(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acanthophorous
acanthophorous
adj
Spine-bearing.
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acanthopomatous
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
accountantship
accountantship
noun
The office or employment of an accountant.
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
acousticophobia
acousticophobia
noun
Fear of noise.
acrotrophoneurosis
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actinocarpous
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinophorous
actinophorous
adj
(biology) Having straight projecting spines
actinopterous
actinopterygious
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutic
actinotherapeutic
adj
Relating to actinotherapy.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
acupunctuation
acupunctuation
noun
(rare) A pricking with or as if with a needle; the practice of acupuncture.
acupuncturation
acupuncturation
noun
(medicine, archaic) Acupuncture
acupuncturator
acupuncturator
noun
An acupuncturist.
adscriptitious
aeropleustic
aeropleustic
adj
(humorous) Of or pertaining to aerial navigation.
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
africanthropus
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
agranuloplastic
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alectoromorphous
alectoropodous
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alphatoluic
amphicyrtous
amphitrichous
amphitrichous
adj
(biology) (of bacteria) Having a single flagellum on each of two opposite ends. (Only one flagellum operates at a time, allowing the bacterium to reverse course rapidly by switching which flagellum is active.)
ancipitous
ancipitous
adj
Synonym of ancipital
anteoccupation
anteoperculum
anthocarpous
anthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.
anthocephalous
anthropophuistic
anthropophuistic
adj
Of or relating to anthropophuism.
anthropopithecus
anthropurgic
anticorruption
anticorruption
adj
Opposed to or combating corruption
noun
Movement or actions opposing corruption.
antipneumococcic
antipneumococcic
adj
(immunology) Acting against pneumococcus.
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antiproductionist
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
antiputrefaction
antiputrefaction
adj
That counters (the effects of) putrefaction
antispeculation
antispeculation
adj
(economy) Opposing or countering financial speculation.
antistreptococcus
apiculation
apocrustic
apogalacteum
apolaustic
apolaustic
adj
(formal) Dedicated to enjoyment.
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
aponogetonaceous
aponogetonaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aponogetonaceae.
aporocactus
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
apoturmeric
appunctuation
aproctous
aproctous
adj
(zoology) Without an anal orifice.
aquocapsulitis
aquopentamminecobaltic
archaeopithecus
archcorrupter
archeptolemus
archplutocrat
arctocephalus
aristorepublicanism
artocarpeous
artocarpeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the breadfruit, or the genus Artocarpus.
artocarpous
artocarpus
ascriptitious
ascriptitious
adj
(obsolete) additional
(obsolete) ascribed
asphyctous
astroscopus
asymmetrocarpous
atelocephalous
atropaceous
auriculoparietal
auriculotemporal
auriculotemporal
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the external ear and the temporal region.
aurothiosulphuric
auscultascope
auscultoscope
auscultoscope
noun
(medicine) A stethoscopic instrument, especially one that amplifies the auscultatory sounds.
australopithecinae
australopithecine
australopithecine
adj
(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.
noun
(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.
australopithecus
autallotriomorphic
autechoscope
autoanticomplement
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autocamp
autocamp
noun
A campground for tourists travelling by automobile.
verb
(intransitive) To stay at an autocamp.
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
autocarp
autocarpian
autocarpic
autocarpic
adj
Synonym of autocarpous
autocarpous
autocarpous
adj
(botany) Having fruit formed by self-pollination
autocatalepsy
autocephalia
autocephalia
noun
Alternative form of autocephaly
autocephalic
autocephalic
adj
Autocephalous.
autocephality
autocephality
noun
(Christianity) The right of autonomy for a church; specifically, the right to resolve all internal problems on its own authority and to appoint its own bishops, including the head of the church, without any obligatory expression of dependence on another church.
autocephalous
autocephalous
adj
(Christianity, of a bishop) Presiding over an autocephalous church.
(Christianity, of a church) Fully independent of the authority of any other church.
(comparable) Independent; self-directed.
autocephaly
autocephaly
noun
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autoceptive
autochronograph
autochronograph
noun
(rare, archaic) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
autocomplexes
autocopist
autocopist
noun
Alternative form of autocopyist
autocoprophagous
autocoprophagous
adj
That eats its own excrement.
autocratship
autocratship
noun
(rare) The state of being an autocrat; autocracy.
autocystoplasty
autodecomposition
autodecomposition
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
autographically
autographically
adv
By means of autography.
autohypnotic
autohypnotic
adj
Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
autohypnotically
autolaryngoscope
autolaryngoscope
noun
A laryngoscope modified for autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopic
autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopy
noun
laryngoscopy or one's own larynx
autolithographic
autolithographic
adj
Related to autolithographs or to autolithography
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
automorphically
automorphically
adv
(mathematics) In terms of automorphisms
autonephrectomy
autopathic
autopathic
adj
Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure and characteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic.
autopelagic
autophonoscope
autophonoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument for studying the human voice, having a lamp, a mirror, and a tube that is introduced into a person's mouth. The inner workings of the mouth can then be viewed while speaking etc.
autophotoelectric
autophthalmoscope
autophytic
autophytically
autoplastic
autoplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing him/herself rather than the environment or situation.
Of or pertaining to autoplasty (type of lesion repair with healthy tissue).
autoplastically
autoplastically
adv
In an autoplastic manner.
autopneumatic
autopneumatic
adj
Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.
autopotamic
autopsic
autopsic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an autopsy
autopsical
autopsical
adj
(obsolete) autopsic
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autopsychoanalysis
autopsychoanalysis
noun
psychoanalysis of oneself
autopsychology
autopsychorhythmia
autopsychosis
autoptic
autoptic
adj
Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation.
autoptical
autoptical
adj
Alternative form of autoptic
autoptically
autoptically
adv
By means of ocular view, or one's own observation.
autopticity
autopticity
noun
The condition of being autoptic; an autoptic event
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autoscope
autoscope
noun
An electrical instrument for the examination of the larynx and trachea.
An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
autoscopic
autoscopic
adj
Relating to autoscopy.
autoscopy
autoscopy
noun
The experience of seeing one's body from the outside while awake, as if disembodied.