(medicine) A congenital absence or reduction in size of eyelids.
ableptical
ableptical
adj
Alternative form of ableptic (“blind”)
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
accomplice
accomplice
noun
(law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
(rare) A cooperator.
acephalina
acephaline
acephaline
adj
Of or pertaining to the parasitic protozoans of the suborder Acephalina
acephalism
acephalism
noun
The congenital lack of a head.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
achitophel
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acropoleis
acropoleis
noun
plural of acropolis
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adrianople
aedileship
aedileship
noun
(historical) The office of an aedile.
(historical) The period or duration of this office.
aegyptilla
aerophilia
aerophilic
aerophilic
adj
(biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen
ahithophel
alipterion
aliptteria
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
alpestrian
alpestrine
alpestrine
adj
Synonym of subalpine
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alphameric
alphameric
adj
Alternative form of alphanumeric
alphonsine
alphosises
alpinesque
alpinesque
adj
Having an alpine style.
altarpiece
altarpiece
noun
a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
ampelopsin
ampelopsin
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular flavanonol.
ampelopsis
ampelopsis
noun
A vine of the genus Ampelopsis
amphiboles
amphiboles
noun
plural of amphibole
amphophile
amphophile
noun
An amphophilic cell.
ampliative
ampliative
adj
That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information.
amplifiers
amplifiers
noun
plural of amplifier
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
anemophile
anemophile
noun
Any anemophilous plant.
anemophily
anemophily
noun
(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
anepiploic
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.
anglophile
anglophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile
anomaliped
anopheline
anopheline
adj
Of or pertaining to the anopheles mosquitoes.
noun
Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
antelopian
antelopine
anthophile
anthophile
noun
(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.
A person who loves flowers.
antilepsis
antileptic
antileptic
adj
(medicine) soothing, mood-stabilizing
antilepton
antilepton
noun
(physics) The antiparticle of a lepton.
antilipase
antilipase
adj
That counters the action of a lipase
antilopine
antilopine
adj
Relating to, or resembling, antelopes in the bovid subfamily Antelopinae.
Relating to, or resembling, antelopes in the tribe Antelopini within that subfamily
Relating to, or resembling, antelopes.
noun
An antilopine kangaroo
Any antelope in the subfamily Antelopinae
Any antelope in the tribe Antilopini
antiplague
antiplague
adj
Countering plague
antiplanet
antiplanet
noun
(astrophysics) A hypothetical planet composed of antimatter.
antipleion
antipleion
noun
A region of negative departure from a norm.
antipolice
antipolice
adj
Opposed to or prejudiced against the police
aperulosid
apiculated
apiculated
adj
(botany) apiculate
apiculture
apiculture
noun
The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.
apiologies
apolegamic
apologetic
apologetic
adj
(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
apologized
apologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologize
apologizer
apologizer
noun
Agent noun of apologize: one who apologizes.
apologizes
apologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apologize
apoplectic
apoplectic
adj
(archaic) Effused with blood.
(medicine) Of or relating to apoplexy.
Marked by extreme anger or fury.
noun
A person suffering from apoplexy.
apoplexies
apoplexies
noun
plural of apoplexy
aporetical
aporetical
Adjective
Tending to doubt.
apostolize
apostolize
verb
(archaic) To convert; to proselytize.
To make sacred or apostolic.
apothecial
apothecial
adj
(lichenology) Relating to the apothecium.
apotihecal
apozemical
appareling
appareling
noun
clothing
verb
present participle of apparel
appendical
appendical
adj
(rare, biology, specifically) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the vermiform appendix.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of an appendix or appendices (chiefly of books).
appendicle
appendicle
noun
A small appendage.
applausive
applausive
adj
Conveying applause.
appleringy
applesnits
appliances
appliances
noun
plural of appliance
applicable
applicable
adj
suitable for application, relevant
appositely
appositely
adv
In an apposite manner.
apppetible
apresoline
aprilesque
apterygial
apterygial
adj
(zoology) That lacks limbs, fins or wings.
asclepiade
asclepidin
aspergilla
aspergilli
aspergilli
noun
plural of aspergillus
asphaltite
asphaltite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of various bitumens containing asphaltenes.
aspherical
aspherical
adj
Not (quite) spherical
aspiculate
aspiculate
adj
Lacking spicules
asplenieae
asplenioid
astipulate
astipulate
verb
(obsolete) To assent.
atelopodia
audiophile
audiophile
noun
A person with an interest in high fidelity music and/or sound reproduction and its associated technology.
backsplice
backsplice
noun
Such a knot
verb
To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying
bailieship
baptizable
baptizable
adj
Alternative form of baptisable
battleship
battleship
noun
(military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
(military, nautical, archaic) A ship of the line.
A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).
A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
beadleship
beadleship
noun
The office of a beadle.
beclasping
beclasping
verb
present participle of beclasp
becrippled
bedimplies
bedimpling
bedimpling
verb
present participle of bedimple
beldamship
belgophile
bellypiece
bellypinch
beneplacit
bepillared
bepillared
adj
Furnished with pillars.
bepimpling
bepistoled
bepistoled
adj
Supplied with a pistol.
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
bibliopegy
bibliopegy
noun
The art of bookbinding.
bibliopole
bibliopole
noun
A bookseller.
bicephalic
bicephalic
Adjective
Having two heads.
billposter
billposter
noun
One who posts handbills or posters in public places.
bipaliidae
biparental
biparental
adj
Having two parents.
biparietal
biparietal
adj
(anatomy) Between the two parietal bones
bipartible
bipartible
adj
Capable of being divided into two parts.
bipedality
bipedality
noun
The condition of being bipedal; bipedalism.
bipersonal
bipersonal
adj
Relating to, or consisting of, two persons.
bipetalous
bipetalous
Adjective
Having two petals.
bipolarize
bipolarize
verb
To make bipolar
birthplace
birthplace
noun
(by extension) The location where something was created or devised.
The location where a person was born.
bishopless
bishopless
adj
(of a diocese) Without a bishop.
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
bistipuled
bisulphate
bisulphate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative spelling of bisulfate
bisulphide
bisulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of bisulfide
bisulphite
bisulphite
noun
(inorganic chemistry, Britain) Alternative spelling of bisulfite
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
blepharism
blephillia
bluepoints
bluepoints
noun
plural of bluepoint
blueprints
blueprints
noun
plural of blueprint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blueprint
butlership
butlership
noun
The rank, office, or position of a butler.
caerphilly
caerphilly
noun
A light-colored, crumbly cheese made from cow's milk.