| ACADEMICALISM | • academicalism n. Alternative form of academicism. • ACADEMICALISM n. close adherence to formal academic teaching. |
| ACCIDENTALISM | • accidentalism n. Accidental character or effect. • accidentalism n. The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas). • accidentalism n. A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors. |
| ADMINICULATES | • adminiculates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adminiculate. • ADMINICULATE v. to support by corroboratory evidence. |
| ANTISPASMODIC | • antispasmodic adj. (Pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug. • antispasmodic n. (Pharmacology) A drug that suppresses spasms. • ANTISPASMODIC n. an agent capable of preventing or relieving spasms or convulsions. |
| DIATHERMACIES | • DIATHERMACY n. permeability by or conductibility of radiant heat, also DIATHERMANCY. |
| DIPSOMANIACAL | • dipsomaniacal adj. Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania. • DIPSOMANIACAL adj. relating to dipsomania. |
| DISAFFIRMANCE | • disaffirmance n. (Law) The act of disaffirming; denial. • disaffirmance n. (Law) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal. • DISAFFIRMANCE n. the act of disaffirming. |
| DISCLAMATIONS | • disclamations n. Plural of disclamation. • DISCLAMATION n. the act of disclaiming. |
| DRACONIANISMS | • draconianisms n. Plural of draconianism. • DRACONIANISM n. extreme harshness of laws. |
| GRAMMATICISED | • grammaticised v. Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticise. • GRAMMATICISE v. to make grammatical, also GRAMMATICIZE. |
| IDIOPLASMATIC | • IDIOPLASMATIC adj. of or like idioplasm, the part of the protoplasm bearing hereditary characteristics, also IDIOPLASMIC. |
| ORCHIDOMANIAS | • ORCHIDOMANIA n. an obsession with orchids. |
| SALICYLAMIDES | • salicylamides n. Plural of salicylamide. • SALICYLAMIDE n. an analgesic drug administered orally. |
| SEMICARBAZIDE | • semicarbazide n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class or organic nitrogen compounds derived from the parent compound NH… • SEMICARBAZIDE n. a base reacting with aldehydes and ketones to form semicarbazones. |
| TRADUCIANISMS | • TRADUCIANISM n. the theory that the soul is transmitted to a child in the act of generation or concomitantly with its body. |