(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
ailurophile
ailurophile
noun
A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover.
ailurophobe
ailurophobe
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
alcoholuria
amphibryous
amphigouris
amphimorula
amphithuron
amphivorous
anguimorpha
aphoruridae
aphroditeum
aphroditous
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archilochus
archimorula
archineuron
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
augitophyre
austrophile
authorially
authorially
adv
as an author
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorities
authorities
noun
The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service
The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere
plural of authority
authorizers
authorizers
noun
plural of authorizer
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
auxochromic
auxochromic
adj
Relating to an auxochrome
auxographic
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
birdmouthed
boilerhouse
boilerhouse
noun
(nautical) The deckhouse above a ship's boiler and engine room.
A building containing a boiler.
boroughship
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
bothridiums
brachiosaur
brachiosaur
noun
Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
bronchiolus
bronchiolus
noun
A bronchiole.
bulgarophil
cerophilous
cheliferous
cheliferous
adj
Having chelae (cheliform claws)
chiaroscuro
chiaroscuro
adj
(figuratively) Possessing the qualities of a work of chiaroscuro.
noun
(art) A woodcut technique in which several woodcut blocks are used to print different shades of a color, or a woodcut print made by this technique.
(painting) A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
(painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume.
(photography) A photographic technique in which one side of the subject, for example a face, is well lit and the other is in shadow.
chiropodous
chiropodous
adj
(zoology) Having feet that are adapted for grasping
chirurgeons
chirurgeons
noun
plural of chirurgeon
chloriambus
chloroauric
chloroauric
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to chloroauric acid
chloroquine
chloroquine
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula C₁₈H₂₆ClN₃.
chondrinous
chontaquiro
chromaturia
chromaturia
noun
(pathology) Any abnormal colouration of the urine
churchgoing
churchgoing
adj
Regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian.
noun
The practice of regularly attending church.
chyliferous
chyliferous
adj
That bears or transmits chyle.
chymiferous
chymiferous
adj
Bearing or containing chyme
cistophorus
cistophorus
noun
an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista
citharoedus
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
coauthority
copublisher
copublisher
noun
A joint publisher; one of several publishers releasing a publication together.
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
crouchingly
crouchingly
adv
In a crouching manner; while crouched down; in a crouch.
curatorship
curatorship
noun
The rank or period of being a curator.
cuscohygrin
diathermous
diathermous
Adjective
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
dinotherium
dinotherium
noun
An extinct animal of large size, with elephant-like tusks curved down from its lower jaw.
disenshroud
disenshroud
verb
(transitive) To divest of a shroud; to unveil.
dishonoured
dishonoured
adj
Disgraced, defiled, treated with dishonour.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dishonour
dishonourer
dishonourer
noun
One who dishonours.
dolichosaur
dolichosaur
noun
Any extinct squamate reptile of the genus Dolichosaurus
downrushing
downrushing
verb
present participle of downrush
droughtiest
droughtiest
adj
superlative form of droughty: most droughty
drouthiness
drouthiness
noun
(Scotland, US) droughtiness
echinodorus
echiuroidea
echoviruses
echoviruses
noun
plural of echovirus
eleutherios
enshrouding
enshrouding
noun
The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering.
verb
present participle of enshroud
ereuthalion
erythronium
erythronium
noun
(obsolete) An early proposed name for vanadium.
A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.
euchromatic
euchromatic
adj
Of or pertaining to euchromatin.
euchromatin
euchromatin
noun
(genetics) uncoiled dispersed threads of chromosomal material that occurs during interphase; it stains lightly with basic dyes
euphoriants
euphoriants
noun
plural of euphoriant
euthytropic
exauthorize
exauthorize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of authority.
flourishers
flourishers
noun
plural of flourisher
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
fluorhydric
fluorhydric
adj
Alternative form of fluohydric
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
foundership
foundership
noun
The condition of having founded something.
fourfiusher
furloughing
furloughing
verb
present participle of furlough
galeorhinus
grouchiness
grouchiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
grouchingly
grouchingly
adv
In a grouchy manner; grouchily.
groupthinks
harbourside
harbourside
adj
Located on or near a harbour.
noun
(British spelling) An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)
helicorubin
hemipterous
hemipterous
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran
hemitropous
hemitropous
adj
(botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous
Turned half round; half inverted.
hemocyturia
herbicolous
herbiferous
herbiferous
adj
Bearing herbs or vegetation.
herbivorous
herbivorous
adj
Feeding chiefly on plants.
hermoupolis
heterecious
heterecious
adj
(biology) living on one host at one stage (or generation) and then upon another in the next
heteroauxin
heteroauxin
noun
A growth-promoting hormone, 3-indoleacetic acid, occurring in some plants.
heteroicous
heteroicous
adj
(botany) heteroecious
heteroousia
hilariously
hilariously
adv
In a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly.
With great hilarity or mirth.
hippocurius
hippotragus
hippuritoid
hircocervus
hircocervus
noun
(mythology) A mythical creature, half goat, half stag.
hirsutulous
hirsutulous
adj
(biology) Having small or sparse hairs.
hirundinous
hirundinous
adj
hirundine
holothurian
holothurian
noun
(zoology) sea cucumber (of the class Holothuroidea)
homebuilder
homebuilder
noun
A person or company which builds houses
homiculture
homiculture
noun
human stirpiculture; eugenics
homiliarium
honduranian
honorariums
hormigueros
hormogonium
hormogonium
noun
(biology) A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament
horticultor
horticultor
noun
One who cultivates a garden.
houseminder
houseminder
noun
A person employed to look after another person's house while the usual occupants are absent.
houseridden
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
humiliatory
humiliatory
adj
humiliating
hydraulicon
hydraulicon
noun
An ancient musical instrument, the water organ.
hydrodiuril
hydrogenium
hydrogenium
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) Hydrogen, especially when formerly considered as a metal.
hydropultic
hydroquinol
hypocarpium
hypocarpium
noun
(botany) An enlarged fleshy structure that forms below the fruit, from the receptacle or hypanthium.
hyponitrous
hyponitrous
adj
Of or pertaining to hyponitrous acid or its derivatives
ichthyosaur
ichthyosaur
noun
Any of several fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to the late Cretaceous period, that had a body somewhat like a porpoise.
isochronous
isochronous
adj
(computing) Of or pertaining to the use of clocks derived from the same clock reference.
(computing) of or pertaining to data associated with time-sensitive applications.
Happening at regular intervals; isochronal.
isomorphous
isomorphous
adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting isomorphism.
isothermous
istiophorus
lethiferous
lethiferous
adj
(obsolete) Deadly, lethal.
leucochroic
liquorishly
lithocarpus
locutorship
luminophore
luminophore
noun
(chemistry, physics) That part of a molecule that is responsible for a given emission band when it undergoes luminescence.