A muscoid fly belonging to the subsection Acalyptratae.
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.
acatalepsia
acatalepsia
noun
Alternative form of acatalepsy
acatalepsy
acatalepsy
noun
Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
acataleptic
acataleptic
adj
Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.
noun
An adherent of acatalepsy
acceptabilities
acceptabilities
noun
plural of acceptability
acceptability
acceptability
noun
(military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
acceptable
acceptable
adj
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure
acceptableness
acceptableness
noun
The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
acceptably
acceptably
adv
In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
To an acceptable degree.
acceptedly
acceptedly
adv
In an accepted manner; admittedly.
acceptilate
acceptilate
verb
(transitive) To discharge a (claim) by acceptilation
acceptilated
acceptilated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acceptilate
acceptilating
acceptilating
verb
present participle of acceptilate
acceptilation
acceptilation
noun
(civil law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
(theology) The doctrine, laid down by Duns Scotus and maintained by the Arminians, that the satisfaction rendered by Christ was not in itself really a true or full equivalent, but was merely accepted by God, through his gracious goodwill, as sufficient.
acceptingly
acceptingly
adv
In a accepting manner; tolerantly.
accompanimental
accompanimental
adj
Relating to or serving as an accompaniment
accomplement
accompletive
accompletive
adj
(rare) Tending to 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
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
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.
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.
acetnaphthalide
acetoamidophenol
acetoxyphthalide
acetylperoxide
acetylphenol
acetylphenylhydrazine
acetyltropeine
achitophel
achromatophile
achromatophile
adj
Being or relating to an achromatophil.
acidoproteolytic
acidoproteolytic
adj
Relating to acidoproteolytes
acropetal
acropetal
adj
(botany) That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence.
acropetally
acropetally
adv
In an acropetal manner.
actipylea
adaptabilities
adaptabilities
noun
plural of adaptability
adaptable
adaptable
adj
Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
adaptableness
adaptableness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptable; adaptability.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
addlepate
addlepate
noun
Alternative form of addle pate
addlepated
addlepated
adj
Addled; confused; stupid; flustered.
addlepatedness
addlepatedness
noun
The quality of being addlepated.
addleplot
adelpholite
adenolipomatosis
adenolipomatosis
noun
(pathology) The formation of numerous adenolipomas in the neck, axilla and groin
adenophthalmia
adenylpyrophosphate
adenylpyrophosphate
noun
Synonym of adenosine triphosphate
adeptly
adeptly
adv
With great skill or knowledge.
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adoptabilities
adoptabilities
noun
plural of adoptability
adoptable
adoptable
adj
Able to be adopted.
Desirable to adopt.
noun
(online gaming) A unique creature for a user to adopt.
A person or animal that is eligible to be adopted.
adoptedly
adoptedly
adv
In a manner of something adopted.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adstipulate
adstipulated
aecioteliospore
aegyptilla
aeolopantalon
aeolopantalon
noun
(music) An obsolete musical instrument combining the aeolomelodicon with a piano, allowing them to be played separately or together.
aeolotropic
aeolotropic
adj
(physics) Pertaining to aeolotropy; of a body or substance, having physical properties (e.g., electric conductivity, refractive index) that depend on the direction in which they are measured.
aeolotropism
aeolotropism
noun
aeolotropy
aeolotropy
aeolotropy
noun
(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
aerophilatelic
aerophilatelic
adj
Of or relating to aerophilately.
aerophilatelist
aerophilatelist
noun
One who practices aerophilately; a collector of airmail stamps.
aerophilately
aerophilately
noun
(philately) The study or collection of airmail stamps, cancellations, etc.
aeroplanist
aeroplanist
noun
(archaic) an aeroplane pilot
aeroplankton
aeroplankton
noun
The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.
aeropleustic
aeropleustic
adj
(humorous) Of or pertaining to aerial navigation.
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
aetiophyllin
aetiotropically
affenspalte
afterclap
afterclap
noun
(South Africa, historical) A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
(archaic) An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
(archaic) An unfavourable turn of events following a favourable situation; an eventuality for which one ought to be prepared.
(humorous) A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
(obsolete) A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
(slang, obsolete) A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
afterhelp
afterplanting
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
afterpotential
afterpotential
noun
A small, transitory electrical potential that follows, and is dependent upon the main potential produced when a nerve is stimulated; seen as a small positive or negative spike on an oscillograph output.
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
ahepatokla
ahithophel
alberttype
albertype
albertype
noun
(historical) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
albitophyre
aldoheptose
aldoheptose
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aldose form of a heptose
aldopentose
aldopentose
noun
(biochemistry) A pentose that is also an aldose.
alectoromorphae
alectoromorphous
alectoropodes
alectoropodous
aleiptes
aleiptic
alepidote
alepidote
adj
(of a fish) not having scales
noun
A fish that has no scales
alepot
alepot
noun
(historical) A drinking-vessel in which ale is served.
aletap
alethopteis
alethopteroid
alethoscope
alethoscope
noun
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
algesireceptor
alimentotherapy
aliptae
alipteria
alipterion
aliptes
aliptteria
aliseptal
aliseptal
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
alkaptone
allelopathic
allelopathic
adj
relating to an allelopathy
allelopathy
allelopathy
noun
The release by a plant of a toxin to suppress growth of nearby competing plants.
allelotropic
allelotropism
allelotropy
allenport
allodelphite
alloeostropha
allomorphite
allopathetic
allopathetic
adj
Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
allopathetically
allopathies
allopathies
noun
plural of allopathy
allopatries
allophanate
allophanate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of allophanic acid
allophanates
allophanates
noun
plural of allophanate
allophite
allotrope
allotrope
noun
(chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element.
(linguistics) An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
(philosophy) An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
allotropies
allotropies
noun
plural of allotropy
allotropize
allotropize
verb
To change in physical properties but not in substance.
allotype
allotype
noun
(biochemistry) A genetically determined variant of the amino acid sequence of a protein.
(immunology) An immunoglobulin allotype; the allele of the antibody chains found in an individual.
(zoology, taxonomy) A designated paratype of a species (or lower-order taxon) that is the opposite sex of the holotype.
allotypes
allotypes
noun
plural of allotype
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
alloxyproteic
alopecist
alopecist
noun
One who undertakes to cure or prevent baldness.
alpasotes
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.