amitotic | (adjective) pertaining to a simple method of cell division | - |
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anatotitan | (noun) one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs | - |
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asymptote | (noun) a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity | - |
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asymptotic | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of an asymptote | - |
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asymptotically | (adverb) toward an asymptote | - |
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autotelic | (adjective) of or relating to or believing in autotelism | - |
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autotelism | (noun) belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification | - |
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autotomic | (adjective) of or relating to autotomy | - |
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autotomise | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomize |
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autotomize | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomise |
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autotomy | (noun) spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack | - |
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autotroph | (noun) plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances | Synonyms: autophyte, autophytic plant, autotrophic organism |
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autotrophic | (adjective) of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis | Synonyms: autophytic |
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autotype | (noun) an exact copy or reproduction | Synonyms: facsimile |
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(noun) process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment | Synonyms: autotypy |
autotypic | (adjective) of or relating to autotypy | - |
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autotypy | (noun) process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment | Synonyms: autotype |
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chemoautotroph | (noun) An organism that depends on chemicals for its energy and principally on carbon dioxide for its carbon. | Synonyms: chemotrophic autotroph |
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cleistothecium | (noun) closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration | Synonyms: cleistocarp |
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cytotoxic | (adjective) of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells | - |
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cytotoxicity | (noun) the degree to which something is toxic to living cells | - |
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cytotoxin | (noun) any substance that has a toxic effect on cells | - |
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ectotherm | (noun) an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals | Synonyms: poikilotherm |
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ectothermic | (adjective) of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment | Synonyms: heterothermic, poikilothermic, poikilothermous |
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epiphytotic | (adjective) (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area | - |
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excitotoxin | (noun) any of a group of neurologically active compounds, such as glutamate and aspartame, that have detrimental excitatory effects on the central nervous system when taken in high concentrations. | - |
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factotum | (noun) a servant employed to do a variety of jobs | - |
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hepatotoxic | (adjective) toxic to the liver | - |
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hepatotoxin | (noun) any toxin that affects the liver | - |
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iontotherapy | (noun) therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues | Synonyms: electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontophoresis |
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keratotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the cornea | - |
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ketotetrose | (noun) A monosaccharide that has both a ketone and four carbons. | - |
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ketotriose | (noun) Any ketose having three carbon atoms; in reality, only dihydroxyacetone. | - |
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leptotene | (noun) the first stage of the prophase of meiosis | - |
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litotes | (noun) understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) | Synonyms: meiosis |
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mitotic | (adjective) of or relating to or undergoing mitosis | - |
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ototoxic | (adjective) toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve | - |
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pantothen | (noun) a vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acids; occurs in many foods | Synonyms: pantothenic acid |
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phototelegraph | (noun) an apparatus for transmitting pictures by phototelegraphy. | - |
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phototelegraphy | (noun) an early technology for the transmission of facsimiles. | - |
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phototherapy | (noun) the use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn | - |
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phototropism | (noun) an orienting response to light | - |
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phytotherapy | (noun) the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) | Synonyms: botanical medicine, herbal therapy |
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phytotoxin | (noun) any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin | Synonyms: plant toxin |
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polyptoton | (noun) repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence | - |
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prototherian | (noun) primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea | - |
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prototypal | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypal, archetypical, prototypic, prototypical |
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prototype | (noun) a standard or typical example | Synonyms: epitome, image, paradigm |
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prototypic | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypical |
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prototypical | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic |
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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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stotinka | (noun) 100 stotinka equal 1 lev in Bulgaria | - |
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streptothricin | (noun) a basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete | - |
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subtotal | (noun) the sum of part of a group of numbers | - |
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teetertotter | (noun) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end | Synonyms: dandle board, seesaw, teeter-totter, teeter, teeterboard, tilting board |
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(verb) ride on a plank | Synonyms: seesaw, teeter-totter |
teetotal | (adjective) practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages | Synonyms: dry |
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(verb) practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages | - |
teetotaler | (noun) a total abstainer | Synonyms: teetotalist, teetotaller |
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teetotaling | (noun) abstaining from alcohol | Synonyms: teetotalism |
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teetotalism | (noun) abstaining from alcohol | Synonyms: teetotaling |
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teetotalist | (noun) a total abstainer | Synonyms: teetotaler, teetotaller |
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teetotaller | (noun) a total abstainer | Synonyms: teetotaler, teetotalist |
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teetotum | (noun) a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin | Synonyms: spinning top, top, whirligig |
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tot | (noun) a young child who is just beginning to walk | Synonyms: bambino, toddler, yearling |
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(noun) a small amount (especially of a drink) | - |
(verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot up, total, tote up |
total | (adjective) constituting the full quantity or extent; complete | Synonyms: entire, full |
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(adjective) complete in extent or degree and in every particular | Synonyms: full |
(noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: aggregate, sum, totality |
(noun) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers | Synonyms: amount, sum |
(verb) damage beyond the point of repair | - |
(verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, tote up |
(verb) add up in number or quantity | Synonyms: add up, amount, come, number |
totaled | (adjective) used of automobiles; completely demolished | Synonyms: totalled |
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totalisator | (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totaliser, totalizator, totalizer |
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totalise | (verb) make into a total | Synonyms: totalize |
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totaliser | (noun) a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions | Synonyms: adding machine, totalizer |
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(noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totalizator, totalizer |
totalism | (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: absolutism, totalitarianism |
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totalistic | (adjective) of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life | Synonyms: totalitarian |
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totalitarian | (adjective) of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life | Synonyms: totalistic |
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(adjective) characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control | - |
(noun) an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government | - |
totalitarianism | (noun) an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government. | Synonyms: absolutism, totalism |
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(noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, tyranny |
totality | (noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: aggregate, sum, total |
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(noun) the quality of being complete and indiscriminate | - |
(noun) the state of being total and complete | Synonyms: entireness, entirety, integrality |
totalizator | (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizer |
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totalize | (verb) make into a total | Synonyms: totalise |
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totalizer | (noun) a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions | Synonyms: adding machine, totaliser |
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(noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizator |
totalled | (adjective) used of automobiles; completely demolished | Synonyms: totaled |
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totally | (adverb) to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely | Synonyms: all, altogether, completely, entirely, right, whole, wholly |
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totara | (noun) valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves | Synonyms: Podocarpus totara |
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tote | (noun) a capacious bag or basket | Synonyms: carryall, holdall, tote bag |
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(verb) carry with difficulty | Synonyms: lug, tug |
totem | (noun) emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians) | - |
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(noun) a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object | - |
totemic | (adjective) relating to totemism | - |
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totemism | (noun) belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem | - |
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totemist | (noun) a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem | - |
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toter | (noun) someone whose employment involves carrying something | Synonyms: bearer, carrier |
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totipotence | (noun) the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part | Synonyms: totipotency |
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totipotency | (noun) the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part | Synonyms: totipotence |
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totipotent | (adjective) having the ability to give rise to unlike cells | - |
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totter | (verb) move unsteadily, with a rocking motion | Synonyms: seesaw, teeter |
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(verb) walk unsteadily, with short steps | Synonyms: coggle, dodder, paddle, toddle, waddle |
(verb) move without being stable, as if threatening to fall | - |
totterer | (noun) someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall | Synonyms: reeler, staggerer |
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tottering | (adjective) (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse | - |
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(adjective) unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age | Synonyms: tottery |
tottery | (adjective) unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age | Synonyms: tottering |
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