic |
|---|
| blastodermic | (adjective) of or relating to a blastoderm | Synonyms: blastodermatic |
|---|
| blastodisc | (noun) a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula | Synonyms: blastoderm, germinal area, germinal disc |
|---|
| blastoff | (noun) the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination | Synonyms: shot |
|---|
| blastogenesis | (noun) theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm | - |
|---|
| (noun) asexual reproduction by budding | - |
| blastogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to blastogenesis | - |
|---|
| blastoma | (noun) a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells | Synonyms: blastocytoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma |
|---|
| blastomere | (noun) any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg | - |
|---|
| blastomeric | (adjective) of or relating to a blastomere | - |
|---|
| blastomycete | (noun) any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals | - |
|---|
| blastomycosis | (noun) any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces | - |
|---|
| blastomycotic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis | - |
|---|
| blastoporal | (adjective) of or relating to a blastopore | Synonyms: blastoporic |
|---|
| blastopore | (noun) the opening into the archenteron | - |
|---|
| blastoporic | (adjective) of or relating to a blastopore | Synonyms: blastoporal |
|---|
| blastosphere | (noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | Synonyms: blastula |
|---|
| blastospheric | (adjective) of or relating to a blastula | Synonyms: blastular |
|---|
| blastula | (noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | Synonyms: blastosphere |
|---|
| blastular | (adjective) of or relating to a blastula | Synonyms: blastospheric |
|---|
| cataplastic | (adjective) of or relating to cataplasia | - |
|---|
| ceroplastics | (noun) the art of modeling in wax. | - |
|---|
| chloroplast | (noun) plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis | - |
|---|
| chromoblastomycosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin | - |
|---|
| chromoplast | (noun) plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids | - |
|---|
| clast | (noun) (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock | - |
|---|
| clastic | (adjective) capable of being taken apart | - |
|---|
| (adjective) of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone) | - |
| cothromboplastin | (noun) a coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K | Synonyms: factor VII, proconvertin, stable factor |
|---|
| counterblast | (noun) a vigorous and unrestrained response | - |
|---|
| cytoplast | (noun) the intact cytoplasmic content of a cell | - |
|---|
| cytoplastic | (adjective) of or relating to a cytoplast | - |
|---|
| dysplastic | (adjective) relating to or evidencing dysplasia | - |
|---|
| ectoblast | (noun) the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue | Synonyms: ectoderm, exoderm |
|---|
| elastance | (noun) The capacity of a dielectric for opposing an electric charge | Synonyms: electrical elastance |
|---|
| elastase | (noun) a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin | - |
|---|
| elastic | (adjective) capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy | - |
|---|
| (adjective) able to adjust readily to different conditions | Synonyms: flexible, pliable, pliant |
| (noun) a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material | - |
| (noun) a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together | Synonyms: elastic band, rubber band |
| elasticised | (adjective) made with strands or inserts of elastic | Synonyms: elasticized |
|---|
| elasticity | (noun) the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed | Synonyms: snap |
|---|
| elasticized | (adjective) made with strands or inserts of elastic | Synonyms: elasticised |
|---|
| elastin | (noun) a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries | - |
|---|
| elastomer | (noun) any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed) | - |
|---|
| elastosis | (noun) breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue) | - |
|---|
| endoblast | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoderm, entoblast, entoderm, hypoblast |
|---|
| entoblast | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, endoderm, entoderm, hypoblast |
|---|
| erythroblast | (noun) a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop | - |
|---|
| erythroblastosis | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood | - |
|---|
| everlasting | (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
|---|
| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| (noun) any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color | Synonyms: everlasting flower |
| everlastingly | (adverb) for a limitless time | Synonyms: eternally, evermore, forever |
|---|
| everlastingness | (noun) the property of lasting forever | - |
|---|
| fibroblast | (noun) a cell from which connective tissue develops | - |
|---|
| glioblastoma | (noun) a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal | Synonyms: spongioblastoma |
|---|
| hypoblast | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, endoderm, entoblast, entoderm |
|---|
| iconoclast | (noun) someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | - |
|---|
| (noun) a destroyer of images used in religious worship | Synonyms: image breaker |
| iconoclastic | (adjective) destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited | - |
|---|
| (adjective) characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions | - |
| inelastic | (adjective) not elastic | - |
|---|
| inelasticity | (noun) the lack of elasticity | - |
|---|
| interscholastic | (adjective) used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools | Synonyms: interschool |
|---|
| keratoplasty | (noun) a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor | Synonyms: corneal graft, corneal transplant |
|---|
| last | (adjective) coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining | - |
|---|
| (adjective) occurring at or forming an end or termination | Synonyms: concluding, final, terminal |
| (adjective) occurring at the time of death | - |
| (adjective) highest in extent or degree | - |
| (adjective) immediately past | - |
| (adjective) conclusive in a process or progression | Synonyms: final, net |
| (adjective) not to be altered or undone | Synonyms: final |
| (adjective) most unlikely or unsuitable | - |
| (adjective) lowest in rank or importance | Synonyms: last-place, lowest |
| (noun) a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do | - |
| (noun) holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes | Synonyms: cobbler's last, shoemaker's last |
| (noun) the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence | Synonyms: end |
| (noun) a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels | - |
| (noun) a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds | - |
| (noun) the last or lowest in an ordering or series | - |
| (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, conclusion, finale, finis, finish, stopping point |
| (noun) the time at which life ends; continuing until dead | Synonyms: death |
| (adverb) most recently | - |
| (adverb) the item at the end | Synonyms: finally, in conclusion, lastly |
| (verb) persist for a specified period of time | Synonyms: endure |
| (verb) continue to live and avoid dying | Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, survive |
| lasting | (adjective) continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place | Synonyms: permanent |
|---|
| (adjective) retained; not shed | Synonyms: persistent |
| (adjective) existing for a long time | Synonyms: durable, long-lasting, long-lived |
| (adjective) lasting a long time without change | - |
| lastingly | (adverb) in an enduring or permanent manner | - |
|---|
| lastingness | (noun) permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | Synonyms: durability, enduringness, strength |
|---|
| lastly | (adverb) the item at the end | Synonyms: finally, in conclusion, last |
|---|
| lymphoblast | (noun) an immature lymphocyte | - |
|---|
| megaloblast | (noun) abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency | - |
|---|
| megaloblastic | (adjective) of or relating to megaloblasts | - |
|---|
| melanoblast | (noun) an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte | - |
|---|
| mesoblast | (noun) the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | Synonyms: mesoderm |
|---|
| mesoblastic | (adjective) relating to or derived from the mesoderm | Synonyms: mesodermal |
|---|