(medicine) Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
abouchement
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
accoucheurs
accoucheurs
noun
plural of accoucheur
accoucheuse
accoucheuse
noun
(rare) A midwife.
achromatium
achromatous
achromatous
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
acidophilus
acidophilus
noun
Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
acouophonia
acquophonia
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
acronychous
acrorrheuma
acrostichum
adenotyphus
adiaphanous
adiaphanous
adj
Not transparent; not translucent; not diaphanous; opaque.
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
aelurophobe
aelurophobe
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobe
aerohydrous
aerohydrous
adj
Composed of or containing air and water.
aerophilous
aerophilous
adj
(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
agastrophus
ailurophile
ailurophile
noun
A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover.
ailurophobe
ailurophobe
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
alcoholuria
algophagous
algophagous
adj
That eats algae
allochroous
allochroous
adj
Changed in color, as plumage after moulting
alphatoluic
amadelphous
amadelphous
adj
Outgoing; gregarious.
ammophilous
ammophilous
adj
Thriving in a sandy environment.
amorphously
amorphously
adv
In an amorphous manner.
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
amphibryous
amphigamous
amphigamous
adj
(botany) Having an entirely cellular structure and no distinct sexual organs.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigonium
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigouris
amphilochus
amphimorula
amphioxuses
amphioxuses
noun
plural of amphioxus
amphipodous
amphipodous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
amphistomum
amphithuron
amphitokous
amphivorous
amphogenous
anacanthous
anacanthous
adj
Spineless, like certain fishes.
anachronous
anachronous
Adjective
anachronistic
anacoluthia
anacoluthia
noun
(grammar) A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
anacoluthic
anacoluthic
adj
Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
anacoluthon
anacoluthon
noun
(grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
(rhetoric) Intentional use of such a structure.
anacoluttha
anakoluthia
anamorphous
anamorphous
adj
distorted, deformed
anantherous
anantherous
adj
(botany) Without anthers
androphorum
androphorum
noun
(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which emerge the stamens.
anguimorpha
anhydrously
anisanthous
anomphalous
anoplanthus
anthogenous
anthropodus
aphoruridae
aphroditeum
aphroditous
apophyllous
apostrophus
aquashicola
archbuffoon
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archelochus
archfounder
archilochus
archimorula
archineuron
arrhythmous
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
ascophorous
ascophyllum
athermanous
athermanous
adj
Not transmitting heat.
auchincloss
audiophiles
audiophiles
noun
plural of audiophile
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
augitophyre
austrophile
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authorcraft
authorcraft
noun
The craft of an author; the writing of books.
authoresses
authoresses
noun
plural of authoress
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
autocephaly
autocephaly
noun
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autochthons
autochthons
noun
plural of autochthon.
autochthony
autochthony
noun
An aboriginal condition or state.
autocoherer
autocoherer
noun
(historical, wireless telegraphy) A self-restoring coherer, such as a microphonic detector.
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
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.
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
autophonous
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autorrhaphy
autotheater
autotherapy
autotherapy
noun
(medicine) Self-treatment of a medical condition.
(medicine) The spontaneous cure of a medical condition.
(medicine) Treament of a disease by administration of filtrates from the patient's own pathological secretions, such as the ingestion of discharge from wounds.
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
auxohormone
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
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
azosulphine
azothionium
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
barouchette
barouchette
noun
A light barouche.
barrelhouse
barrelhouse
noun
(music) A loud, percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns.
A rough and tumble drinking establishment.
bashibazouk
bashibazouk
noun
Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk
basophilous
basophilous
adj
Alternative form of basophilic
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bawdyhouses
bawdyhouses
noun
plural of bawdyhouse
behavioural
behavioural
adj
(British spelling) Of or pertaining to behaviour.
bicephalous
bicephalous
adj
(zoology) Having two heads.
blasphemous
blasphemous
adj
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy.
bleachhouse
boulderhead
brachiosaur
brachiosaur
noun
Any of several massive, herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Brachiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
brachyurous
brachyurous
adj
(zoology) brachyural
buffalofish
bulbochaete
bulgarophil
buphthalmos
buphthalmos
noun
(medicine) Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
cacophonous
cacophonous
adj
Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
calochortus
calophyllum
caoutchoucs
caoutchoucs
noun
plural of caoutchouc
cardophagus
carpophorus
cataloguish
ceanothuses
ceanothuses
noun
plural of ceanothus
cephaleuros
cephalodium
cephalodium
noun
A small gall-like structure found in some lichens that contain cyanobacterial symbionts.
cephalophus
chaenolobus
chalcioecus
champertous
champertous
adj
Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
