(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
adstipulation
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
agranuloplastic
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alternipetalous
alternisepalous
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
amplitudinous
amputational
amputational
adj
Of or relating to amputation.
andropetalous
anisopetalous
anisopetalous
adj
(botany) Having unequal petals.
anophthalmus
anoplanthus
anoplotherium
anoplotherium
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium.
anteoperculum
anthocephalous
anthophilous
anthophilous
adj
Living or growing on flowers
anthropomorphously
anthropomorphously
adv
In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
anthropophagously
anthropophagously
adv
In an anthropophagous manner.
anthropophilous
anthropophilous
adj
Synonym of anthropophilic
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antipetalous
antipetalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antepetalous
antipollution
antipollution
adj
Reducing or opposing pollution.
noun
Anything that helps the environment by reducing pollution.
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antipopular
antipopular
adj
Opposing the people.
antipopularization
antipopulationist
antipopulationist
adj
Opposing overpopulation.
noun
One who opposes overpopulation.
antipopulism
antiproductively
antisepalous
antisepalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antesepalous
antispeculation
antispeculation
adj
(economy) Opposing or countering financial speculation.
antiunemployment
antiunemployment
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering unemployment.
apetalousness
apetalousness
noun
(botany) The state or quality of being apetalous.
apiculation
aplostemonous
aplostemonous
adj
Alternative form of haplostemonous
aquopentamminecobaltic
aristorepublicanism
asterospondylous
astipulation
astipulation
noun
(obsolete) stipulation; agreement
australanthropus
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.
autoanticomplement
autodepolymerization
autoepilation
autohypnotically
autolaryngoscope
autolaryngoscope
noun
A laryngoscope modified for autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopic
autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopy
noun
laryngoscopy or one's own larynx
automanipulation
automanipulative
autophyllogeny
autopsychoanalysis
autopsychoanalysis
noun
psychoanalysis of oneself
autotransplant
autotransplant
noun
autotransplantation
verb
To transplant from one part of the body to another.
autotransplantation
autotransplantation
noun
(surgery) The transplantation of tissue from one part of the body to another
balanopreputial
balanopreputial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the glans penis and the foreskin
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bismutoplagionite
blastoneuropore
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bluepoint
bluepoint
noun
(felinology) A colourpoint cat with blue markings.
(marine biology) A small oyster, Crassostrea virginica, from the eastern United States seaboard.
bluepoints
bluepoints
noun
plural of bluepoint
boltuprightness
branchiopulmonata
branchiopulmonate
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
bunolophodont
bunolophodont
adj
(zoology) Having molars with transverse ridges and rounded cusps on the occlusal surface
calyptorhynchus
cantaloup
cantaloup
noun
Alternative form of cantaloupe
cantaloupe
cantaloupe
noun
(Australia, US) Having a rough skin resembling netting; also known as muskmelon or rockmelon.
(UK, Ireland) Smooth-skinned, also known as true cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and also grown in Europe.
An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
cantharophilous
cantharophilous
adj
Synonym of cantharophilic
capitulation
capitulation
noun
A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
capitulations
capitulations
noun
plural of capitulation
capsulation
capsulation
noun
(medicine) The enclosing of (typically) a drug in a capsule
capsulolenticular
capsulolenticular
adj
(anatomy) relating to the lens (of the eye) and its capsule
centrolepidaceous
centrolepidaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Centrolepidaceae.
centuplication
centuplication
noun
multiplication by one hundred
cephalanthous
chloroplatinous
circumplication
colipuncture
colopuncture
colpeurynter
colpeurynter
noun
(obsolete, medicine) An inflatable bag used to dilate the vagina or cervical canal.
complaintful
complaintful
adj
(obsolete) Full of complaint.
complutensian
complutensian
Adjective
Of or relating to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares), a city near Madrid in Spain.
compunctionless
compunctionless
adj
Without compunction.
compunctiously
compunctiously
adv
With compunction.
computational
computational
adj
Of or relating to computation.
computationally
computationally
adv
In a computational manner
Using computation
conceptacular
conceptacular
adj
Of or relating to a conceptacle.
conceptaculum
conceptaculum
noun
Obsolete form of conceptacle.
conceptual
conceptual
adj
Of or relating to conceptualism.
Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
conceptualisation
conceptualisation
noun
The act of conceptualising, or something conceptualised.
conceptualise
conceptualise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conceptualize.
conceptualised
conceptualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conceptualise
conceptualising
conceptualising
verb
present participle of conceptualise
conceptualism
conceptualism
noun
(philosophy) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects; the doctrine that universals have an existence in the mind apart from any concrete embodiment.
The art movement towards conceptual art.
conceptualist
conceptualist
noun
(philosophy) One who maintains the theory of conceptualism.
An artist involved in the conceptualism movement.
conceptualistic
conceptualistic
adj
Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
conceptualistically
conceptualistically
adv
In a conceptualistic sense.
conceptualists
conceptualists
noun
plural of conceptualist
conceptuality
conceptuality
noun
the state or quality of being conceptual
conceptualization
conceptualization
noun
The concept so formed; something conceptualized
The process of forming a conceptual form of a phenomenon; the act of conceptualizing
conceptualizations
conceptualizations
noun
plural of conceptualization
conceptualize
conceptualize
verb
To conceive the idea for something.
To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.
conceptualized
conceptualized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize
conceptualizer
conceptualizer
noun
One who conceptualizes.
conceptualizes
conceptualizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize
conceptualizing
conceptualizing
verb
present participle of conceptualize
conceptually
conceptually
adv
In a conceptual manner
conduplicate
conduplicate
adj
(botany) Of leaves: folded (doubled) lengthwise.
conduplicated
conduplicated
adj
Synonym of conduplicate
conduplication
conduplication
noun
(botany) An instance of being conduplicate
consultantship
consultantship
noun
The role or position of a consultant.
consumptible
consumptional
consumptional
adj
Relating to consumption.
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
contemplature
contemporaneously
contemporaneously
adv
In the same period of time.
contemptful
contemptful
adj
Full of contempt.
contemptuously
contemptuously
adv
In a disrespectful or discourteous manner; condescendingly.
contortuplicate
contortuplicate
adj
(botany) Plaited lengthwise and also twisted.
contrapuntal
contrapuntal
adj
(music) Of or relating to counterpoint.
(music, of a piece of music) With two or more independent melodic lines.
Of or in counterpoint.
contrapuntalist
contrapuntally
contrapuntally
adv
In a contrapuntal manner
contrascriptural
contrascriptural
adj
(religion) contrary to Scripture
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
copulation
copulation
noun
(countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.
copulations
copulations
noun
plural of copulation
copunctal
copunctal
adj
(mathematics) Having a point in common
corpulent
corpulent
adj
(obsolete) Physical, material, corporeal.
Large in body; fat; overweight.
corpulently
corpulently
adv
In a corpulent manner.
corpulentness
corpulentness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being corpulent.
corruptibleness
corruptibleness
noun
The state or quality of being corruptible.
corruptingly
corruptingly
adv
In a corrupting manner.
corticopeduncular
corticopeduncular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebral cortex and the peduncles.
corundophilite
costopulmonary
costopulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the lungs.
cotemporaneously
cotemporaneously
adv
During the same time period.
counterappeal
counterappeal
noun
(law) An appeal lodged in response to an earlier appeal.
counterappellant
counterappellant
noun
(law) One who makes a counterappeal.
countercomplaint
countercomplaint
noun
A complaint raised in response to another complaint, and usually against the party that complained first
countercomplaints
countercomplaints
noun
plural of countercomplaint
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
counterdiscipline
counterdiscipline
noun
A discipline that opposes another discipline.
counterexample
counterexample
noun
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.