(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
acmispon
adaptors
adaptors
noun
plural of adaptor
adespota
adespota
noun
(bibliography) Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.)
adiposes
adiposes
noun
plural of adiposis
adiposis
adiposis
noun
(medicine) A condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue.
adipsous
adipsous
adj
(medicine) thirst-quenching
adolphus
adoptees
adoptees
noun
plural of adoptee
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
aegilops
aegilops
noun
(obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
aesopian
airdrops
airdrops
noun
plural of airdrop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airdrop
airports
airports
noun
plural of airport
airposts
aistopod
aistopod
noun
(paleontology) A snake-like amphibian from the order Aistopoda.
akepiros
akepiros
noun
plural of akepiro
alopecus
alphonsa
alphonse
alphonso
alphonso
Proper noun
name, variant of Alfonso.
alphorns
alphorns
noun
plural of alphorn
alphosis
alphosis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Albinism.
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
amphoras
ampoules
ampoules
noun
plural of ampoule
anapolis
anisopia
anisopod
anoopsia
anoopsia
noun
(medicine) A condition in which one eye gazes upward while the other looks straight ahead.
anopsias
anopsias
noun
plural of anopsia
anoscope
anoscope
noun
The instrument used in anoscopy.
anoscopy
anoscopy
noun
(medicine) An examination using a small, rigid, tubular instrument called an anoscope which is inserted into the anal canal
apagoges
apagoges
noun
plural of apagoge
aparejos
aparejos
noun
plural of aparejo
apastron
apastron
noun
(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
apellous
apellous
adj
(anatomy) Not covered by skin. Said of a circumcised penis, which has had its prepuce (foreskin) removed.
aphelops
aphodius
aphonias
aphonias
noun
plural of aphonia
aphonics
aphonics
noun
plural of aphonic
aphonous
aphonous
adj
Without a voice; voiceless; aphonic.
aphorise
aphorise
verb
(intransitive) To use aphorisms.
(transitive) To create an aphorism from.
aphorism
aphorism
noun
A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
verb
To speak or write aphorisms.
aphorist
aphorist
noun
A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
aphthous
aphthous
adj
(pathology) Of, or relating to aphtha.
apikores
apikoros
apikoros
noun
A Jewish skeptic or apostate.
apiosoma
apoapsis
apoapsis
noun
(astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
apoblast
apocarps
apocopes
apocopes
noun
plural of apocope
apodemas
apodixis
apodixis
noun
(rhetoric) Supporting a proposition by reference to common knowledge.
apodoses
apodoses
noun
plural of apodosis
apodosis
apodosis
noun
(logic, grammar) The consequential clause in a conditional sentence.
apokreos
apolista
apolunes
apolunes
noun
plural of apolune
apolusis
apolysin
apolysis
apolysis
noun
(biology) The separation of the cuticula from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups.
(religion) A prayer of dismissal at the end of an Eastern Orthodox service
apomicts
apomicts
noun
plural of apomict
apomixes
apomixes
noun
plural of apomixis
apomixis
apomixis
noun
(botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization, meiosis, or the production of gametes.
(botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization.
(zoology) Animal reproduction in which the egg cell does not undergo meiosis or fertilization.
apomyius
apositia
apositic
apospory
apospory
noun
(biology) The ability of a plant's sporophytes to form a plant that looks like a gametophyte but has the ploidy level of the sporophyte.
apostacy
apostacy
noun
Archaic form of apostasy.
apostasy
apostasy
noun
Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith.
The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
apostate
apostate
adj
Guilty of apostasy.
noun
(Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
aposteme
aposteme
noun
(medicine) An abscess; a pustulent swelling.
aposthia
aposthia
noun
(medicine, pathology) Congenital absence of a foreskin.
apostils
apostils
noun
plural of apostil
apostles
apostles
noun
(law) Letters dismissory.
plural of apostle
apostoli
apostume
apostume
noun
Obsolete form of aposteme.
apothems
apothems
noun
plural of apothem
apoxesis
appoints
appoints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appoint
apposers
apposers
noun
plural of apposer
apposing
apposing
verb
present participle of appose
apposite
apposite
adj
Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
Related, homologous.
Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
noun
(rare) That which is apposite; something suitable.
approves
approves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
apricots
apricots
noun
plural of apricot
apterous
apterous
adj
(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
(zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
apurpose
apurpose
adv
(dialect) on purpose; deliberately
arapahos
ascocarp
ascocarp
noun
(mycology) The sporocarp of an ascomycete, typically bowl-shaped.
asperous
asperous
adj
bitter, cruel, severe
rough, rugged, uneven
aspersor
aspersor
noun
Alternative form of asperser
asperugo
asphodel
asphodel
noun
(Greek mythology) The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.
Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.
asporous
asporous
adj
(botany) That does not have spores
asterope
atpoints
atropins
atropism
atropism
noun
(pathology) atropine poisoning
atropous
atropous
adj
(botany) Not inverted; orthotropous.
autopsic
autopsic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an autopsy
autoslip
axonopus
axoplasm
axoplasm
noun
The cytoplasm of an axon
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
bakeshop
bakeshop
noun
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
balanops
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
barspoon
basophil
basophil
noun
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response.
One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.
bedposts
bedposts
noun
plural of bedpost
bellhops
bellhops
noun
plural of bellhop
bespoken
bespoken
adj
(obsolete) betrothed or engaged to be married (compare with: spoken for)
verb
past participle of bespeak
bespouse
bespouse
verb
(transitive) To marry
bimorphs
bimorphs
noun
plural of bimorph
bioplasm
bioplasm
noun
(biology) Any living matter, but especially germinal or forming matter; matter possessing reproductive vitality; protoplasm, especially in its relation to living processes and development.
bioplast
bioplast
noun
(biology) a mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter
biopsies
biopsies
noun
plural of biopsy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of biopsy
bioscope
bioscope
noun
(South Africa, India, Myanmar, Singapore, Indonesia, dated) A cinema or movie theatre.
An early form of movie projector
bioscopy
bioscopy
noun
(medicine) the examination of a body to determine if it is alive or dead
biotopes
biotopes
noun
plural of biotope
biotypes
biotypes
noun
plural of biotype
biparous
biparous
adj
producing two offspring from one pregnancy; twinning
biporose
biporous
bishoped
bishoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bishop
bloopers
bloopers
noun
plural of blooper
bluetops
bluetops
noun
plural of bluetop
boarship
boatshop
bondship
bonspell
bonspell
noun
Alternative form of bonspiel
bonspiel
bonspiel
noun
A tournament in the sport of curling.
bookshop
bookshop
noun
A shop that sells books.
bosporan
bosporus
bosporus
noun
A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a sea.
bossship
bothrops
bowsprit
bowsprit
noun
(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
brontops
browpost
bushrope
bushrope
noun
Synonym of liana
caltrops
caltrops
noun
plural of caltrop
calypsos
calypsos
noun
plural of calypso
camphols
camphols
noun
plural of camphol
camphors
camphors
noun
plural of camphor
campions
campions
noun
plural of campion
campongs
campongs
noun
plural of campong
campshot
canopies
canopies
noun
plural of canopy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canopy