(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acrindolin
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
additional
additional
adj
Supplemental or added to something.
noun
Something added.
adelantado
adelantado
noun
(historical) A governor of a province; a commander, in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adjoinedly
adjoinedly
adv
In an adjoined manner; connectedly.
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
adrenalone
adrenalone
noun
An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
adrianople
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminoid
albuminoid
adj
like albumen
of albumin
noun
A simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
aldoketene
aldolizing
aldononose
aldrovanda
alessandro
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
allargando
allargando
adv
(music) Decreasing in tempo; getting slower.
allentando
allowanced
allowanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allowance
almochoden
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
aluconidae
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
analogized
analogized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogize
anchorhold
anchorhold
noun
(figurative) Firm hold; security.
The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
The residence of an anchorite or anchoress.
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
ancylopoda
andouillet
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
androgynal
androgynal
adj
androgynous
androlepsy
androphyll
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
angledozer
angledozer
noun
A kind of bulldozer whose blade can be tilted at an angle
anguilloid
anguilloid
adj
eellike
noun
Any eel of the suborder Anguilloidei
animalhood
animalhood
noun
The state or period of being an animal.
anisopodal
annelidous
annelidous
adj
Of or pertaining to annelids
anodically
anodically
adv
In an anodic manner.
anolympiad
anomaliped
anomalipod
antedorsal
anthradiol
antidromal
antidromal
adj
(botany) antidromous
(neurology) antidromic
antilipoid
antilipoid
noun
(biochemistry) A substance that destroys or degrades lipoids.
aplodontia
appledrone
arecolidin
asplenioid
avondbloem
avondbloem
noun
Alternative form of aandblom
baldachino
baldmoneys
banderoled
banderoles
banderoles
noun
plural of banderole
bandoleers
bandoleers
noun
plural of bandoleer
bandoleros
bandoleros
noun
plural of bandolero
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
basutoland
basutoland
Proper noun
Lesotho.
bayldonite
bayldonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
belladonna
belladonna
noun
A plant, Atropa belladonna, having purple bell-shaped flowers and poisonous black glossy berries.
An alkaloid extracted from this plant, sometimes used medicinally, containing atropine.
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
bidiagonal
bidiagonal
adj
(mathematics) Describing a matrix that has non-zero entries along the main diagonal and either the diagonal above or the diagonal below.
bladenboro
blandation
blandation
noun
(obsolete) flattery
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bloodstain
bloodstain
noun
A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed blood.
bobadilian
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
bollandist
bollandist
Noun
Any member of an association of scholars, originally all Jesuits, who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity.
bonnerdale
borderland
borderland
noun
Land near a border; marches.
bottomland
bottomland
noun
(chiefly US) Flat land along a river, lying a few feet above normal high water, often consisting of alluvial deposits and naturally fertile.
bransolder
broadalbin
broadlands
broadlings
brookeland
brownsdale
butanolide
butanolide
noun
(organic chemistry) The cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybutanoic acid; any of its derivatives
calamondin
calamondin
noun
A small decorative evergreen citrus tree, of the hybrid Citrus × microcarpa (syn. ×Citrofortunella mitis), sometimes cultivated for its fruit.
caledonian
caledonian
Adjective
In or from Caledonia.
In or from New Caledonia.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Caledonia; a Scot.
caledonite
caledonite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate / sulfate mineral of copper and lead
calodaemon
calydonian
candlebomb
candlebomb
noun
A pasteboard shell used in signaling, filled with a substance which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
candlewood
candlewood
noun
Dacryodes excelsa, a tree native to Puerto Rico.
Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus, a medium-sized evergreen tree indigenous to South Africa.
candyfloss
candyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of candy floss
canoodling
canoodling
noun
amorous pettings or caresses
verb
present participle of canoodle
carbondale
carloading
carloading
noun
(rail transport) The loading of a freight car.
castorland
celadonite
celadonite
noun
(mineralogy) A blueish-green form of mica.
celiodynia
centroidal
centroidal
adj
(graph theory, of a tree) Having a single centroid.
Of or pertaining to a centroid.
chalcedony
chalcedony
noun
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
chelonidae
chiliadron
chilopodan
chlidanope
chondrilla
cladoceran
cladoceran
noun
Any of the small crustaceans of the order Cladocera
cladonioid
cladonioid
adj
Relating to the genus Cladonia of cup lichen.
clangoured
clangoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clangour
cnidoblast
cnidoblast
noun
(biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops
coalisland
coalisland
Proper noun
a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
coislander
coislander
noun
An inhabitant of the same island.
collarband
colonnaded
colonnaded
adj
(architecture) Having one or more colonnades.
colonnades
colonnades
noun
plural of colonnade
coloradans
coloradoan
colpindach
colpindach
noun
(Scotland, law, obsolete) A two-year-old heifer.
columnated
columnated
adj
(architecture) Having columns; columnar
complained
complained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complain
conchoidal
conchoidal
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a conchoid; that may be defined as a conchoid.
(mineralogy, of a fracture) Irregular, with planar, concentric curves, similar to those on a mussel shell.
(mineralogy, of a mineral) That fractures with planar concentric curves (e.g., as flint, chert or obsidian).
concordial
concordial
adj
(rare) concordant, harmonious
correlated to grammatical concord
condonable
condonable
adj
That can be condoned.
condylarth
condylarth
noun
Any of a group of extinct placental mammals, early ungulates, known from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.
condylomas
condylomas
noun
plural of condyloma
confederal
confederal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being a confederation.
conoidally
conoidally
adv
In a conoidal manner.
conoidical
conoidical
adj
Alternative form of conoidic
consulated
coriandrol
coriandrol
noun
(organic chemistry) Linalool.
coromandel
coromandel
noun
Synonym of calamander
coronalled
corydaline
corydaline
noun
(biochemistry) A bioactive isoquinoline alkaloid.
cotsetland
cottondale
cradlesong
cradlesong
noun
Alternative form of cradle song
cycloidean
cycloidian
cycloidian
noun
(zoology) cycloid
cylindroma
cylindroma
noun
A tumor with nests of cells that resemble a cylinder in cross section.