(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acanthophorous
acanthophorous
adj
Spine-bearing.
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acanthopomatous
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
acapsular
acapsular
adj
(botany) Having no capsule.
acapu
acapu
noun
(uncountable) The dark wood of these trees.
genus Andira.
species Clathrotropis nitida
species Vouacapoua americana
acapulco
acarophilous
acarophilous
adj
(biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites
(botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites
acarpellous
acarpellous
adj
(botany) Having no carpels.
acarpelous
acarpelous
adj
Alternative spelling of acarpellous
acarpous
acarpous
adj
(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
accountantship
accountantship
noun
The office or employment of an accountant.
accouple
accouple
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To join; to couple.
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accupy
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.
acephalus
acephalus
noun
(medicine, countable) A fetus affected by acephaly.
(medicine, uncountable) The condition of acephaly.
achlorophyllous
achlorophyllous
adj
(botany) not having chlorophyll and, hence, unable to engage in photosynthesis
achluophobia
achluophobia
noun
The fear of darkness.
achromophilous
achromophilous
adj
Not chromophilous.
acidophilous
acidophilous
adj
That thrives in an acidic environment
acidophilus
acidophilus
noun
Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
acouophonia
acoup
acoupa
acoupe
acousticophobia
acousticophobia
noun
Fear of noise.
acquaintanceship
acquaintanceship
noun
(countable) A relationship as acquaintances.
(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
acquaintanceships
acquaintanceships
noun
plural of acquaintanceship
acquophonia
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
acrocarpous
acrocarpous
adj
(botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.
acrocephalous
acrocephalous
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acrocephaly
acromioscapular
acromioscapular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the acromion and the scapula
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
acrosphacelus
acrosporous
acrosporous
adj
having acrospores
acrotrophoneurosis
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actinocarpous
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinophorous
actinophorous
adj
(biology) Having straight projecting spines
actinopterous
actinopterygious
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutic
actinotherapeutic
adj
Relating to actinotherapy.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
actpu
actuaryship
actuaryship
noun
The role or status of actuary.
actup
acupress
acupress
verb
(transitive) To apply acupressure to.
acupressure
acupressure
noun
(countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
(dated) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
(uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
acupressures
acupressures
noun
plural of acupressure
acupunctuate
acupunctuate
verb
(rare) To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.
acupunctuation
acupunctuation
noun
(rare) A pricking with or as if with a needle; the practice of acupuncture.
acupuncturation
acupuncturation
noun
(medicine, archaic) Acupuncture
acupuncturator
acupuncturator
noun
An acupuncturist.
acupuncture
acupuncture
noun
The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.
verb
(transitive) To treat with acupuncture.
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
acupuncturing
acupuncturing
verb
present participle of acupuncture
acupuncturist
acupuncturist
noun
A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture.
acupuncturists
acupuncturists
noun
plural of acupuncturist
acutiplantar
adipocellulose
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adscriptitious
adscriptitius
aechmophorus
aeropleustic
aeropleustic
adj
(humorous) Of or pertaining to aerial navigation.
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
aesculapian
aesculapius
aesculapius
Proper noun
The god of medicine and healing. Greek counterpart: Asclepius
africanthropus
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
agranuloplastic
ailurophilic
ailurophilic
adj
Of or relating to ailurophilia or ailurophiles.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
albuminoscope
albumoscope
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alcelaphus
alectoromorphous
alectoropodous
alecup
aleuroscope
alexipharmacum
alexipharmacum
noun
(obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alopecurus
alopecus
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
alphanumerical
alphanumerical
adj
Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alphatoluic
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
ambleocarpus
amblycephalus
amblyocarpous
aminosulphonic
ampelidaceous
ampelidaceous
adj
(botany, obsolete) Of or belonging to the Ampelidaceae (now Vitaceae).
amphicarpium
amphicarpogenous
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
amphicarpus
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphicondylous
amphicyrtous
amphicytula
amphilochus
amphimachus
amphinucleus
amphipneustic
amphithecium
amphitrichous
amphitrichous
adj
(biology) (of bacteria) Having a single flagellum on each of two opposite ends. (Only one flagellum operates at a time, allowing the bacterium to reverse course rapidly by switching which flagellum is active.)
amplexicaudate
amplexicaul
amplexicaul
adj
(botany, of leaves) Having lobes (usually auriculate) that completely surround the stem.
amplexicauline
ampullaceous
ampullaceous
adj
Shaped like a swollen bottle.
ampycus
amyelencephalous
anaptychus
anaptychus
noun
(paleontology) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, such as the ammonites.
ancipitous
ancipitous
adj
Synonym of ancipital
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
anencephalous
anencephalous
adj
(biology) Without a brain.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
angiocarpous
angiocarpous
adj
describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx
anisocarpous
anocarpous
anomalocephalus
anomocarpous
anomocarpous
adj
(botany) Having anomalous fruits
anopubic
anopubic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anus and pubis.
anteoccupation
anteoperculum
antepectus
anthocarpous
anthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.