(zoology) Any of the genus Alcyonium of fleshy Alcyonaria, their polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays.
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
allagophyllous
allamuchy
allonymous
allonymous
adj
Misattributed: appearing or (especially) knowingly published under the name of a different person from the true author.
allonymously
allophylus
alloquy
alloquy
noun
(obsolete) Act of speaking to another; an address.
alluringly
alluringly
adv
In an alluring manner.
allusively
allusively
adv
In an allusive manner; in a manner characterized by allusion.
allusory
allusory
adj
allusive; making allusion
allutterly
allylthiourea
allylthiourea
noun
A particular organic carcinogen.
allyou
allyou
pron
(Caribbean, dialect) Plural form of you.
almury
aloyau
aloysius
aloysius
Proper noun
name, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
altruistically
altruistically
adv
In an altruistic manner; in a manner having regard of others
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminosity
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
aluminyl
aluminyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) Aluminium in the +1 oxidation state.
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
alypum
alysoun
alyssum
alyssum
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Alyssum, mostly of Eurasian origin, that have racemes of white or yellow flowers.
alyssums
alyssums
noun
plural of alyssum
amaryllidaceous
amaryllidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Amaryllidaceae of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous flowering plants.
amaryllideous
amaryllideous
adj
= amaryllidaceous
amarynceus
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
ambagiously
ambagiously
adv
In an ambagious manner.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambiguously
ambiguously
adv
In an ambiguous manner.
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
ambitiously
ambitiously
adv
In an ambitious manner.
amblyacousia
amblycephalus
amblygeusia
amblyocarpous
amblypodous
amblyrhynchus
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambulatory
ambulatory
adj
(comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
(law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
noun
Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
ambulomancy
ambulomancy
noun
Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
amburgey
ambury
ambury
noun
Alternative form of anbury
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
amorously
amorously
adv
In an amorous or loving manner.
amorphously
amorphously
adv
In an amorphous manner.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphibolostylous
amphibryous
amphicondylous
amphicyrtous
amphicytula
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
ampullary
ampullary
adj
(biology, anatomy, medicine) Relating to the ampulla chyli.
(biology, anatomy, medicine) Relating to the ampulla of Vater.
(biology, anatomy, medicine) Relating to the ampullae osseae.
(biology, anatomy, medicine) Relating to the rectal ampulla.
ampullosity
ampullosity
noun
(rare, formal) turgidity of language; bombast
ampycus
amurcosity
amusedly
amusedly
adv
In an amused manner
amusingly
amusingly
adv
In an amusing manner.
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
amuyon
amuyong
amycus
amyelencephalous
amyelous
amyelous
adj
(medicine) Lacking the spinal cord.
amygdalaceous
amygdalaceous
adj
(botany) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaloncus
amygdalus
amygdule
amygdule
noun
(geology) A rounded mass of secondary mineral found in volcanic rock.
amygdules
amygdules
noun
plural of amygdule
amylaceous
amylaceous
adj
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, starch; starchy.
amyliferous
amylocellulose
amylocoagulase
amyloleucite
amylum
amylum
noun
starch
amylums
amyluria
amyluria
noun
(medicine) A condition in which starch is found in the urine.
amyous
amyous
adj
(medicine) Wanting in muscle; without flesh.
anacatadidymus
anachronously
anachronously
adv
anachronistically
anacoluthically
anacoluthically
adv
In an anacoluthic manner.
anacrogynous
anacrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from cells other than the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
anacrustically
anacrustically
adv
In an anacrustic manner.
anacyclus
anadidymus
anadidymus
noun
(pathology) An abnormality in which conjoined twins have a single head and upper body
analogously
analogously
adv
In an analogous manner; in a manner which evokes analogy.
analytique
anapterygotous
anaptychus
anaptychus
noun
(paleontology) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, such as the ammonites.
anarthrously
anarthrously
adv
(grammar) In an anarthrous manner; without an accompanying article.
anbury
anbury
noun
(archaic) A wen or spongy wart on the legs or flanks of a horse.
A disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation.
ancylocladus
ancylostomum
ancylus
androdynamous
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
androgynus
androgynus
noun
A hermaphrodite.
anelytrous
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
aneurismally
aneurysm
aneurysm
noun
(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
aneurysmal
aneurysmal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing aneurysms
aneurysmally
aneurysmally
adv
In an aneurysmal way.
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
aneurysms
aneurysms
noun
plural of aneurysm
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anguishously
angularity
angularity
noun
(countable) A sharp point or angle.
(countable) A stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
(uncountable) The property or characteristic of possessing angles.
angularly
angularly
adv
In an angular manner
angulately
angulately
adv
In an angulate manner.
angulosity
angulosity
noun
(obsolete) angularity
anhungry
anhungry
adj
(obsolete, rare) Hungry.
anhydrous
anhydrous
adj
(chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
Having little or no water.
anhydrously
anisocotyledonous
anisodactylous
anisodactylous
adj
(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
anisogynous
anisoleucocytosis
anisomyodous
anisophyllous
anisophyllous
adj
(botany) Having unequal leaves.
ankylosaur
ankylosaur
noun
Synonym of ankylosaurus
ankylosaurs
ankylosaurs
noun
plural of ankylosaur
ankylosaurus
ankylosaurus
noun
A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
annoyful
annoyful
adj
(obsolete) annoying
annoyous
annoyous
adj
(obsolete) troublesome; annoying
annoyously
annually
annually
adv
Once every year without fail, yearly
annuary
annuary
adj
(obsolete) annual; yearly
noun
(obsolete) A yearbook.
annuity
annuity
noun
(insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
annularity
annularity
noun
The property of being annular.
annularly
annularly
adv
In an annular manner.
annulary
annulary
adj
(archaic) Having the form of a ring; annular.
annulately
annunciatory
annunciatory
adj
In the nature of an announcement
anodynous
anodynous
adj
anodyne
anomalously
anomalously
adv
In an anomalous manner.
anomophyllous
anonymous
anonymous
adj
(comparable, figurative) Lacking individuality.
(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species.
(not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible