(medicine) Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
abruptio
abruptio
noun
(music) An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
abruptiones
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
acanthocarpous
acanthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having the fruit covered with spines.
acanthocephalous
acanthocephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acanthophorous
acanthophorous
adj
Spine-bearing.
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acanthopomatous
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
acapulco
acarophilous
acarophilous
adj
(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.
accountantship
accountantship
noun
The office or employment of an accountant.
accouple
accouple
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To join; to couple.
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
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.
achlorophyllous
achlorophyllous
adj
(botany) not having chlorophyll and, hence, unable to engage in photosynthesis
achluophobia
achluophobia
noun
The fear of darkness.
achromophilous
achromophilous
adj
Not chromophilous.
acidophilous
acidophilous
adj
That thrives in an acidic environment
acidophilus
acidophilus
noun
Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
acouophonia
acoup
acoupa
acoupe
acousticophobia
acousticophobia
noun
Fear of noise.
acquophonia
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
acupunctuation
acupunctuation
noun
(rare) A pricking with or as if with a needle; the practice of acupuncture.
acupuncturation
acupuncturation
noun
(medicine, archaic) Acupuncture
acupuncturator
acupuncturator
noun
An acupuncturist.
adelomorphous
adelomorphous
adj
(medicine) Having a form that is not clearly defined, especially as applied to the principal cells in the pepsin glands of the stomach.
adelphous
adelphous
adj
(botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments.
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adenopodous
adenotyphus
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adiaphanous
adiaphanous
adj
Not transparent; not translucent; not diaphanous; opaque.
adiaphanousness
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
adipocellulose
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adipomatous
adiposuria
adiposuria
noun
Synonym of lipuria
adipous
adipous
adj
(anatomy, archaic) Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.
adipsous
adipsous
adj
(medicine) thirst-quenching
adolphus
adoptious
adoptious
adj
(obsolete) Adopted.
adscriptitious
adstipulation
adstipulator
aechmophorus
aegopodium
aelurophobe
aelurophobe
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobe
aelurophobia
aelurophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobia
aeluropodous
aeropause
aeropause
noun
The region of the atmosphere above which it is not possible for aircraft to fly
aeroperitoneum
aerophilous
aerophilous
adj
(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
aeropleustic
aeropleustic
adj
(humorous) Of or pertaining to aerial navigation.
aeropulse
aeropulse
noun
pulsejet
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
africanthropus
agastrophus
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
aggroup
aggroup
verb
(archaic) To bring together in a group; to group.
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
aglyphous
aglyphous
adj
(of a snake) Whose teeth are not specialized, especially whose teeth lack grooves for venom.
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
agranuloplastic
agriotypus
agueproof
agueproof
adj
Resistant to the ague.
ailurophile
ailurophile
noun
A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover.
ailurophiles
ailurophiles
noun
plural of ailurophile
ailurophilia
ailurophilia
noun
A fondness or love for cats or other felines.
ailurophilic
ailurophilic
adj
Of or relating to ailurophilia or ailurophiles.
ailurophobe
ailurophobe
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
ailurophobia
ailurophobia
noun
An irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
ailuropoda
ailuropus
albopruinose
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
albuminoscope
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
albumoscope
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alectoromorphous
alectoropodous
aleuroscope
alexandroupolis
algophagous
algophagous
adj
That eats algae
alkalurops
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
allagophyllous
allopalladium
allophylus
allopurinol
allopurinol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic drug which inhibits uric acid formation, used to treat gout and related conditions.
allopurinols
allopurinols
noun
plural of allopurinol
allotropous
allotropous
adj
(biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species of plant, or an insect which does not feed exclusively on one type of flower.
(botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar.
alopecurus
alopecus
alphatoluic
alphitomorphous
alphitomorphous
Adjective
Resembling barleymeal.
alphonsus
alternipetalous
alternisepalous
aluminaphone
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
amadelphous
amadelphous
adj
Outgoing; gregarious.
ambiparous
ambleocarpus
amblyocarpous
amblypodous
amidosulphonal
aminopurine
aminopurine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a purine
aminosulphonic
ammophilous
ammophilous
adj
Thriving in a sandy environment.
amorphophallus
amorphous
amorphous
adj
(by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
(by extension) Lacking organization or unity.
(physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.
(set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
amorphously
amorphously
adv
In an amorphous manner.
amorphousness
amorphousness
noun
The state or quality of being amorphous.
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
ampelidaceous
ampelidaceous
adj
(botany, obsolete) Of or belonging to the Ampelidaceae (now Vitaceae).
