The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
alymphopotent
amaethon
amaranth
amaranth
noun
(chemistry) A red to purple azo dye used as a biological stain, and in some countries in cosmetics and as a food colouring.
(cooking) The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.
(dated, poetic) An imaginary flower that does not wither.
Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus.
The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants.
amaranthaceae
amaranthaceous
amaranthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.
amaranthine
amaranthine
adj
Of a dark reddish purple colour.
Relating to the mythical amaranth flower that never fades.
Relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus.
Unfading, eternal, immortal, infinite.
noun
A dark reddish-purple colour.
The amaranth flower.
amaranthoid
amaranths
amaranths
noun
plural of amaranth
amaranthus
amaranthus
noun
Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
amasthenic
amasthenic
adj
(photography) Uniting the rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens does.
amateurishness
amateurishness
noun
The quality of being amateurish.
amazonomachia
amblyrhynchus
ambushing
ambushing
verb
present participle of ambush
ambushment
ambushment
noun
(obsolete) An ambush
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
amelanchier
amelanchier
noun
Any tree or shrub in the genus Amelanchier of the pome fruit subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae, with edible, blueberry-like fruit.
amenorrhea
amenorrhea
noun
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of amenorrhoea
amenorrheal
amenorrheal
adj
Alternative spelling of amenorrhoeal
amenorrheas
amenorrheas
noun
plural of amenorrhea
amenorrheic
amenorrheic
adj
Alternative spelling of amenorrhoeic
amenorrho
amenorrhoea
amenorrhoea
noun
(medicine) Absence of menstrual discharge.
amenorrhoeal
amenorrhoeal
adj
Affected by amenorrhoea
Relating to amenorrhoea.
amenorrhoeic
amenorrhoeic
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to the suppression of menstruation other than during pregnancy
noun
One who does not menstruate.
amethystine
amethystine
adj
Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.
amhran
amianth
amianth
noun
(poetic, dated) amianthus
amianthiform
amianthiform
adj
Resembling amianthus in form.
amianthine
amianthium
amianthoid
amianthoid
adj
Resembling amianthus.
amianthoidal
amianthus
amianthus
noun
A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers.
amianthuses
amianthuses
noun
plural of amianthus
amidoacetophenone
amidophenol
amidosulphonal
aminish
aminoacetophenetidine
aminoacetophenone
aminoacetophenone
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound formed by the substitution of an amine group for one of the hydrogens of acetophenone, having the molecular formula C₈H₉NO; or any specific isomer of this compound.
aminoanthraquinone
aminoanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of anthraquinone
aminobenzaldehyde
aminodiphenyl
aminoethionic
aminophenol
aminophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a phenol
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric amino derivatives of phenol; hydroxyaniline
aminopherase
aminophylline
aminophylline
noun
(pharmacology) A bronchodilator comprising theophylline and ethylenediamine in a 2:1 ratio.
aminosulphonic
aminothiophen
amiranha
amminochloride
ammonitish
amniochorial
amniochorial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the amnion and the chorion
amniorrhea
amorphinism
amorphinism
noun
withdrawal symptoms from morphine
amorphousness
amorphousness
noun
The state or quality of being amorphous.
amphanthia
amphanthium
amphetamine
amphetamine
noun
(informal) Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.
(informal, nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
(medicine, pharmacology) A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD, narcolepsy, and obesity.
(organic chemistry, proper) The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine in their pure amine forms.
amphetamines
amphetamines
noun
plural of amphetamine
amphibian
amphibian
adj
(obsolete) Having two natures.
Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.
Of or relating to the class Amphibia.
noun
A vehicle which can operate on land and water. See Wikipedia article on "Amphibious aircraft"
An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
amphibians
amphibians
noun
plural of amphibian
amphibichnite
amphibion
amphibiontic
amphibiousness
amphibiousness
noun
The state or quality of being amphibious.
amphiboline
amphicarpogenous
amphicentric
amphicoelian
amphicoelian
adj
amphicoelous
amphicondyla
amphicondylous
amphicrania
amphicrania
noun
(pathology) A headache affecting both sides of the head.
amphicreatinine
amphictyon
amphictyon
noun
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
amphictyonian
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphictyons
amphictyons
noun
plural of amphictyon
amphictyony
amphictyony
noun
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.
amphicyon
amphicyonidae
amphidiscophoran
amphidiscophoran
noun
Any glass sponge of the subclass Amphidiscophora
amphigaean
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
amphigenesis
amphigenesis
noun
(biology) Sexual generation; amphigony
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphigonia
amphigonic
amphigonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or arising from amphigony
amphigonium
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigony
amphigony
noun
(obsolete) sexual reproduction
amphikaryon
amphinesian
amphineura
amphineurous
amphinome
amphinomus
amphinucleus
amphion
amphionic
amphipeptone
amphiplatyan
amphiplatyan
adj
(anatomy, of a vertebra) Having flat surfaces at both ends
amphipneust
amphipneusta
amphipneustic
amphipnous
amphipodan
amphipodan
adj
(zoology) Relating to the amphipods.
amphipyrenin
amphirhina
amphirhinal
amphirhine
amphisbaena
amphisbaena
noun
(mythology) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.
A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.
amphisbaenae
amphisbaenas
amphisbaenas
noun
plural of amphisbaena
amphisbaenian
amphisbaenian
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenia, the clade of worm lizards.
amphisbaenic
amphisbaenic
adj
(mythology) Relating to an amphisbaena.
amphisbaenid
amphisbaenid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenidae; a worm lizard.
amphisbaenidae
amphisbaenoid
amphisbaenoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
amphisbaenous
amphiscians
amphiscians
noun
plural of amphiscian
amphisporangiate
amphitene
amphithuron
amphithurons
amphithyron
amphithyrons
amphitriaene
amphitron
amphitryon
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amphogenous
amphogeny
amphopeptone
amphopeptone
noun
(biochemistry) A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.
amphorophony
amphotericin
amphotericin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of amphoteric antibiotic and antifungal agents derived from Streptomyces bacteria.
amphrysian
amyelencephalia
amyelencephalic
amyelencephalous
amygdophenin
amylosynthesis
amyosthenia
amyosthenia
noun
(medicine) Myasthenia.
amyosthenic
amyosthenic
adj
Of or relating to amyosthenia.
noun
(medicine) A drug or agent that depresses muscular action.