(biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites
(botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites
acarpellous
acarpellous
adj
(botany) Having no carpels.
acarpelous
acarpelous
adj
Alternative spelling of acarpellous
acarpous
acarpous
adj
(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
achlorophyllous
achlorophyllous
adj
(botany) not having chlorophyll and, hence, unable to engage in photosynthesis
achromophilous
achromophilous
adj
Not chromophilous.
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
acrocarpous
acrocarpous
adj
(botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.
acrocephalous
acrocephalous
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acrocephaly
acromioscapular
acromioscapular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the acromion and the scapula
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
acrosphacelus
acrosporous
acrosporous
adj
having acrospores
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
acupuncturation
acupuncturation
noun
(medicine, archaic) Acupuncture
acupuncturator
acupuncturator
noun
An acupuncturist.
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adscriptitious
aechmophorus
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
agranuloplastic
ailurophilic
ailurophilic
adj
Of or relating to ailurophilia or ailurophiles.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alectoromorphous
alectoropodous
aleuroscope
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alopecurus
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
ambleocarpus
amblyocarpous
amphicarpogenous
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
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.)
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
angiocarpous
angiocarpous
adj
describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx
anisocarpous
anocarpous
anomocarpous
anomocarpous
adj
(botany) Having anomalous fruits
anteoperculum
anthocarpous
anthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.
anthropophuistic
anthropophuistic
adj
Of or relating to anthropophuism.
anthropopithecus
anthropurgic
anticorruption
anticorruption
adj
Opposed to or combating corruption
noun
Movement or actions opposing corruption.
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antiproductionist
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
antiputrefaction
antiputrefaction
adj
That counters (the effects of) putrefaction
antistreptococcus
aplacophorous
apocarpous
apocarpous
adj
(botany) Having carpels that are not joined
apocrustic
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
aporocactus
apoturmeric
aproctous
aproctous
adj
(zoology) Without an anal orifice.
arachnophagous
archaeohippus
archaeopithecus
archcorrupter
archeptolemus
archesporium
archesporium
noun
(botany) Any of the cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archplutocrat
arctocephalus
argyrocephalous
argyropelecus
ariocarpus
aristorepublicanism
artocarpeous
artocarpeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the breadfruit, or the genus Artocarpus.
artocarpous
artocarpus
ascocarpous
ascocarpous
adj
Having an ascocarp
ascophorous
ascosporous
ascosporous
adj
Synonym of ascosporic
ascriptitious
ascriptitious
adj
(obsolete) additional
(obsolete) ascribed
astroscopus
asymmetrocarpous
atropaceous
aulacocarpous
auriculoparietal
auriculotemporal
auriculotemporal
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the external ear and the temporal region.
auriscope
auriscope
noun
An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
auriscopic
auriscopic
adj
Relating to auriscopy.
auriscopically
auriscopy
auriscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
aurothiosulphuric
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
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.
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
autocarp
autocarpian
autocarpic
autocarpic
adj
Synonym of autocarpous
autocarpous
autocarpous
adj
(botany) Having fruit formed by self-pollination
autochronograph
autochronograph
noun
(rare, archaic) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
autocoprophagous
autocoprophagous
adj
That eats its own excrement.
autocratship
autocratship
noun
(rare) The state of being an autocrat; autocracy.
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.
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
autophotoelectric
autopsychorhythmia
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autosporic
autotherapeutic
autotherapeutic
adj
therapeutic to the self; of or relating to autotherapy
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
autotrophically
autotrophically
adv
In an autotrophic manner.
With regard to autotrophy.
autotropic
autotropic
adj
Growing in a straight line.
autotropically
autotropically
adv
In an autotropic manner
auxographic
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
avicularimorphae
bacilliparous
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bacteriopurpurin
bacteriopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) A red pigment found in certain sulfur bacteria.