(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.
acarophilous
acarophilous
adj
(biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites
(botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites
accountantship
accountantship
noun
The office or employment of an accountant.
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.
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
acousticophobia
acousticophobia
noun
Fear of noise.
acquophonia
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
acrocephalous
acrocephalous
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acrocephaly
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
acrosphacelus
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
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinophorous
actinophorous
adj
(biology) Having straight projecting spines
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutic
actinotherapeutic
adj
Relating to actinotherapy.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
aechmophorus
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
africanthropus
ailurophilic
ailurophilic
adj
Of or relating to ailurophilia or ailurophiles.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
alectoromorphous
alphatoluic
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aminosulphonic
amphicarpogenous
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphicondylous
amphicyrtous
amphilochus
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.)
amyelencephalous
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
anencephalous
anencephalous
adj
(biology) Without a brain.
anomalocephalus
anthocarpous
anthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.
anthocephalous
anthropophuistic
anthropophuistic
adj
Of or relating to anthropophuism.
anthropopithecus
anthropurgic
aphidicolous
aplacophorous
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
arachnophagous
archaeohippus
archaeopithecus
archcorrupter
archeptolemus
archesporium
archesporium
noun
(botany) Any of the cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archplutocrat
arctocephalus
argyrocephalous
ascophorous
ascophyllum
ascyphous
asphyctous
atelocephalous
aurothiosulphuric
australopithecinae
australopithecine
australopithecine
adj
(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.
noun
(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.
australopithecus
autallotriomorphic
autechoscope
autobiographic
autobiographic
Adjective
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographically
autobiographically
adv
In an autobiographical manner.
autocephalia
autocephalia
noun
Alternative form of autocephaly
autocephalic
autocephalic
adj
Autocephalous.
autocephality
autocephality
noun
(Christianity) The right of autonomy for a church; specifically, the right to resolve all internal problems on its own authority and to appoint its own bishops, including the head of the church, without any obligatory expression of dependence on another church.
autocephalous
autocephalous
adj
(Christianity, of a bishop) Presiding over an autocephalous church.
(Christianity, of a church) Fully independent of the authority of any other church.
(comparable) Independent; self-directed.
autocephaly
autocephaly
noun
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autochronograph
autochronograph
noun
(rare, archaic) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
autocoprophagous
autocoprophagous
adj
That eats its own excrement.
autocratship
autocratship
noun
(rare) The state of being an autocrat; autocracy.
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
autographically
autographically
adv
By means of autography.
autohypnotic
autohypnotic
adj
Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
autohypnotically
autolithographic
autolithographic
adj
Related to autolithographs or to autolithography
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
automorphically
automorphically
adv
(mathematics) In terms of automorphisms
autonephrectomy
autopathic
autopathic
adj
Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure and characteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic.
autophonoscope
autophonoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument for studying the human voice, having a lamp, a mirror, and a tube that is introduced into a person's mouth. The inner workings of the mouth can then be viewed while speaking etc.
autophotoelectric
autophthalmoscope
autophytic
autophytically
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autopsychoanalysis
autopsychoanalysis
noun
psychoanalysis of oneself
autopsychology
autopsychorhythmia
autopsychosis
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autostethoscope
autotherapeutic
autotherapeutic
adj
therapeutic to the self; of or relating to autotherapy
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
autotrophically
autotrophically
adv
In an autotrophic manner.
With regard to autotrophy.
auxographic
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
avicularimorphae
azodisulphonic
azosulphonic
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bacteriotherapeutic
bacteriotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bacteriotherapy.
balanophoraceous
balanophoraceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Balanophoraceae.
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
batrachophagous
batrachophagous
adj
Feeding on frogs.
batrachospermum
benzophloroglucinol
bibliotherapeutic
bibliotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bibliotherapy.
bicephalous
bicephalous
adj
(zoology) Having two heads.
blepharoclonus
blepharoclonus
noun
(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blepharoncus
bothriocephalus
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
brachiopodous
brachistocephalous
brachycephalous
brachycephalous
adj
Relating to brachycephaly; brachycephalic.
brachypodous
brachypterous
brachypterous
adj
(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings
brachytypous
brachytypous
adj
(mineralogy) Of a short form.
branchiopneustic
branchiopodous
branchiopulmonata
branchiopulmonate
bronchopleurisy
bronchopneumonia
bronchopneumonia
noun
(medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.
bronchopneumonic
bronchopneumonic
adj
Relating to, or caused by bronchopneumonia
bronchopulmonary
bronchopulmonary
adj
Of or pertaining to both the bronchi and the lungs.
bronchotyphus
buccopharyngeal
buccopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the buccopharynx
Relating to, or connecting the mouth and pharynx
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
cacophonous
cacophonous
adj
Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
cacophonously
cacophonously
adv
In a cacophonous manner.
calcareosulphurous
calciphilous
calciphilous
adj
(botany, of a plant) Suited to a calcareous soil
calciphobous
calciphobous
adj
(botany, of a plant) Not suited to a calcareous soil