Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acephalous
acephalous
adj
(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
achenocarp
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.
aerophilic
aerophilic
adj
(biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen
aerophobic
aerophobic
adj
Disliking or avoiding air.
Having a fear of flying in aircraft.
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
apothecial
apothecial
adj
(lichenology) Relating to the apothecium.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
apotihecal
approached
approached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approach
approacher
approacher
noun
(astronomy) An asteroid on a near-Earth trajectory.
Someone or something that approaches.
approaches
approaches
noun
(military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post.
Movements to gain favour; advances.
plural of approach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approach
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archespore
archespore
noun
(biology) A group of cells from which microspores or megaspores develop
archipenko
archispore
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
baphometic
beachdrops
beechdrops
beechdrops
noun
Epifagus virginiana or Epifagus americana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees.
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
calciphobe
calciphobe
noun
Any calciphobous plant.
cameograph
camphanone
campholide
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
camphorize
camphorone
canephorae
canephoroe
canephoroi
canephoros
canephorus
carpholite
carpholite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
carpophore
carpophore
noun
(botany) A thin stalk that raises the pistil above the stamens in some plants.
(mycology) The stem of the fruiting body in higher fungi.
carpophyte
carpophyte
noun
(botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.
catchpoled
celeomorph
celiolymph
cellophane
cellophane
noun
Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.
verb
(transitive) To wrap or package in cellophane.
celtophobe
cenotaphic
cenotaphic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph.
censorship
censorship
noun
(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
cephalodia
cephalodia
noun
plural of cephalodium
cephalonia
cephalonia
Proper noun
A Greek island in the eastern Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands.
cephalopod
cephalopod
noun
Any mollusc, of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
cephalotus
cerography
cerography
noun
A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.
cetomorpha
chaetopoda
chamaerops
champenois
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chaparejos
chaparejos
noun
chaps (trousers)
chapelgoer
chapelgoer
noun
One who regularly attends chapel.
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
chaperones
chaperones
noun
plural of chaperone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperone
chapournet
chassepots
chassepots
noun
plural of chassepot
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
cheiropody
cheiropody
noun
Archaic form of chiropody.
chelophore
chemopause
chemotroph
chemotroph
noun
An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.
chickenpox
chickenpox
noun
Alternative form of chicken pox
chimneypot
chimneypot
noun
Alternative form of chimney pot
chiroptera
chlidanope
choeropsis
chokestrap
chokestrap
noun
A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.
cholophein
chopfallen
chopfallen
adj
Synonym of chapfallen
chophouses
chophouses
noun
plural of chophouse
choppiness
choppiness
noun
the state of being choppy
chorioptes
christoper
christophe
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
chromotype
chromotype
noun
(historical) A photographic picture in the natural colours
(historical) A sheet printed in colour by any process, such as a chromolithograph
chronopher
chronopher
noun
(historical) An instrument that transmits the correct time to distant points by means of electricity.
chrosperma
cinchophen
cinchophen
noun
An analgesic drug used to treat gout in animals (and, until the 1930s, in humans, when it was found to cause liver damage).
cipherhood
cipherhood
noun
nothingness
clodhopper
clodhopper
noun
(UK) A clumsy or foolish person.
(US) Any kind of shoe.
(military slang) United States Navy ankle length work shoes, distinct from dress shoes or combat boots.
A peasant or yokel.
A strong shoe for heavy-duty use, a boot.
Wheatear; any of various passerine birds.
clomiphene
clomiphene
noun
(pharmacology) UK and US spelling of clomifene.
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
cnibophore
cnidophore
cnidophore
noun
A structure composed of cnidoblasts
coheirship
coheirship
noun
The state of being a coheir
coleophora
collophane
collophore
collophore
noun
(zoology) A sucker-like organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.
(zoology) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.
colophenic
colporrhea
comprehend
comprehend
verb
(now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.
copenhagen
copenhagen
Proper noun
The capital city of Denmark.
One of the former counties of Denmark.
A community in Louisiana.
A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Noun
A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
copperhead
copperhead
noun
(derogatory) Someone with ginger hair.
Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.
Austrelaps spp. (Australian copperheads), a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
Coelognathus radiatus (syn. Elaphe radiata), the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous colubrid species found in southern Asia.
Deinagkistrodon acutus, the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
coprophyte
coprophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that lives on dung.
copyholder
copyholder
noun
(dated, publishing) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
(dated, publishing) A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.
(historical) A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
cormophyte
cormophyte
noun
(now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
coryphaena
coryphaeus
coryphaeus
noun
The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
corypphaei
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
creophagia
creophagia
noun
Alternative form of kreophagy
crotaphite
crotaphite
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the temples; temporal.
crowhopper
cryosphere
cryosphere
noun
All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
ctenophora
ctenophore
ctenophore
noun
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
cyanophile
cyanophile
noun
Alternative form of cyanophil
cyanophose
cymophenol
cymophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of carvacrol
cystophore
deaconship
deaconship
noun
The position or role of a deacon.
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
discophile
discophile
noun
record collector
discophore
discophore
noun
(zoology) Any of the Discophora.
docentship
echopraxia
echopraxia
noun
The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
ecphonesis
ecphonesis
noun
(Greek Orthodox Christianity) The part of the service spoken in an audible tone.
(rhetoric) Exclamation.
ecphorable
ecphorable
adj
Able to be retrieved by the process of ecphoria.
ectomorphy
ectomorphy
noun
The condition of being ectomorphic
ectophloic
ectophloic
adj
(botany) Of stems in which the phloem is external to the xylem.
ectophytic
ectophytic
adj
Relating to ectophytes
ectosphere
ectosphere
noun
The cortical zone of a centrosphere
ectotrophi
encephalon
encephalon
noun
(neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; the brain.
encephalos
encephalos
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) The encephalon.
endopathic
endophasic
endophasic
adj
Being or pertaining to endophasia (internal, unvocalized speech).
endophytic
endophytic
adj
Growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors.
Of or relating to an endophyte.
enphytotic
enphytotic
adj
(botany, of a plant disease) That is present constantly from year to year without causing extensive damage
entophytic
entophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to entophytes.
epharmonic
epichordal
epichordal
adj
(anatomy) Upon or above the notochord; applied especially to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.
epichorial
epichorial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the epichorion
In or of the country; rural.
epichorion
epichorion
noun
(anatomy) The part of the endometrium that covers the implanted early embryo
epimorphic
epimorphic
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an epimorphism.
(zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.
epionychia
epitrophic
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.