abomasal | (adjective) relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants) | - |
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abomasum | (noun) the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place | Synonyms: fourth stomach |
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acanthoma | (noun) a neoplasm originating in the epidermis | Synonyms: skin tumor |
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achromasia | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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achromatic | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: neutral |
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achromaticity | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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achromatin | (noun) the part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes | - |
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achromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains | - |
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achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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achromatism | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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achromatous | (adjective) having little or inadequate color | - |
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adenocarcinoma | (noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium | Synonyms: glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma |
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adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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adenoma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin | - |
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adenomyosarcoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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agromania | (noun) an intense desire to be alone or out in the open | - |
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airwoman | (noun) a woman aviator | Synonyms: aviatress, aviatrix |
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angioma | (noun) a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels | - |
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angiomatous | (adjective) of or related to or having a tumor of the kind known as an angioma | - |
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angiosarcoma | (noun) a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels | - |
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anomalist | (noun) someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases | - |
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anomalops | (noun) fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico | Synonyms: flashlight fish |
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anomalopteryx | (noun) the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey | Synonyms: Anomalopteryx oweni |
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anomalous | (adjective) deviating from the general or common order or type | - |
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anomalously | (adverb) in an anomalous manner | - |
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anomalousness | (noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomaly |
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anomaly | (noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) | - |
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(noun) a person who is unusual | Synonyms: unusual person |
(noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomalousness |
antiferromagnet | (noun) any material that has antiferromagnetic properties. | - |
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antiferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism | - |
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antiferromagnetism | (noun) magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature | - |
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antinomasia | (noun) substitution of a title for a name | - |
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apochromatic | (adjective) corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration | - |
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aroma | (noun) any property detected by the olfactory system | Synonyms: odor, odour, olfactory property, scent, smell |
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(noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: fragrance, perfume, scent |
aromatherapy | (noun) the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage | - |
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aromatic | (adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings | - |
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(adjective) having a strong pleasant odor | Synonyms: redolent |
aromaticity | (noun) The property of having an aroma. | - |
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aromatise | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatize, perfume |
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aromatize | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatise, perfume |
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ascoma | (noun) an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle | - |
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assemblywoman | (noun) a woman assemblyman | - |
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astomatal | (adjective) lacking a stoma or stomata | - |
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astomatous | (adjective) having no mouth or mouthlike opening | Synonyms: mouthless |
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asymptomatic | (adjective) having no symptoms of illness or disease | Synonyms: symptomless |
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atheroma | (noun) a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow | - |
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atheromatic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling atheroma | Synonyms: atheromatous |
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atheromatous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling atheroma | Synonyms: atheromatic |
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automaker | (noun) a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles | Synonyms: auto maker, auto manufacturer, car maker, car manufacturer, carmaker |
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automat | (noun) a cafeteria where food is served from machines | - |
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(noun) a vending machine from which you can get food | - |
automate | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automatise, automatize |
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automated | (adjective) operated by automation | Synonyms: machine-controlled, machine-driven |
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automatic | (adjective) operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control | - |
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(adjective) without volition or conscious control | Synonyms: reflex, reflexive |
(adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatonlike, machinelike, robotic, robotlike |
(noun) self-loading rifle capable of automatic fire | Synonyms: automatic rifle, machine rifle |
(noun) a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released | Synonyms: automatic pistol |
automatically | (adverb) in a reflex manner | - |
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(adverb) in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism | Synonyms: mechanically |
automation | (noun) the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware | Synonyms: mechanisation, mechanization |
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(noun) equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation | - |
(noun) the condition of being automatically operated or controlled | - |
automatise | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatize |
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(verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatize |
automatism | (noun) any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy) | - |
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automatize | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatise |
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(verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatise |
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 |
automatonlike | (adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatic, machinelike, robotic, robotlike |
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autosomal | (adjective) of or relating to an autosome | - |
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axiomatic | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from axioms | Synonyms: axiomatical, postulational |
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(adjective) containing aphorisms or maxims | Synonyms: aphoristic |
(adjective) evident without proof or argument | Synonyms: self-evident, taken for granted |
axiomatical | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from axioms | Synonyms: axiomatic, postulational |
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axiomatically | (adverb) on the basis of axioms | - |
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balletomane | (noun) a ballet enthusiast | - |
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balletomania | (noun) extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets | - |
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batrachomyomachia | (noun) a silly altercation | - |
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beggarwoman | (noun) a woman who is a beggar | - |
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bibliomania | (noun) preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books | - |
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bibliomaniacal | (adjective) characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania | - |
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bichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: dichromate |
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bichromated | (adjective) treated or combined with bichromate | - |
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biomass | (noun) the total mass of living matter in a given unit area | - |
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(noun) plant materials and animal waste used as fuel | - |
blastocytoma | (noun) a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells | Synonyms: blastoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma |
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blastoma | (noun) a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells | Synonyms: blastocytoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma |
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bondswoman | (noun) a female slave | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondwoman |
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(noun) a female bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondwoman |
(noun) a female who signs a bond as surety for someone else | - |
bondwoman | (noun) a female slave | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondswoman |
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(noun) a female bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondswoman |
bromance | (noun) non-sexual but intense relationship between two men | - |
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bromate | (noun) a chemical compound that contains the bromate ion. | - |
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(verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: brominate |
(verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: brominate |
burgomaster | (noun) a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria | - |
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businesswoman | (noun) a female businessperson | - |
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calosoma | (noun) any beetle of the genus Calosoma | - |
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carcinoma | (noun) any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
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carcinomatous | (adjective) being or relating to carcinoma | - |
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carcinosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed | - |
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celioma | (noun) an abdominal tumor | - |
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celoma | (noun) a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | Synonyms: celom, coelom |
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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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chairwoman | (noun) the female officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | - |
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charwoman | (noun) a human female employed to do housework | Synonyms: char, cleaning lady, cleaning woman |
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chiromance | (verb) divine by reading someone's palms | - |
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chiromancer | (noun) fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms | Synonyms: palmist, palmister |
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chiromancy | (noun) telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | Synonyms: chirology, palm reading, palmistry |
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chiromantic | (adjective) of or relating to palmistry | - |
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chlorpromazine | (noun) a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer | Synonyms: Thorazine |
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chondroma | (noun) a common benign tumor of cartilage cells | - |
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chondrosarcoma | (noun) a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells | - |
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chrestomathy | (noun) a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | - |
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chroma | (noun) chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | Synonyms: intensity, saturation, vividness |
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chromaesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromesthesia |
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