(ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.
(ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin.
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.
Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
noun
(colloquial, usually plural only) An abdominal muscle.
(zoology, obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.
abidingly
abidingly
adv
In an abiding manner; permanently.
abuilding
abuilding
adj
(archaic, excluding US) Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
(archaic, excluding US) Developing or arising, as a trend or an idea.
acidulant
acidulant
noun
A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
acleidian
acleidian
adj
Alternative form of aclidian
adamantly
adamantly
adv
In an immovable or inflexible manner.
addlement
addlement
noun
confusion; an addled state
addleness
addleness
noun
The state or quality of being addle.
adelphian
adenalgia
adenalgia
noun
(pathology) Pain in a gland.
adenocele
adenocele
noun
A cystadenoma, a hidrocystoma.
adenoidal
adenoidal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
(of a voice) Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids.
adenology
adenology
noun
The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
adfluxion
adfluxion
noun
Alternative form of affluxion
adjournal
adjournal
noun
adjournment; postponement
adjunctly
adjunctly
adv
In an adjunct manner.
adlumidin
adminicle
adminicle
noun
(Scotland, law) Corroborative proof.
An auxiliary.
Background ornamentation on a coin or medal.
Something that aids or supports.
adnominal
adnominal
adj
(grammar) Involving or relating to words that modify a noun.
(grammar, dated) Of or pertaining to an adnoun (sensu stricto).
noun
(grammar) The adnominal case: A word or phrase qualifying a noun, such as an adjective or a relative clause.
adoringly
adoringly
adv
In an adoring manner.
adrenalin
adrenalin
noun
Alternative spelling of adrenaline
adrenally
adrenally
adv
In adrenal terms.
adulating
adulating
verb
present participle of adulate
adulation
adulation
noun
Flattery; fulsome praise.
adultness
adultness
noun
The state or quality of being an adult.
advential
adventual
adventual
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the Advent.
aelodicon
aeolodion
aeolodion
noun
Synonym of aeolodicon
aguinaldo
aguinaldo
noun
(Latin America) A Christmas carol.
A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
airplaned
airplaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airplane
aladinist
aladinist
Noun
One of a sect of freethinkers among the Muslims.
alarodian
albardine
alcedines
alcimedon
alcyonoid
alcyonoid
adj
(zoology) Like or relating to the Alcyonaria.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Alcyonaria.
aldeament
aldebaran
aldebaran
Proper noun
One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth.
alderamin
alderamin
Proper noun
A star in the constellation of Cepheus.
alderling
aldington
aldovandi
alejandra
alejandro
aleksandr
alexander
alexander
noun
A cocktail made of cognac or gin, white crème de cacao, and light cream.
alexandra
alexandre
alexandro
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
algidness
algidness
noun
The state or quality of being algid.
alienated
alienated
adj
Isolated; excluded; estranged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alienate
alimented
alimented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aliment
alimonied
alisander
allamanda
allamanda
noun
Any plant in the genus Allamanda, especially those grown in mild climates and indoors for their colorful flowers, such as Allamanda cathartica.
allantoid
allantoid
adj
(chiefly embryology) Allantoic.
(now chiefly mycology) Sausage-shaped; especially with reference to fungal spores that are long with rounded ends.
noun
(obsolete, embryology) The allantois.
alledonia
allemande
allemande
noun
A popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.
verb
To perform this dance.
allemands
allendale
allendorf
allenwood
allianced
allianced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alliance
almandine
almandine
noun
(mineralogy) A type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃.
almandite
almandite
noun
(mineralogy) almandine
almeidina
almendron
almendron
noun
The brazil nut tree.
almuredin
aloemodin
alongside
alongside
adv
Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
prep
Side by side with.
Together with or at the same time.
aluminide
aluminide
noun
(chemistry) Any intermetallic compound of aluminium and a more electropositive element
alvordton
amendable
amendable
adj
Capable of being amended.
amplidyne
amplidyne
noun
A form of electromechanical amplifier in which an AC motor drives a DC generator
amygdalin
amygdalin
noun
(biochemistry) A glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit.
amylidene
analysand
analysand
noun
A person who undergoes psychoanalysis; one who is analysed.
ancylopod
andalusia
andouille
andouille
noun
A spiced, heavily smoked Cajun pork sausage, often made from the entire gastrointestinal system of the pig.
androclea
androcles
androcles
Proper noun
The main character of a common folktale that is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156.
androclus
androidal
anecdotal
anecdotal
adj
Containing or abounding in anecdotes.
Of the nature of or relating to an anecdote.
aneuploid
aneuploid
adj
(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that is not a multiple of the haploid number.
noun
A cell or an organism having such a number of chromosomes.
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
angelized
angelized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of angelize
anglepods
anglified
angulated
angulated
adj
Synonym of angulate
verb
simple past tense and past participle of angulate
ankerhold
ankylosed
ankylosed
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.
(of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ankylose
annandale
annelidan
annelidan
adj
Of or pertaining to the annelids.
noun
An annelid.
annelides
annidalin
annulated
annulated
adj
(organic chemistry) Composed of several fused rings
Having rings
annuloida
antecedal
antenodal
antenodal
adj
Before a node or nodus
noun
An antenodal vein.
antidotal
antidotal
adj
(pharmacology) Relating to or being an antidote.
antimodel
antimodel
noun
Somebody or something that serves as the opposite of a model, representing what one does not want to be or achieve.
antinodal
antinodal
adj
(physics) Of, pertaining to, or located at an antinode
antipedal
antipodal
antipodal
adj
On opposite sides of the globe; pertaining to antipodes
diametrically opposite
noun
(biology) One of the cells at the chalazal pole of an embryo sac.
antiworld
antiworld
noun
(astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
apeldoorn
aphidlion
araneidal
arnoldist
arnoldson
aspidinol
aspidinol
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound 1-(2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)butan-1-one found in the rhizome of the male fern
atloidean
atloidean
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the atlas bone
auslander
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
baekeland
balaenoid
balaenoid
adj
Relating to whales of the family Balaenidae, certain of the baleen whales.
balanidae
balbinder
balconied
balconied
adj
That has a balcony attached.
baldachin
baldachin
noun
Alternative spelling of baldacchin
baldaquin
baldaquin
noun
Alternative form of baldacchin
baldcrown
baldmoney
baldmoney
noun
(obsolete) A Gentianeae tribe plant, gentian or felwort.
Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
baldoquin
ballooned
ballooned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balloon
bandalore
bandalore
noun
(historical) A yo-yo.
bandarlog
banderlog
banderole
banderole
noun
(architecture) A flat band with an inscription, common in Renaissance buildings.
A little banner, flag, or streamer.
banderols
banderols
noun
plural of banderol
bandfiled
bandlimit
bandlimit
noun
(physics) The limiting frequency of a signal beyond which the intensity of the signal is zero
bandoleer
bandoleer
noun
Alternative form of bandolier
bandolero
bandolero
noun
An outlaw or bandit, especially in Spain or Mexico.
bandolier
bandolier
noun
An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
bandoline
bandoline
noun
(dated) A glutinous pomatum for the hair.
verb
(dated, transitive) To apply bandoline to (the hair).
bandyball
bandyball
noun
(historical) An old game resembling hockey.
bardolino
barnacled
barnacled
adj
(figurative, by extension) Thickly covered in something, as if with barnacles.
(figuratively) Encumbered with something unnecessary or undesirable, especially through a slow, gradual process of accumulation.
(figuratively) Marked by personal experiences; worldly.
Crusted with barnacles.
Familiar with the ocean and/or seafaring.
Old and weathered, particularly with respect to persons or things associated with the ocean.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barnacle
barneveld
barnsdall
basilidan
batesland
beanfield
beanfield
noun
A field where beans are grown.
beclowned
beclowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclown
bedangled
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
beladying
beladying
verb
present participle of belady
belauding
belauding
verb
present participle of belaud
belemnoid
belemnoid
adj
dart-shaped; styloid
noun
(anatomy) The styloid process of the ulna or of the temporal bone.
(zoology) A member of the Belemnoidea, an extinct group of marine cephalopods.
bellyband
bellyband
noun
(equestrianism) A strap around the belly of a horse or other draft animal used to secure a saddle or the shafts of a cart.
(nautical) A band of canvas used to strengthen a sail.
A band worn by babies to protect the navel.
A band worn by expectant mothers to constrict and support the fetus.
A haramaki: a band of cloth worn around the abdomen to preserve stomach qi and boost circulation.
A type of dust jacket that covers only a portion of a book.