absolute |
free of any external standard; not relative. [2/7 definitions] |
absolutist |
characterized by ideas, or a belief in ideas, whose truth is unconditional and not subject to any external standard. [1/3 definitions] |
bioelectricity |
the scientific study of biological electric currents and fields and of the effects of external electromagnetic forces on biological systems. |
bodywork |
the entire external part of a car or motor vehicle. [1/3 definitions] |
bondage |
the state of being held in control by external forces. [1/2 definitions] |
catalepsy |
a condition, often associated with epilepsy and schizophrenia, in which the body becomes numb and the limbs rigid, and the victim loses consciousness or fails to respond to external stimuli. |
cathect |
in psychoanalysis, to invest feeling or emotion in someone or something external to oneself. |
condyloma |
a skin growth resembling a wart, usu. found near the anus or on the external genitals. |
cosmetic |
affecting external appearance alone; superficial. [1/4 definitions] |
cream |
an ointment or thick liquid containing medicinal or cosmetic ingredients for external application. [1/14 definitions] |
crust |
any hard or crisp external layer, as of snow. [1/7 definitions] |
depression |
a state of deep sadness or hopelessness that can persist for months or years and is not necessarily triggered by any particular external events. [1/7 definitions] |
deus ex machina |
an external character, force, or the like introduced artificially to achieve such a resolution of plot or situation, as in a modern dramatic production. [1/2 definitions] |
diatropism |
the tendency of some plant organs to assume a position at a right angle to the direction of an external stimulus. |
earlap |
the external ear, or the earlobe. [1/2 definitions] |
ego |
the self, as distinguished from other persons and the external world. [2/5 definitions] |
emancipate |
to free from some external control or constraint, such as enslavement or ignorance. [1/2 definitions] |
empathy |
the attribution of one's personal feelings or attitudes to an external object. [1/2 definitions] |
entropy |
the natural and irreversible tendency toward randomness and disorder in any system without an external source of energy. [1/3 definitions] |
environmental |
of or pertaining to external conditions or surroundings. [1/3 definitions] |
exocrine |
having a duct allowing external secretion. [1/3 definitions] |