chromatographical | (adjective) of or relating to chromatography | Synonyms: chromatographic |
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chromatographically | (adverb) by means of a chromatographic process | - |
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corticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin |
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cosmographist | (noun) a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography | Synonyms: cosmographer |
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crotaphion | (noun) the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone | - |
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cryptographic | (adjective) of or relating to cryptanalysis | Synonyms: cryptanalytic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological |
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cryptographical | (adjective) of or relating to cryptanalysis | Synonyms: cryptanalytic, cryptographic, cryptologic, cryptological |
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cryptographically | (adverb) in a cryptographic manner | - |
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dauphin | (noun) formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne | - |
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deipnosophist | (noun) someone skilled at informal chitchat | - |
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delphinium | (noun) any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances | - |
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demographic | (adjective) of or relating to demography | - |
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(noun) a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) | - |
demographist | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographer, population scientist |
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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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diacetylmorphine | (noun) a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush | Synonyms: heroin |
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diastrophism | (noun) the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust | - |
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dimorphic | (adjective) occurring or existing in two different forms | Synonyms: dimorphous |
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dimorphism | (noun) (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) | - |
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(noun) (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms | - |
dolphin | (noun) any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises | - |
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(noun) large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphinfish, mahimahi |
dolphinfish | (noun) large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphin, mahimahi |
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(noun) the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii) | Synonyms: mahimahi |
drosophila | (noun) small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance | Synonyms: Drosophila melanogaster |
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dysaphia | (noun) a disorder in the sense of touch | - |
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dysgraphia | (noun) impaired ability to learn to write | - |
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ectomorphic | (adjective) having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs | - |
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electrocardiographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electrocardiograph | - |
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electroencephalographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electroencephalograph | - |
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enantiomorphism | (noun) the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another | Synonyms: mirror-image relation |
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endomorphic | (adjective) having a squat and fleshy build | Synonyms: pyknic |
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endorphin | (noun) a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties | - |
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enophile | (noun) someone who appreciates wine | Synonyms: oenophile |
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entomophilous | (adjective) of flowering plants (especially orchids etc) that are pollinated by insects | - |
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eosinophil | (noun) a leukocyte readily stained with eosin | Synonyms: eosinophile |
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eosinophile | (noun) a leukocyte readily stained with eosin | Synonyms: eosinophil |
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eosinophilia | (noun) a symptom of allergic states; increased eosinophils in the blood | - |
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eosinophilic | (adjective) of or relating to eosinophil | - |
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epimorphic | (adjective) characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages | - |
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ethnographic | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographical |
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ethnographical | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographic |
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europhilia | (noun) admiration for Europe, Europeans, or the European Union. | - |
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eutrophic | (adjective) (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication | - |
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eutrophication | (noun) excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life | - |
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geographic | (adjective) determined by geography | Synonyms: geographical |
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(adjective) of or relating to the science of geography | Synonyms: geographical |
geographical | (adjective) determined by geography | Synonyms: geographic |
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(adjective) of or relating to the science of geography | Synonyms: geographic |
geographically | (adverb) with respect to geography | - |
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geographics | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geography |
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gonadotrophic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving gonadotropin | Synonyms: gonadotropic |
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gonadotrophin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin |
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graphic | (adjective) relating to or presented by a graph | Synonyms: graphical |
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(adjective) of or relating to the graphic arts | - |
(adjective) describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail | - |
(adjective) evoking lifelike images within the mind | Synonyms: lifelike, pictorial, vivid |
(adjective) written or drawn or engraved | Synonyms: graphical, in writing |
(noun) an image that is generated by a computer | Synonyms: computer graphic |
graphical | (adjective) relating to or presented by a graph | Synonyms: graphic |
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(adjective) written or drawn or engraved | Synonyms: graphic, in writing |
graphically | (adverb) in a graphic way | - |
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(adverb) with respect to graphic aspects | - |
(adverb) in a diagrammatic manner | Synonyms: diagrammatically |
graphics | (noun) the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book | - |
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(noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | Synonyms: art, artwork, nontextual matter |
graphite | (noun) used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | Synonyms: black lead, plumbago |
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gymnosophical | (adjective) of or relating to gymnosophy | - |
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gymnosophist | (noun) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) | - |
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gynandromorphic | (adjective) having both male and female morphological characteristics | Synonyms: gynandromorphous |
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haemophile | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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haemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, hemophilia |
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haemophiliac | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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haemophilic | (adjective) relating to or having hemophilia | Synonyms: hemophilic |
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hagiographist | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographer, hagiologist |
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halophil | (noun) archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival | Synonyms: halophile |
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halophile | (noun) archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival | Synonyms: halophil |
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heliophila | (noun) any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes | - |
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hemimetamorphic | (adjective) (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult | Synonyms: hemimetabolic, hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphous |
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hemimorphite | (noun) a white mineral; a common ore of zinc | Synonyms: calamine |
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hemophile | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophiliac |
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hemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, haemophilia |
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hemophiliac | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile |
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hemophilic | (adjective) relating to or having hemophilia | Synonyms: haemophilic |
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heterotrophic | (adjective) requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment | - |
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hieroglyphic | (adjective) written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols | Synonyms: hieroglyphical |
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(adjective) resembling hieroglyphic writing | Synonyms: hieroglyphical |
(noun) a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt | Synonyms: hieroglyph |
(noun) writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) | Synonyms: hieroglyph |
hieroglyphical | (adjective) written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols | Synonyms: hieroglyphic |
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(adjective) resembling hieroglyphic writing | Synonyms: hieroglyphic |
hieroglyphically | (adverb) by means of hieroglyphs | - |
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holographic | (adjective) written entirely in one's own hand | Synonyms: holographical |
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(adjective) of or relating to holography or holograms | - |
(adjective) written wholly in the handwriting of the signer | - |
holographical | (adjective) written entirely in one's own hand | Synonyms: holographic |
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homomorphism | (noun) similarity of form | Synonyms: homomorphy |
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homophile | (adjective) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires | Synonyms: gay, queer |
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(noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homosexual |
hydrographic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of hydrography | Synonyms: hydrographical |
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hydrographical | (adjective) of or relating to the science of hydrography | Synonyms: hydrographic |
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hydrophilic | (adjective) having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water | - |
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hypertrophied | (adjective) (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells | Synonyms: enlarged |
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ideographic | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of ideograms | - |
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ideographically | (adverb) in an idiographic manner | - |
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idiographic | (adjective) relating to or involving the study of individuals | - |
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isomorphic | (adjective) having similar appearance but genetically different | Synonyms: isomorphous |
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isomorphism | (noun) (biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure | Synonyms: isomorphy |
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katamorphism | (noun) metamorphism that occurs at or near the earth's surface; breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones | - |
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lexicographic | (adjective) of or relating to lexicography | Synonyms: lexicographical |
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lexicographical | (adjective) of or relating to lexicography | Synonyms: lexicographic |
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lipophilic | (adjective) having an affinity for lipids | Synonyms: lipotropic |
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lithographic | (adjective) of or produced by or involved in lithography | - |
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logagraphia | (noun) a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | Synonyms: agraphia, anorthography |
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logographic | (adjective) of or relating to logograms or logographs | Synonyms: logogrammatic |
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lyophilisation | (noun) a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes | Synonyms: freeze-drying, lyophilization |
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lyophilise | (verb) to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: lyophilize |
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lyophilised | (adjective) used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: freeze-dried, lyophilized |
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lyophilization | (noun) a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes | Synonyms: freeze-drying, lyophilisation |
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lyophilize | (verb) to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: lyophilise |
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lyophilized | (adjective) used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: freeze-dried, lyophilised |
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