Graduate Vocabulary
123,635 words and 147,492 expressions at the graduate level.
Alternative form of calcium-montmorillonite.
in a cabalistic manner
Alternative spelling of cabalistically.
plural of cabin-cruiser
The process of decentralising the telecommunication infrastructure by installing roadside cabinets that act as miniature telephone exchanges.
plural of cabinetworker
cabinetmaking
Of a system or device, utilizing cables to transmit force or motion in order to operate a mechanism.
Any of a group of tetracyclic triterpenoid lactones present in the Chinese tree Aglaia abbreviata
plural of cabralealactone
Designed to take advantage of a processor cache without having the size of the cache (or the length of the cache lines, etc.) as an explicit parameter.
The condition of being cache-oblivious.
plural of cacistocracy (alternative spelling of kakistocracies).
Left-handedness.
Alternative form of cack-handedness.
A bladder containing (real or fake) blood, used to fake someone's death or injury, as in espionage or confidence tricks where a person is made to think that he is an accessory to murder.
plural of cackle-bladder
Demonic; evil.
The pathological belief that one is inhabited, or possessed, by an evil spirit or entity.
In a cacophonous manner; in a manner that produces harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
The property of being cacophonous.
a sesterterpene found in the sponge Fasciospongia cavernosa.
plural of cacospongionolide
A sound change whereby a sound becomes cacuminal, or pronounced with a retroflexed tongue.
The state or quality of being cadaverous.
A village in Blaenhonddan community, Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7699).
With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians (most amphibians do this) in which the gills do not remain in adult life, but generally turn into legs.
Relating to the ingestion of caecotrophs
Any gastropod of the subclass Caenogastropoda.
plural of caenogastropod
Any extinct primate of the subfamily Caenopithecinae
plural of caenopithecine
An official in charge of religious ceremonies.
A maritime traditional county of Wales. bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Denbighshire, to the south by Cardigan Bay and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfon Bay and the Menai Strait, which separates it from Anglesey. The county is now mostly in Gwynedd.
Alternative spelling of Caernarfonshire.
Alternative form of ceruloplasmin.
Belonging or relating to the Caesalpinaceae.
Belonging to the family Caesalpiniaceae, now usually subfamily Caesalpinioideae, of peacock flowers and close relatives.
plural of caesalpinioid
Synonym of caesaropapism.
plural of caesaropapism
plural of caesaropapist
A school hall used at various times as a cafeteria, a gymnasium, and an auditorium.
According to a cafeteria plan.
Any caffeoyl derivative of a hexose
plural of caffeoylhexose
Any salt or ester of caffeoylquinic acid.
plural of caffeoylquinate
Pertaining to any of the caffeoylquinic acids or their derivatives
Any transferase that transfers a caffeoyl group
plural of caffeoyltransferase
plural of cainotherioid
A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of Cairngorm in Scotland.
A coastal town and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5212).
The state or quality of being calamitous.
Synonym of pigeonite.
Misspelling of calcaneocuboid.
Relating to the calcaneus and the astragalus
Relating to the calcaneus and the astragalus
Relating to the calcaneus and the cuboid bone.
plural of calcaneodynia
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
Relating to the calcaneus and the navicular bone.
Relating to the calcaneus and the sole of the foot.
Relating to the calcaneus and the fourth joint of the tarsus.
Synonym of calcaneonavicular.
Relating to the calcaneus and the tibia
Synonym of clubfoot.
A calcium antagonist
plural of calcantagonist
Consisting of, or containing, chalk and clay.
Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen.
calcareous and corneous
Consisting of, or containing, both calcareous and siliceous earths.
The quality of being calcareous.
Alternative form of calceloarioside.
plural of calcelarioside
Any of several phenylethanoids present in the phloem of some trees
plural of calceloarioside
Any plant of the genus Calceolaria.
Of or relating to the Calceolariaceae.
Any of a group of phenolic glycosides present in plants of the genus Fraxinus.
plural of calceolarioside
Misspelling of calicoblastic.
The quality of being calcifiable.
plural of calcification
Relating to calcification
Of or relating to calcimicrobes.
An orthorhombic mineral containing calcium, silicon, and oxygen.
ancylite containing calcium.
A form of andyrobertsite in which calcium is substituted for cadmium.
A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
An isometric-hexoctahedral reddish brown mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, niobium, oxygen, thorium, titanium, and uranium.
A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral that includes calcium, carbon, oxygen, sodium, and strontium.
A carbonatite containing calcium salts
plural of calciocarbonatite
Synonym of tyuyamunite.
catapleiite containing calcium
A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.
Synonym of calciorhodochrosite.
plural of calcioferrite
A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zirconium.
A mineral found in Russia, containing potassium, calcium and sulfate.
A calcium-bearing variety of rhodochrosite.
A mineral containing calcium, uranium iron, niobium, tantalum, titanium and oxygen that is found in the United States, Europe and Australia
Relating to the effect on teeth of a diet that is very rich in calcium
A triclinic mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, sodium, and uranium.
A mineral with chemical formula CaCuVO₄(OH), closely related to volborthite.
plural of calciovolborthite
Of or pertaining to calciphylaxis.
plural of calcitization
A turbidite composed of calcium carbonate.
plural of calciturbidite
Relating to calciturbidites.
A calcium variety of montmorillonite.
plural of calcium-montmorillonite
plural of calcospherite
Relating to or composed of calcospherites.
plural of calculability
The quality of being calculable.
The quality of being calculated.
By means of calculation
Resembling a calculator.
Alternative spelling of calendarization
The act or process of calendarizing.
One who makes calendars.
plural of calendographer
plural of calenduloside
Lacking calibration
plural of calicheamicin
Both calicular and ramose
Resembling the U.S. state of California, or some attribute of it.
Alternative form of Californication.
Alternative form of California-like.
The dialect of American English spoken in California.
A word or phrase that is characteristic of the variety of English spoken in California.
plural of Californianism
A linguist or anthropologist who specializes in studying the peoples and languages of California.
plural of Californianist
The process of Californianizing.
To render or become Californian.
simple past and past participle of Californianize
third-person singular simple present indicative of Californianize
present participle and gerund of Californianize
The quality or characteristic of being Californian.
Alternative form of Californication.
simple past and past participle of Californicate
third-person singular simple present indicative of Californicate
present participle and gerund of Californicate
The adoption of practices and beliefs associated with California, in particular Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
Synonym of Californication.
An isotope of californium, 25298Cf, with a half-life of 2.6 years; it is popular as a source of neutrons.
Alternative form of Californianization.
plural of caliginosity
The state or quality of being caliginous.
The fear of beautiful women.
A barangay of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
A compound that is analogous to a calixarene, but with phenolic groups derived from resorcinol.
Alternative form of call and response.
An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated concurrently with the function body.
An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated first, and a pointer to the result is passed to the function.
In Scheme, a procedure that captures the current continuation to pass it as an argument to another continuation.
Alternative form of calligraphic.
in a calligraphic manner: using calligraphy
plural of calligraphist
The aesthetic philosophy of the Ancient Greek poet Callimachus, favoring refined works dealing with small-scale topics over large and prominent ones.
Any gastropod in the family Calliostomatidae.
plural of calliostomatid
plural of callipallenid
Any extinct fish of the family Callipurbeckiidae
plural of callipurbeckiid
Any red alga of the family Callithamniaceae
plural of callithamnioid
plural of callitrichine
plural of callorhinchid
plural of callorhynchid
Having serratures that are callosities.
Relating to the sulcus between the corpus callosum and the cingulate gyrus.
plural of callosumectomy
The surgical removal of the corpus callosum; splitting the brain into two halves.
plural of calmodulinopathy
Any disease associated with a mutation in the genes that control the production of calmodulin
A river on the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida, United States.
Of or relating to the Calophyllaceae.
A neoflavone isolated from tamanu seeds.
plural of calopterygoid
plural of calopyterygid
aware of the calorie content of ones diet
Synonym of low-calorie.
The production of heat, especially animal heat.
plural of calorification
The quality of being calorigenic.
In a calorimetric manner
Characteristic of fungi of the family Calosphaeriaceae.
A particular steroid glycoside.
plural of calpainopathy
The presence of calprotectin in the blood.
Misspelling of calsequestrin.
Alternative form of calsequestrin.
plural of calsequestrine
plural of calsequestrin
calumny
In a Calvinistic manner.
Of or relating to the Calycanthaceae.
Having or relating to a calycophyll.
plural of calyptostasy
Synonym of calyptriform.
Of or relating to the Camaldolese.
plural of Camaldolensian
plural of Camaldolesian
plural of camarasaurus
A village and commune of Finistère department, Brittany, France.
plural of cambaytheriid
An inland county in East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
plural of Cambro-Briton
A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.
Former name of Camelopardalis (“constellation”).
plural of camelpoxvirus
plural of camera-worker
Absence of cameras.
Quality of being Cameroonian.
Capable of being camouflaged.
Language that uses jargon, euphemism, vagueness, and other phrasal devices to obscure the actual or intended meaning of a statement; newspeak.
Relating to campanology.
By means of, or in terms of, campanology.
plural of campanologist
Of, relating to, or resembling the Campanulaceae, a family of plants including the harebell.
plural of campanulariid
A city, the county seat of Taylor County, Kentucky, United States, founded by Andrew Campbell.
A salt or ester of camphocarboxylic acid.
plural of camphocarboxylate
The process of camphorizing
A substance produced, with calcium carbonate, by heating the calcium salt of camphoric acid.
A quinone, 2,3-bornanedione (4,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,3-dione), related to camphor
Any salt or ester of a camphorsulfonic acid
plural of camphorsulfonate
Of or pertaining to camphorsulphonic acid or its derivatives
A commune of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Misspelling of campylobacteriosis.
Exhibiting or relating to camptodactyly.
In a camptodromous manner.
plural of camptothecine
plural of campylobacterium
Of or relating to campylobacteria.
plural of campylobacteriosis
An infection by the bacteria campylobacter.
Any of several gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Campylobacter, that cause food poisoning
A gastrointestinal condition characterized by diarrhea etc., caused by eating raw or unpasteurised food contaminated with campylobacteria.
plural of campylobacter
Having longitudinally curved grooves on its seeds
Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together; curved in such a way.
The process of making or becoming Canadian or more Canadian.
plural of Canadianization
Pertaining to the United States of America and Canada
In a canaliculate manner.
A canaliculate form.
plural of canaliculation
A microsurgery to bypass blocked tear ducts by creating a new pathway from eye to nose.
The surgical correction of a congenitally blocked tear duct, in which the closed segment is excised and the open end is joined to the lacrimal sac.
The slitting of the lacrimal punctum and canaliculus for the relief of epiphora.
Synonym of canalithiasis.
plural of canaloplasty
A particular steroid glycoside.
A particular steroid glycoside.
A particular steroid glycoside.
Any of the genus Culicicapa.
plural of canary-flycatcher
Any avipoxvirus, of the species Canarypox virus, that causes canarypox
plural of canarypoxvirus
The quality of being cancellable.
plural of cancerisation
plural of cancerization
The formation of a cancer (by the uncontrolled multiplication of cells).
Of or relating to cancerology.
plural of cancerologist
Synonym of oncoprotective.
Having a branched form, similar to that of a candelabrum
Alternative form of candelabrumlike.
Resembling or characteristic of a candelabrum.
plural of candidateship
plural of candle-waster
The act or instance of a person consuming candles by staying up late reading and studying; an act of studying.
plural of candle-wasting
plural of candlelighter
The lighting of a candle, especially as part of a ceremony
plural of candlelighting
plural of candlesnuffer
present participle and gerund of candlestick
Resembling or characteristic of a candlestick.
Of or relating to the Candolleaceae.
The light given off by certain materials at high temperatures (usually when exposed to a flame) that has an intensity at some wavelengths which can be higher than the blackbody emission expected from incandescence at the same temperature.
Exhibiting, or relating to, candoluminescence.
plural of candy-striper
plural of candy-wrapper
A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France.
A barangay of Siquijor, Siquijor, Philippines.
Lacking canine teeth.
Alternative spelling of canisterization
The process of canisterizing.
A cannabinoid found in Cannabis sativa.
A particular cannabinoid.
A particular phytocannabinoid.
A naturally occuring cannabinoid found in Cannabis sativa with the molecular formula C₂₁H₂₈O₃.
Synonym of cannithrene.
Any salt or ester of cannabidiolic acid
plural of cannabidiolate
A phytocannabinoid found naturally in Cannabis in trace concentrations.
A particular cannabinoid.
Synonym of cannabidivarin.
Relating to cannabigerolic acid or its derivatives
A particular phytocannabinoid.
Having similar pharmacological effects to those of cannabis; applied to various cannabinoid receptor type 1 agonists.
plural of cannabimimetic.
Of or relating to the Cannabinaceae.
Synonym of cannabidivarin.
That operates on the cannabinoid system in the body or brain.
Having similar effects to those of cannabis.
A synthetic cannabinoid.
Synonym of cannabichromevarin.
plural of cannabusiness
Alternative form of cannibalization.
plural of cannibalisation
cannibalistic
In a cannibalistic manner; in a way that involves cannibalism
the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food
plural of cannibalization
A particular steroid glycoside.
plural of cannulization.
Alternative form of canonicalization.
plural of canonicalisation
present participle and gerund of canonicalise
standardization, normalization
plural of canonicalization
present participle and gerund of canonicalize
A particular steroid glycoside.
plural of cantankerosity
The quality of being cantankerous.
In a cantankerous manner.
The state of being cantankerous.
Synonym of Laudianism.
A local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.
Belonging to the Cantharellaceae.
present participle and gerund of cantharidate
Poisoning by cantharidin
Of or relating to cantharophily.
Synonym of cantharophilic.
plural of canthaxanthin
plural of canthocamptid
plural of canthoplasty
plural of canthorrhaphy
Able to be operated by means of a cantilever.
plural of cantilevering
Associated with cantillation.
Generated or modified by a cantitruncation.
The simultaneous state of cantellation and truncation.
plural of cantitruncation
plural of cantonization
plural of Canuckistanian
A genre of low-budget films produced in Canada, chiefly during the 1970s and 1980s.
A barangay of San Carlos, Pangasinan, Philippines.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and the St. Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into the City of Trois-Rivières in 2002.
plural of capaciousness
In a capacitive manner
plural of capellmeister
In the manner of the Capernaites.
ectasis of the capillaries
Capillary irrigation.
The measurement of the capillaries.
Alternative form of capillarization.
plural of capillarisation
The formation and development of a network of capillaries to a part of the body; it is increased by aerobic exercise.
plural of capillarization
The formation and development of capillaries
Relating to capillarography.
The study of capillaries.
Alternative form of capillarimetry.
Relating to capillaropathy.
plural of capillaropathy
Any disease of the capillaries
That protects capillaries from damage.
The hardening of the capillary walls.
Relating to capillaroscopy.
In a capillaroscopic manner.
plural of capillaroscopy
microscopic examination of capillaries (small blood vessels)
That is toxic to the capillaries.
Promoting capillary growth.
Having a positive effect on the capillaries.
Relating to capillaries and veins.
An outgrowth of an ascospore that has a terminal conidium
plural of capilliconidiophore
The medical treatment of the hair or of baldness.
plural of capilliposide
plural of capillovirus
Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.
A region of Quebec, Canada.
Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.
plural of capitalisation
Synonym of capitalistic.
In a capitalistic manner.
plural of capitalization
plural of capitosauroid
The advocacy of capitulation.
An advocate of capitulation
plural of capitulationist
A compound inflorescence made of capitula instead of individual flowers.
plural of capitulescence
Relating to the capitulum and the tubercles of a bone, such as the human humerus.
The presence of pressurised carbon dioxide in the peritoneum
In a capnophilic manner
The inflation of the peritoneal cavity with carbon dioxide, typically as a prelude to laparoscopy
Belonging to the family Capparidaceae (preferred: Capparaceae) of capers and close relatives.
Similar to cappuccino
A nonproteinogenic cyclic amino acid derived from guanidine
The quality of being capricious.
plural of caprification
Of or relating to the Caprifoliaceae family of honeysuckles.
Of or pertaining to the taxonomic order Caprimulgiformes.
plural of caprimulgiform
Synonym of decanal.
plural of capripoxvirus
octanal
plural of capsulectomy
plural of capsulization
The generation and development of a capsule
relating to the lens (of the eye) and its capsule
Relating to a capsule and a ligament.
Relating to the capsule (surrounding the eyeball) and the eyelid
capsular and parietal
plural of capsuloplasty
plural of capsulorrhaphy
repair of a torn capsule, especially in a joint
plural of capsulorrhexis
Alternative form of capsulorhexis.
Relating to a tendon and associated capsule
Absence of a caption.
plural of captiousness
plural of captivatress
Any reptile of the order Captorhinida
plural of captorhinomorph
One who studies carabidology.
plural of carabidologist
Alternative spelling of caramelization.
plural of caramelisation
The process that converts sugars into caramel; the process of caramelizing.
plural of caramelization
A particular steroid glycoside.
Alternative spelling of Caravaggesque.
An instrument used to measure the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air
plural of carbacidometer
Used attributively to describe mixtures of carbacrylic and polyamine-methylene resins
plural of carbamazepine
A univalent radical composed of a carbamide replacing a hydrogen atom of a methyl group e.g. NH₂-CO-NH-CH₂- (the simplest such group)
To subject to carbamidomethylation.
Modified by means of carbamidomethylation
third-person singular simple present indicative of carbamidomethylate
present participle and gerund of carbamidomethylate
the introduction of a carbamidomethyl group
plural of carbamidomethylation
The S-carbamidomethyl derivative of cysteine S-[[(aminocarbonyl)amino]methyl]-cysteine
Alternative form of carbaminohemoglobin.
A compound of haemoglobin and carbon dioxide, one of the forms in which carbon dioxide exists in the blood.
A type of carbamate that is used to control agricultural pests by disrupting their nervous systems.
plural of carbamothioate
A carbamoyl derivative of an amino radical NH₂CO-NH-
plural of carbamoylamino
Any N-carbamoyl derivative of aspartate
plural of carbamoylaspartate
present participle and gerund of carbamoylate
Any reaction that adds or transfers a carbamoyl group or compound
plural of carbamoylation
Alternative form of carbamoyl chloride.
The carbamoyl derivative of choline
A carbamoyl derivative of a methyl radical
plural of carbamoylmethyl
Alternative form of carbamoyl phosphate.
Any carbamoyl derivative of phosphine
plural of carbamoylphosphine
The carbamoyl derivative of the proxyl free radical
Synonym of transcarbamoylase.
plural of carbamoyltransferase
Misspelling of carbamoylphosphate.
plural of carbamylation
The organic cation 2-carbamoyloxyethyl-trimethyl-azanium, also known as the drug carbachol.
Any transferase that transfers a carbamyl group
plural of carbamyltransferase
Any carbocyclic analogue of a nucleoside
plural of carbanucleoside
plural of carbapenemase
A porphyrin in which one or more of the nitrogen atoms is replaced with a carbon atom.
A synthetic analogue of prostacyclin
Synonym of carbacyclin.
A thymine derivative of a deoxyribose
plural of carbathymidine
Any compound in which either of the benzene rings of a carbazole has been replaced with a quinone; many of them show biochemical activity.
plural of carbazolequinone
Any of several alkaloids having a structure consisting of a carbazole in which one benzene ring has been oxidized to form a quinone
plural of carbazoquinocin
A penicillinase active against carbenicillin
plural of carbenicillinase