(dated) A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
acalepha
acalepha
Proper noun
A group of coelenterates including the jellyfish and sea nettles.
acalephae
acalephan
acalephan
noun
An acaleph.
acalephe
acalephe
noun
Alternative form of acaleph
acalephes
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acalephs
acalephs
noun
plural of acaleph
acanthocephala
acanthocephalan
acanthocephalan
adj
In a manner similar to Acanthocephala.
noun
Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala.
acanthocephali
acanthocephalous
acanthocephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
accelerograph
accelerograph
noun
(geology) An instrument used to record the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake.
(military) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
accompliceship
accompliceship
noun
(rare) The state of being an accomplice.
accomplishable
accomplishable
adj
Capable of being accomplished; practicable.
accomplished
accomplished
adj
Completed; effected; established.
Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.
Showing skill and artistry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accomplisher
accomplisher
noun
One who accomplishes.
accomplishers
accomplishers
noun
plural of accomplisher
accomplishes
accomplishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accomplish
accomplishment
accomplishment
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
Something accomplished; an achievement.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
accomplishments
accomplishments
noun
plural of accomplishment
acenaphthenyl
acenaphthenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A univalent radical derived from acenaphthene
acenaphthylene
acenaphthylene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing an unsaturated five-membered ring ortho- and peri-fused to the 1- and 9- positions of naphthalene.
acephal
acephal
noun
(zoology) One of the Acephala.
acephala
acephalan
acephalan
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Acephala.
noun
Acephal.
acephali
acephali
noun
(ecclesiastical history) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
(ecclesiastical history) The Eutychians, a Christian sect in the year 482 without a leader. See http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100c.htm.
A class of levelers in the time of King Henry I.
A people reported by Herodotus and Josephus to have no heads or removable heads.
plural of acephalus
acephalia
acephalia
noun
(medicine) A birth defect in which the head is absent
acephalina
acephaline
acephaline
adj
Of or pertaining to the parasitic protozoans of the suborder Acephalina
acephalism
acephalism
noun
The congenital lack of a head.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
acephalocyst
acephalocyst
noun
(zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
acephalous
acephalous
adj
(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
acephalus
acephalus
noun
(medicine, countable) A fetus affected by acephaly.
(medicine, uncountable) The condition of acephaly.
acetnaphthalide
acetoamidophenol
acetoxyphthalide
acetylphenol
acetylphenylhydrazine
achitophel
achromatophile
achromatophile
adj
Being or relating to an achromatophil.
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acidophiles
acidophiles
noun
plural of acidophile
acrocephalia
acrocephalia
noun
(medicine) A deformity of the head in which the top is more or less pointed.
acrocephalic
acrocephalic
adj
Possessing a pointed skull.
noun
A person suffering from a pointed skull.
acrocephalous
acrocephalous
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acrocephaly
acrocephaly
acrocephaly
noun
The condition of suffering from a pointed skull.
acrosphacelus
adelomorphic
adelphic
adelphic
adj
Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
fraternal
adenographical
adenolymphocele
adenolymphocele
noun
(pathology) cystic dilation of lymph nodes caused by an obstruction
aerographical
aerographical
adj
Synonym of aerographic
aerophilatelic
aerophilatelic
adj
Of or relating to aerophilately.
aerophilic
aerophilic
adj
(biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen
aerophysical
aerophysical
adj
Relating to aerophysics.
alcaldeship
alcaldeship
noun
The role or status of alcalde.
alcelaphine
alcelaphine
noun
(mammalogy) Any member of the subfamily Alcelaphinae of wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks and related species.
alcelaphus
alectoromorphae
alectoromorphous
alethoscope
alethoscope
noun
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
alexipharmacon
alexipharmacon
noun
An antidote to a poison.
alexipharmacum
alexipharmacum
noun
(obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
alexipharmic
alexipharmic
adj
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”)
noun
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
alexipharmical
alexipharmical
adj
Alternative form of alexipharmic
allelomorphic
allelomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an allelomorph
allelopathic
allelopathic
adj
relating to an allelopathy
allopathetic
allopathetic
adj
Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
allopathetically
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alphabetical
alphabetical
adj
(obsolete) literal
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alphameric
alphameric
adj
Alternative form of alphanumeric
alphamerical
alphamerical
adj
alphanumeric / alphanumerical
alphamerically
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
alphanumerical
alphanumerical
adj
Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alphecca
alphecca
Proper noun
a binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis, about 75 light years away
alphenic
alphenic
noun
(rare) White barley sugar
amblycephalidae
amblycephalus
ampheclexis
amphicoelian
amphicoelian
adj
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphinucleus
amphitheatrical
amphitheatrical
adj
Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
amphitheatrically
amphitheatrically
adv
With some apparent characteristics of an amphitheatre.
amphithecial
amyelencephalia
amyelencephalic
amyelencephalous
anacephalaeosis
anacephalize
anaglyphoscope
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
analphabetical
analphabetical
adj
Alternative form of analphabetic
anaphylactogen
anaphylactogen
noun
(medicine) A substance likely to or capable of producing an adverse reaction (anaphylaxis) in a person.
anaphylactogenic
anaphylactogenic
adj
That tends to cause anaphylaxis.
anchorpeople
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
anemographically
anemographically
adv
By means of anemography.
anemometrographically
anencephalia
anencephalic
anencephalic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting anencephaly.
anencephalotrophia
anencephalous
anencephalous
adj
(biology) Without a brain.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
anencephaly
anencephaly
noun
A lethal birth defect in which most of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon.
anerythroplastic
angelophanic
anomalocephalus
anoplocephalic
antechapel
antechapel
noun
The outer part of the west end of a chapel.
antechapels
antechapels
noun
plural of antechapel
antepaschal
antepaschal
adj
(religion) Relating to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
antepaschel
antepatriarchal
antephialtic
antephialtic
adj
(medicine) Acting against nightmares.
anthocephalous
anthropocentrically
anthropocentrically
adv
In an anthropocentric manner.
anthropodeoxycholic
anthropogeographical
anthropogeographical
adj
(anthropology) Of or relating to anthropogeography.
anthropometrical
anthropometrical
adj
Pertaining to anthropometry.
anthropometrically
anthropometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, anthropometry.
anthropoteleoclogy
anthropoteleological
antianaphylactogen
anticephalalgic
anticephalalgic
adj
Counteracting headaches.
noun
A remedy for headaches.
antihemophilic
antihemophilic
adj
(medicine) That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs
antipathetical
antipathetical
adj
Antipathetic, with antipathy.
antipathetically
antipathetically
adv
In an antipathetic fashion.
antipatheticalness
antipatheticalness
noun
The state or quality of being antipathetical.
antiphylloxeric
antiphylloxeric
adj
Destroying or countering the phylloxera insect.
antiphysicalness
antiplethoric
antiplethoric
adj
(medicine) Countering plethora of the blood.
antixerophthalmic
antixerophthalmic
adj
(medicine) Countering xerophthalmia.
apalachee
apathetical
apathetical
adj
Synonym of apathetic
apathetically
apathetically
adv
In an apathetic manner.
aphelenchus
apheliotropic
apheliotropic
adj
Turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc.
apheliotropically
apheliotropically
adv
In an apheliotropic way; away from the sun.
aphetically
aphetically
adv
(astrology) In an aphetic way: pertaining to the apheta.
(linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
apocryphalness
apocryphalness
noun
The state or condition of being apocryphal.
apophlegmatic
apophlegmatic
adj
(medicine) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.
noun
(medicine) Any apophlegmatic medicine.
apophthegmatical
apophthegmatical
adj
Alternative form of apothegmatical
apothecal
apothecal
adj
Relating to drugs or pharmacy.
apothecial
apothecial
adj
(lichenology) Relating to the apothecium.
apothegmatical
apothegmatical
adj
Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.