(agriculture) Any pesticide intended to kill aphids
aphidicide
aphidicide
noun
(rare) The act of killing aphids.
Any man-made substance that kills aphids.
aphidicolous
aphrodesiac
aphrodisiac
aphrodisiac
adj
Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
noun
Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.
aphrodisiacal
aphrodisiacal
adj
Of or relating to an aphrodisiac; having aphrodisiac properties.
aphrodisiacs
aphrodisiacs
noun
plural of aphrodisiac
aphrodisiomaniac
aphrodisiomaniacal
aphrodistic
aphroditic
aphroditic
adj
(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
venereal
aphthartodocetae
aphthartodocetic
aphthartodocetism
aphydrotropic
apicad
apicifixed
apicifixed
adj
(botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament at the top and pointing back toward the filament like a hook.
apiculated
apiculated
adj
(botany) apiculate
apioceridae
apocodeine
apocodeine
noun
An alkaloid with chemical formula C₁₈H₁₉NO₂, prepared from codeine, with effects like those of apomorphine.
apocopated
apocopated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apocopate
apodeictic
apodeictic
adj
(logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
Affording proof; demonstrative.
Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
apodeictical
apodeictical
adj
(logic) apodeictic
apodeictically
apodeictically
adv
In an apodeictic manner.
apodictic
apodictic
adj
(theology, Biblical studies) Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
apodictical
apodictical
adj
(archaic) Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.
apodictically
apodictically
adv
(logic) In an apodictical manner.
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
apoplectoid
appearanced
appearanced
adj
(in combination, rare) Having the specified kind of appearance.
appendance
appendance
noun
Something appendant.
appendancy
appendancy
noun
Alternative form of appendance
appendectomies
appendectomies
noun
plural of appendectomy
appendectomy
appendectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
appendence
appendency
appendency
noun
(obsolete) Something that is appendant.
(obsolete) State of being appendant.
appendical
appendical
adj
(rare, biology, specifically) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the vermiform appendix.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of an appendix or appendices (chiefly of books).
appendicalgia
appendicalgia
noun
(medicine) Pain in the appendix.
appendicate
appendice
appendice
noun
Obsolete form of appendix.
appendiceal
appendiceal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the appendix.
appendicectasis
appendicectomies
appendicectomies
noun
plural of appendicectomy
appendicectomy
appendicectomy
noun
(surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix
appendices
appendices
noun
plural of appendice
plural of appendix
appendicial
appendicial
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Relating to the appendix.
appendicious
appendicitis
appendicitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix
appendicle
appendicle
noun
A small appendage.
appendicocaecostomy
appendicostomy
appendicostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of an opening into the vermiform appendix, typically via the navel
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
appendicularia
appendicularian
appendicularian
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the class Appendicularia of tailed tunicates.
noun
(zoology) A member of this class.
appendiculariidae
appendiculata
appendiculate
appendiculate
adj
(biology) Bearing appendages, such as one of the leg-bearing segments of an insect.
(biology) Having the nature of an appendage, such as the leg or antenna of an insect.
(mycology) Of a mushroom: having partial veil remnants hanging along the cap margin.
appendiculated
appendiculated
adj
Alternative form of appendiculate
apperceived
apperceived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apperceive
appreciated
appreciated
adj
(of an investment) having risen in value
recognized as having value
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appreciate
appredicate
apprenticed
apprenticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprentice
apprenticehood
apprenticehood
noun
(obsolete) apprenticeship
approached
approached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approach
archdapifer
archdapifership
archdeaconship
archdeaconship
noun
The rank or office of an archdeacon.
archdepredator
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archdiplomatist
archplunderer
archpretender
archpriesthood
archpriesthood
noun
(ecclesiastical) The office of an archpriest.
archshepherd
arthroendoscopy
artocarpad
asclepiad
asclepiad
Noun
A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepias, known as physicians or healers.
asclepiadaceae
asclepiadaceous
asclepiadaceous
adj
(botany) Relating to the milkweeds.
asclepiadae
asclepiade
asclepiadean
asclepiadeous
asclepiadic
asclepidin
asclepidoid
asepticized
asepticized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asepticize
asphodelaceae
aspidobranchia
aspidobranchiata
aspidobranchiate
aspidocephali
aspidochirota
aspidomancy
asterospondylic
astragaloscaphoid
astragaloscaphoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the knucklebone and scaphoid bone.
astropectinidae
auspicated
auspicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auspicate
autodecomposition
autodecomposition
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
azodisulphonic
backdrop
backdrop
noun
(figurative) Any background situation.
A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
An image that serves as a visual background.
The setting or background of an acted performance.
verb
(transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.
backdropped
backdropped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backdrop
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backpacked
backpacked
adj
Wearing a backpack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backpack
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backpedaled
backpedaled
verb
(US) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backpedalled
backpedalled
verb
(British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal
backslapped
backslapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslap
backspaced
backspaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backspace
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
backspread
backstamped
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstrapped
bacteriorhodopsin
bacteriorhodopsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps
balanopsidaceae
ballistocardiograph
ballistocardiograph
noun
An instrument which measures ballistic forces on the heart, producing a graphical representation of repetitive motions of the human body arising from the sudden ejection of blood into the great vessels with each heartbeat.
ballistocardiographic
ballistocardiographic
adj
Relating to ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
basidiocarp
basidiocarp
noun
(mycology) A mushroom which has basidia.
basipoditic
basipoditic
adj
Relating to the basipodite.
batrachophidia
beachdrops
becapped
becapped
adj
(poetic) Covered as if with a cap.
Wearing a cap.
becarpeted
becarpeted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becarpet
beclasped
beclasped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclasp
becrippled
bedcap
beechdrops
beechdrops
noun
Epifagus virginiana or Epifagus americana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees.
bepatched
bepatched
adj
Covered in patches.
bespecked
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
bespectacled
bespectacled
adj
Wearing spectacles (glasses).
bicuspid
bicuspid
adj
Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.
noun
A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth.
bicuspidal
bicuspidal
adj
(geometry) Having two cusps.
bicuspidate
bicuspidate
adj
Having two points or prominences (as teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid.
bicuspids
bicuspids
noun
plural of bicuspid
biddulphiaceae
bipectinated
bipectinated
adj
Alternative form of bipectinate
bipinnatisected
birdclapper
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
blepharoceridae
blepharochromidrosis
blepharodyschroia
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
brachiopod
brachiopod
noun
Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food