A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences
acetnaphthalide
acetoamidophenol
acetophenetide
acetophenetide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a phenetidine
acetophenetidin
acetophenetidin
noun
phenacetin
acetophenetidine
acetphenetid
acetphenetidin
acetylphenylhydrazine
adelphian
adenemphractic
adenemphraxis
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenohypersthenia
adenohypophyseal
adenohypophyseal
adj
Alternative form of adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adj
Relating to the adenohypophysis.
adenohypophysis
adenohypophysis
noun
(anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.
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.
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenopharyngeal
adenopharyngitis
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adenophora
adenophore
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenophthalmia
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adenophyma
adenotyphoid
adenotyphus
adenylpyrophosphate
adenylpyrophosphate
noun
Synonym of adenosine triphosphate
adephagan
adephagan
noun
Any of many beetles of the suborder Adephaga.
adiaphanousness
adiphenine
adiphenine
Noun
An antispasmodic drug.
adnephrine
adrenocorticotrophic
adrenocorticotrophic
adj
Alternative form of adrenocorticotropic
adrenocorticotrophin
adrenocorticotrophin
noun
(biochemistry) adrenocorticotropic hormone
adrenotrophin
adventureship
aepyornithidae
aerohydroplane
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
alisphenoid
alisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid.
(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone
alisphenoidal
alisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid
allophanamide
allophanamide
noun
(organic chemistry) biuret
amidoacetophenone
amidophenol
aminoacetophenetidine
aminodiphenyl
amphicyonidae
amphisbaenid
amphisbaenid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenidae; a worm lizard.
amphisbaenidae
amphisbaenoid
amphisbaenoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
amygdophenin
anaptomorphidae
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
androgametophore
andrographolide
andrographolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers
androphore
androphore
noun
(botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised
(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.
androsphinges
androsphinxes
androsphinxes
noun
plural of androsphinx
aneroidograph
angiocardiographies
anoplotheriidae
anoplotherioid
anoplotheroid
antheridiophore
antheridiophore
noun
(biology) A gametophore that bears antheridia (typically in a moss or liverwort)
anthophoridae
anthrapyridine
anthropidae
anthropodeoxycholic
anthropoidea
anthropoidean
anthropomorphidae
anthropomorphised
anthropomorphised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthropomorphise
anthropomorphized
anthropomorphized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthropomorphize
antiapartheid
antiapartheid
adj
Acting against or opposing apartheid.
antidiphtheria
antidiphtheria
adj
Preventing diphtheria.
antidiphtheric
antidiphtheric
adj
Alternative form of anti-diphtheric
antidiphtherin
antidiphtherin
noun
(historical) A certain vaccine against diphtheria.
antidiphtheritic
antidiphtheritic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering diphtheria.
noun
Any drug or agent that counters diphtheria.
antipriesthood
aphelandra
aphelandra
noun
Any of the tropical evergreen shrubs in the genus Aphelandra
aphidiinae
appendorontgenography
apprehend
apprehend
verb
(also figuratively) To take possession of (something); to seize.
(archaic or obsolete, also figuratively) To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
To feel (something) emotionally.
To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
To learn (something).
To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
apprehendable
apprehendable
adj
That can be apprehended.
apprehended
apprehended
adj
(obsolete) Having come to accept an understanding of something.
Conceived; understood.
Taken; seized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprehend
apprehender
apprehender
noun
Agent noun of apprehend; one who apprehends.
apprehending
apprehending
noun
An act by which something is apprehended.
verb
present participle of apprehend
apprehendingly
apprehendingly
adv
With apprehension or understanding.
apprehends
apprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend
apprenticehood
apprenticehood
noun
(obsolete) apprenticeship
archdeaconship
archdeaconship
noun
The rank or office of an archdeacon.
archplunderer
archpretender
arthroendoscopy
asphodeline
aspidobranchiate
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
azodiphenyl
bacteriorhodopsin
bacteriorhodopsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps
basisphenoid
basisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone, especially to a centre of ossification there in the embryo
noun
The basisphenoid bone
basisphenoidal
basisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of basisphenoid
bellerophontidae
benzaldiphenyl
benzalphenylhydrazone
benzalphthalide
benzosulphimide
bisphenoid
blepharadenitis
blepharadenitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the meibomian glands
blepharoadenitis
blepharoadenitis
noun
Alternative form of blepharadenitis
blepharoadenoma
blepharosyndesmitis
boustrophedon
boustrophedon
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
adv
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
noun
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
brachypodine
bradyphrenia
bradyphrenia
noun
(neurology) The slowness of thought common to many disorders of the brain
branchipodidae
bridgehampton
calcaneoscaphoid
calcaneoscaphoid
adj
(anatomy) Synonym of calcaneonavicular
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
candidateship
candidateship
noun
Candidacy.
cardionephric
cardionephric
adj
nephrocardiac
cardiophrenia
cardiopneumograph
cephalacanthidae
cephalodynia
cephalodynia
noun
(pathology) Synonym of headache
cephalopodan
cephalorachidian
cephalorachidian
adj
(anatomy) Synonym of cerebrospinal
cephalorhachidian
cephaloridine
cephaloridine
noun
A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
chaetopodan
chamaedaphne
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnized
champagnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagnize
championed
championed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champion
chaperoned
chaperoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaperone
chapournetted
cheapened
cheapened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cheapen
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
chenopod
chenopod
noun
Any member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, (the main part of the sometime family Chenopodiaceae); the goosefoots
chenopodiaceae
chenopodiaceous
chenopodiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoots) (now subfamily Chenopodioideae).
chenopodiales
chenopodium
chenopodium
noun
(botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.