(medicine) A point lying near the base of the nose; specifically, the point at the base of the anterior nasal spine that lies on the mesial line; tip of the anterior nasal spine.
acanthoid
acanthoid
adj
Having the shape of a spine or thorn
acanthoma
acanthoma
noun
(medicine) A neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin
acanthous
acanthous
adj
(botany) Synonym of spinous
acatholic
acatholic
adj
not Catholic
achaetous
achaetous
adj
(zoology) Without setae
acheilous
acheilous
adj
(obsolete, pathology) lipless
acheirous
acheirous
adj
Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
achenodia
acholuria
acholuria
noun
(pathology) A lack of bile pigments in the urine
acholuric
acholuric
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acholuria
achordata
achordate
achordate
adj
(biology) Not having a proto-spinal chord at any stage of development.
achromate
achromats
achromats
noun
plural of achromat
achromous
achromous
adj
colorless; achromatic
achronism
achropsia
achyrodes
acidophil
acidophil
noun
(immunology) An eosinophil; a white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body.
One of the endocrine acidophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including somatotrophs and lactotrophs.
acoluthic
acoluthic
adj
Pertaining to a residual sense impression immediately following a stimulus, as with an afterimage
acroliths
acroliths
noun
plural of acrolith
acropathy
acropathy
noun
Any disease specific to the extremities.
acrophony
acrophony
noun
The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
adhocracy
adhocracy
noun
(business, organizational theory) An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.
aegiochus
aeroyacht
aeroyacht
noun
(archaic) aeroboat
agallochs
ahistoric
ahistoric
adj
Synonym of ahistorical
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
alcathous
alchornea
alcoholic
alcoholic
adj
Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
Of or pertaining to alcohol.
Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.
noun
A person addicted to alcohol.
One who abuses alcohol.
aleochara
alopathic
althionic
amphicome
amphicome
Noun
A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination.
amphicyon
amphionic
anachoret
anaphoric
anaphoric
adj
Of, or relating to, an anaphora.
anchorage
anchorage
noun
(figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
(nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
anchorate
anchoress
anchoress
noun
(informal) An anchorwoman.
A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
anchorets
anchorets
noun
plural of anchoret
anchoring
anchoring
noun
(psychology) The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.
The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
verb
present participle of anchor
anchorite
anchorite
noun
One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
anchorman
anchorman
noun
(athletics) The most reliable runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
(blackjack) The last player in sequence, seated furthest to the right of the dealer.
(nautical) The person on a ship in charge of the anchor.
(television, radio) The main host of a television or radio program, particularly one relating to the broadcast of news.
anchormen
anchormen
noun
plural of anchorman
anchoveta
anchoveta
noun
A species of anchovy, Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
anchylose
anchylose
verb
Alternative form of ankylose
anhedonic
anhedonic
adj
(psychiatry, also figuratively) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure.
noun
(psychiatry) A person who has anhedonia.
anonychia
anonychia
noun
(medicine) The absence of nails.
anorchism
anorchism
noun
anorchia
anorchous
antapocha
antechoir
antechoir
noun
The division of a choir, that is divided as in some Spanish churches, that is further away from the sanctuary.
The part of a church in front of the choir, often reserved for the clergy and choristers.
anteporch
anthocarp
anthocarp
noun
(botany) A collective, composite or aggregated fruit formed from an entire inflorescence, as in the sorosis of a pineapple or the syconus of a fig.
(botany) A composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth.
(botany) A fruit formed by the union of the floral organs or part of them, with the fruit itself, as in Nyctagineae; also applied to fruits with accessories, sometimes termed pseudocarps, as the strawberry and pineapple.
(botany) A fruit resulting from many flowers, such as the pineapple; a fruit of which the perianth or the torus forms part.
(botany) In the Nyctaginaceae, individual apetalous flowers have a tubular, petaloid calyx that resembles a sympetalous corolla. The lower portion of the calyx tightly enwraps the one-seeded achene and is persistent around the fruit as an anthocarp. The calyx base plus the enclosed seed-bearing achene is the unit of dispersal.
(botany) Lower part of a perianth containing the fruit, the upper part having dropped away, well seen in plants of the family Nyctaginaceae.
anthocyan
anthocyan
noun
(organic chemistry) anthocyanin
anthozoic
anthozoic
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa.
anthropic
anthropic
adj
Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence.
antichlor
antichlor
noun
(chemistry) Any substance used to remove excess chlorine or hypochlorite from textiles etc after bleaching; typically sodium thiosulfate.
antiochus
antiochus
Proper noun
name, notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.
apocholic
apocrypha
apocrypha
noun
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
apophatic
apophatic
adj
(by extension) That which passively defines a thing by describing what it is not characteristic thereof.
(theology) Pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions.
apophonic
apophonic
adj
Of, pertaining to or characterized by apophony.
apothecal
apothecal
adj
Relating to drugs or pharmacy.
apotheces
apothecia
apothecia
noun
plural of apothecium
arachnoid
arachnoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arachnoid mater.
(arachnology, relational) Relating to or resembling spiders.
Relating to or resembling spider webs; covered with or composed of soft loose hairs or fibers.
noun
(astronomy) A round network of fractures in the crust of Venus.
(neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of arachnoid mater..
An arachnid.
archarios
archcount
archcrown
archdemon
archdemon
noun
(religion) A chief demon; an archdevil.
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archettos
archfelon
archhouse
archibold
archidome
archigony
archilowe
archimago
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
archizoic
archocele
archology
archology
noun
The science of government.
The study of the origins of things.
archontia
archontic
archontic
adj
Of or relating to an archon.
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
arcograph
arcograph
noun
An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point.
arthrodic
arthrodic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to arthrodia.
artichoke
artichoke
noun
A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
ascochyta
ascochyta
noun
Any fungus of the genus Ascochyta.
ascophore
ascyphous
ashochimi
astichous
astichous
adj
(botany) having a structure or layout that is not in rows
athetosic
athetosic
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to athetosis.
athetotic
athetotic
adj
Having, or relating to, athetosis.
athrocyte
athrocyte
noun
(biology) A cell that ingests foreign particles
atrichous
atrichous
adj
Without flagella.
atrochous
aurochses
autochton
autohemic
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
baccheion
bachelors
bachelors
noun
plural of bachelor
backcloth
backcloth
noun
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
balachong
balachong
noun
(cooking) A Malaysian and Singaporean form of ngapi, a Southeast Asian condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp.
bariloche
barmcloth
barmcloth
Noun
An apron.
barocchio
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
barouchet
barouchet
noun
Alternative spelling of barouchette
batchelor
batchelor
noun
(Britain) Archaic spelling of bachelor.
batchtown
beachboys
beachboys
noun
plural of beachboy
beachcomb
beachcomb
noun
An instance of beachcombing.
verb
To go beachcombing.
beachwood
beclothed
beclothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclothe
beclothes
beclothes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclothe
beechmont
beechwood
beechwood
noun
A wood largely populated with beech trees.
The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
benthonic
benthonic
adj
Synonym of benthic
berrichon
bichromic
bichromic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Related to bichromate
biochemic
bioethics
bioethics
noun
(ethics) The branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances.
biophysic
birchwood
birchwood
noun
(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
(uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.
bishopric
bishopric
noun
A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
The office or function of a bishop.
blechnoid
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
blockhole
blockhole
noun
(by extension) The approximate place where the toe of the bat touches the pitch when a batsman is taking guard.
(cricket) A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they have taken block.
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
blotchier
blotchier
adj
comparative form of blotchy: more blotchy
blotchily
blotchily
adv
In a blotchy manner.
blotching
blotching
noun
The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.
verb
present participle of blotch
blowtorch
blowtorch
noun
(US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.