A muscoid fly belonging to the subsection Acalyptratae.
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
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.
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.
acceptably
acceptably
adv
In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
To an acceptable degree.
acceptancy
acceptancy
noun
(dated) acceptance
acceptedly
acceptedly
adv
In an accepted manner; admittedly.
acceptingly
acceptingly
adv
In a accepting manner; tolerantly.
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.
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.
acetopyrin
acetopyrine
acetopyrine
noun
(medicine) An acetylsalicylate of antipyrine
acetoxyphthalide
acetylperoxide
acetylphenol
acetylphenylhydrazine
acetyltropeine
acidoproteolytic
acidoproteolytic
adj
Relating to acidoproteolytes
acidosteophyte
acidosteophyte
noun
(medicine) A sharp or needle-shaped osteophyte.
acropetally
acropetally
adv
In an acropetal manner.
actinopterygian
actinopterygian
adj
Of the nature of fish of the class Actinopterygii.
noun
(zoology) Any of the ray-finned fish of the taxonomic class Actinopterygii.
actinopterygii
actinopterygious
actinostereoscopy
actinotherapy
actinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.
actipylea
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
aerocartography
aerocartography
noun
The making of maps based on an aerial survey of the terrain.
aerophysicist
aetiotropically
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
allopathetically
alloxyproteic
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphitheatrically
amphitheatrically
adv
With some apparent characteristics of an amphitheatre.
amylopectin
amylopectin
noun
(biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
anapaestically
anapaestically
adv
Alternative form of anapestically
anapestically
anapestically
adv
In an anapestic manner.
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.
anemometrographically
anerythroplastic
ankylopoietic
antepyretic
antepyretic
Adjective
Preceding a fever
anthropocentrically
anthropocentrically
adv
In an anthropocentric manner.
anthropocentricity
anthropocentricity
noun
The quality of being anthropocentric.
anthropodeoxycholic
anthropometrically
anthropometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, anthropometry.
anthropoteleoclogy
anthypophoretic
antianaphylactogen
anticipatively
anticipatively
adv
In an anticipative manner; expectantly.
anticomplementary
anticomplementary
adj
(geometry) antimedial
(immunology) That diminishes the action of an immunological complement
antiempirically
antipathetically
antipathetically
adv
In an antipathetic fashion.
antiperistatically
antiphylloxeric
antiphylloxeric
adj
Destroying or countering the phylloxera insect.
antiphysicalness
antipoetically
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antiproductively
antiprojectivity
antipyretic
antipyretic
adj
(pharmacology) That reduces fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
antipyretics
antipyretics
noun
plural of antipyretic
antiseptically
antiseptically
adv
In an antiseptic manner.
Regarding antisepsis.
apaestically
apathetically
apathetically
adv
In an apathetic manner.
apectomy
aperiodicity
aperiodicity
noun
The condition of being aperiodic
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.
apicoectomy
apicoectomy
noun
(surgery) An endodontic surgical procedure whereby a tooth's root tip is removed and a root end cavity is prepared and filled with a biocompatible material
apocentricity
apocentricity
noun
The property of being apocentric.
apocryphate
apocyte
apocyte
noun
(cytology) A multinucleate cell
apodeictically
apodeictically
adv
In an apodeictic manner.
apogeotropically
apogeotropically
adv
(botany) In an apogeotropic manner; of leaves and other botanical structures, in a manner that bends away from the ground.
apologetically
apologetically
adv
In an apologetic manner; by way of defense, apology or excuse.
apomecometry
apomecometry
noun
The art of measuring the distance of far-off objects.
apoplectically
apoplectically
adv
In an apoplectic manner.
aposematically
aposematically
adv
(ecology) In an aposematic manner.
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
apothecaryship
apothecaryship
noun
The state or period of working as an apothecary.
apothegmatically
apothegmatically
adv
In an apothegmatic way.
appendectomy
appendectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
appendicectomy
appendicectomy
noun
(surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix
appendicocaecostomy
appendicostomy
appendicostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of an opening into the vermiform appendix, typically via the navel
apperceptively
apperceptively
adv
In an apperceptive manner.
appetency
appetency
noun
Strong desire; craving; powerful instinct.
applicatively
applicatively
adv
In an applicative manner.
appreciatingly
appreciatingly
adv
Appreciatively, with appreciation: in an appreciating manner.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
appreciatorily
appreciatorily
adv
(obsolete, rare) With appreciation; appreciatively.
appreciatory
appreciatory
adj
Showing appreciation; appreciative.
apyretic
apyretic
adj
(medicine) Without fever, free from fever.
archaeopterygiformes
archaeopteryx
archeopteryx
archeopteryx
noun
A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds.
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archetypally
archetypally
adv
In an archetypal way.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
archetypical
archetypical
adj
In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized model or most representative.
archetypically
archetypically
adv
In an archetypical fashion.
archetypist
archetypist
noun
A proponent of the Jungian concept of archetypes.
archhypocrite
archiepiscopality
archiepiscopality
noun
(ecclesiastical) The rank or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.
archipresbyter
archipterygial
archipterygium
archipterygium
noun
(anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
architypographer
archpresbyter
archpresbyter
noun
(ecclesiastical) An archpriest.
archpresbyterate
archpresbytery
archpresbytery
noun
(ecclesiastical) The absolute dominion of presbytery.
archprototype
arteriocapillary
arteriocapillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arteries and the capillaries.
arteriosympathectomy
arthroendoscopy
aryepiglottic
aryepiglottic
adj
(anatomy) Referring to a group of tissues between the epiglottis and the arytenoid cartilage, or the use of these folds during vocalization.
arytenoepiglottic
aseptically
aseptically
adv
In an aseptic manner.
asterospondylic
asymmetrocarpous
atmospherically
atmospherically
adv
In an atmospheric manner.
With regard to the atmosphere.
autocatalepsy
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.
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.
autolaryngoscope
autolaryngoscope
noun
A laryngoscope modified for autolaryngoscopy
autonephrectomy
bacteriochlorophyll
bacteriochlorophyll
noun
(biology) A photosynthetic pigment occurring in various phototrophic bacteria, related to the chlorophylls.
bacteriopathology
bacteriophagy
bacteriophagy
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
bacterioscopically
bacterioscopically
adv
By means of bacterioscopy.
bacterioscopy
bacterioscopy
noun
The use of microscopy to study bacteria.
bacteriotherapy
bacteriotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any therapeutic use of bacteria
bacteriotrypsin
bathypelagic
bathypelagic
adj
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.
bathyscape
bathyscape
noun
Alternative form of bathyscaphe
bathyscaphe
bathyscaphe
noun
A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.
bathyscaphes
bathyscaphes
noun
plural of bathyscaphe
behypocrite
beneplacity
bicycloheptane
bicycloheptane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any bicyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon that has seven carbon atoms
(organic chemistry) The compound cycloheptylcycloheptane