(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acraldehyde
acraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of acrolein
acredula
acrindoline
acromiodeltoid
acroscleroderma
acroscleroderma
noun
Synonym of sclerodactyly
acrylaldehyde
acrylaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated aldehyde acrolein
acrylamides
acrylamides
noun
plural of acrylamide
actinodielectric
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
actualized
actualized
adj
Having become actual; having been realized or made real.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualize
aculeated
aculeated
adj
(figurative) Pungent, incisive.
Having a sharp point; armed with prickles.
acylamidobenzene
acylated
acylated
adj
(organic chemistry) Having an acyl functional group; modified by addition of an acyl group
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acylate
adabel
adabelle
adairsville
adairville
adalbert
adalheid
adalie
adaline
adamantlies
adamellite
adamellite
noun
(mineralogy) monzonite
adamello
adamsville
adangle
adangle
adj
Dangling.
adaptabilities
adaptabilities
noun
plural of adaptability
adaptable
adaptable
adj
Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
adaptableness
adaptableness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptable; adaptability.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adazzle
adazzle
adj
Illuminated so as to dazzle.
addable
addable
adj
Alternative spelling of addible
noun
Something that can be added to a basic model or formulation; an add-on or enhancement.
addedly
addedly
adv
In addition; additionally.
adderbolt
adderbolt
noun
(now UK dialectal) A dragonfly.
addible
addible
adj
Capable of being added on (introduced to the context).
Capable of being added up (counted/summed).
addictively
addictively
adv
In an addictive manner.
addiel
addieville
additively
additively
adv
In an additive manner.
addle
addle
adj
(by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.
Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
noun
(obsolete) Liquid filth; mire.
A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
verb
(provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
(provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle
addlebrain
addlebrain
noun
An addlebrained person.
addlebrained
addlebrained
adj
stupid and confused or muddled
addled
addled
adj
(obsolete) Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren.
(of eggs) Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo.
Confused; mixed up.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of addle
addlehead
addlehead
noun
(colloquial) A foolish or dull-witted person.
addleheaded
addleheaded
Adjective
Addled; confused; stupid; flustered.
addleheadedly
addleheadedness
addleheadedness
noun
The quality of being addleheaded.
addlement
addlement
noun
confusion; an addled state
addleness
addleness
noun
The state or quality of being addle.
addlepate
addlepate
noun
Alternative form of addle pate
addlepated
addlepated
adj
Addled; confused; stupid; flustered.
addlepatedness
addlepatedness
noun
The quality of being addlepated.
addleplot
addles
addles
noun
plural of addle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addle
addressability
addressability
noun
(computer graphics) The capability of a display surface or storage device to accommodate a specified number of uniquely identifiable points.
(computing) The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.
(micrographics) The capability of a specified field frame to contain a specific number of uniquely identifiable points.
addressable
addressable
adj
Able to be addressed.
addressful
addressful
adj
(archaic) adroit; resourceful
adduceable
adduceable
adj
Able to be adduced.
adducible
adducible
adj
Capable of being adduced.
addulce
addulce
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sweeten; to soothe.
adel
adela
adelaida
adelaide
adelaja
adelantado
adelantado
noun
(historical) A governor of a province; a commander, in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.
adelantados
adelante
adelanto
adelarthra
adelarthrosomata
adelarthrosomatous
adelaster
adelaster
noun
(botany) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
adelbert
adele
adele
noun
(mathematics) A member of a self-dual topological ring built on the field of rational numbers (or, more generally, any algebraic number field), and involving in a symmetric way all the completions of the field.
adelea
adeleidae
adelges
adelheid
adelia
adelice
adelina
adelind
adeline
adeling
adeling
noun
Alternative form of atheling.
adelite
adelite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral, a calcium-magnesium arsenate, forming blue, green, yellow or grey orthorhombic crystals.
adeliza
adell
adell
Proper noun
name; a rare variant of Adel.
adella
adelle
adelocerous
adelochorda
adelocodonic
adelocodonic
adj
(zoology) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; opposed to phanerocodonic.
adelomorphic
adelomorphous
adelomorphous
adj
(medicine) Having a form that is not clearly defined, especially as applied to the principal cells in the pepsin glands of the stomach.
adelopod
adelopod
noun
(zoology) An animal having feet that are not apparent.
adelops
adelphe
adelphi
adelphia
adelphia
noun
Any plant of the genus Adelphia, of Latin America.
adelphian
adelphic
adelphic
adj
Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
fraternal
adelpho
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adelphoi
adelpholite
adelphophagy
adelphophagy
noun
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adelphous
adelphous
adj
(botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments.
adelric
adenalgia
adenalgia
noun
(pathology) Pain in a gland.
adenalgy
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adenocele
adenocele
noun
A cystadenoma, a hidrocystoma.
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenographical
adenohypophyseal
adenohypophyseal
adj
Alternative form of adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adj
Relating to the adenohypophysis.
adenoidal
adenoidal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
(of a voice) Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids.
adenoliomyofibroma
adenolipoma
adenolipoma
noun
(oncology) A benign lipoma of a gland containing both glandular and fat tissue.
adenolipomatosis
adenolipomatosis
noun
(pathology) The formation of numerous adenolipomas in the neck, axilla and groin
adenologaditis
adenological
adenological
adj
Pertaining to adenology.
adenology
adenology
noun
The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
adenolymphocele
adenolymphocele
noun
(pathology) cystic dilation of lymph nodes caused by an obstruction
adenolymphoma
adenolymphoma
noun
A kind of benign tumour of the salivary glands.
adenomalacia
adenomeningeal
adenoneural
adenopharyngeal
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adenophthalmia
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adenosclerosis
adenosclerosis
noun
(medicine) The hardening of a gland.
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenyl
adenyl
noun
(biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from adenine.
adenylic
adenylic
adj
Of or pertaining to adenylic acid or its derivatives
adenylpyrophosphate
adenylpyrophosphate
noun
Synonym of adenosine triphosphate
adenyls
adenyls
noun
plural of adenyl
adeptly
adeptly
adv
With great skill or knowledge.
adequately
adequately
adv
Barely satisfactory or sufficient.
In an adequate manner.
Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily.
adfiliate
adglutinate
adherently
adherently
adv
In an adherent manner.
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adhesively
adhesively
adv
In an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
adiathermal
adiathermal
adj
(thermodynamics) adiabatic; not involving transmission of heat
adiel
adiell
adinole
adipocele
adipocellulose
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid