(medicine) Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
ablepharus
acanthocephalous
acanthocephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acapsular
acapsular
adj
(botany) Having no capsule.
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
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
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
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
acrosphacelus
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.
adelphous
adelphous
adj
(botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments.
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adipocellulose
adolphus
adstipulate
adstipulated
adstipulating
adstipulation
adstipulator
aeluropodous
aerophilous
aerophilous
adj
(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
aeropleustic
aeropleustic
adj
(humorous) Of or pertaining to aerial navigation.
aeropulse
aeropulse
noun
pulsejet
aesculapian
aesculapius
aesculapius
Proper noun
The god of medicine and healing. Greek counterpart: Asclepius
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
aglyphous
aglyphous
adj
(of a snake) Whose teeth are not specialized, especially whose teeth lack grooves for venom.
agranuloplastic
ailurophiles
ailurophiles
noun
plural of ailurophile
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
ailuropus
albopruinose
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
albuminoscope
albumoscope
alcelaphus
alectoromorphous
alectoropodous
aleuroscope
alexandroupolis
algophagous
algophagous
adj
That eats algae
alkalurops
allagophyllous
allophylus
allopurinols
allopurinols
noun
plural of allopurinol
allotropous
allotropous
adj
(biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species of plant, or an insect which does not feed exclusively on one type of flower.
(botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar.
alopecurus
alopecus
alpetragius
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alpheus
alpheus
Proper noun
A river in Hades.
The god/personification of the river Alpheus.
name, of mostly historical usage.
alphitomorphous
alphitomorphous
Adjective
Resembling barleymeal.
alphonsus
alpinesque
alpinesque
adj
Having an alpine style.
alternipetalous
alternisepalous
amadelphous
amadelphous
adj
Outgoing; gregarious.
ambleocarpus
amblycephalus
amblyocarpous
amblypodous
amidosulphonal
aminosulphonic
ammophilous
ammophilous
adj
Thriving in a sandy environment.
amorphophallus
amorphously
amorphously
adv
In an amorphous manner.
ampelidaceous
ampelidaceous
adj
(botany, obsolete) Of or belonging to the Ampelidaceae (now Vitaceae).
ampelideous
amphibalus
amphibalus
noun
An ecclesiastical vestment like the chasuble.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphiblastula
amphiblastula
noun
A larva of some sponges that has equal numbers of both flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on opposite sides of the blastula
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphibolostylous
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphicondylous
amphigastrula
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphilochus
amphinucleus
amphithalamus
amphophilous
amphophilous
adj
Synonym of amphophilic
amplexus
amplexus
noun
A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.
amplexuses
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
amplitudinous
ampoules
ampoules
noun
plural of ampoule
ampules
ampules
noun
plural of ampule
ampullaceous
ampullaceous
adj
Shaped like a swollen bottle.
ampullitis
ampullitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of an ampulla
ampullosity
ampullosity
noun
(rare, formal) turgidity of language; bombast
ampuls
ampuls
noun
plural of ampul
amyelencephalous
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
andropetalous
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
anencephalous
anencephalous
adj
(biology) Without a brain.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
angulosplenial
angulosplenial
adj
(anatomy) angular and splenial
noun
The angulosplenial bone
angustiseptal
anilinophilous
anisopetalous
anisopetalous
adj
(botany) Having unequal petals.
anisophyllous
anisophyllous
adj
(botany) Having unequal leaves.
anisopleural
anisopleurous
anisosepalous
anomalocephalus
anomophyllous
anomphalous
anophthalmus
anoplanthus
antepenults
antepenults
noun
plural of antepenult
anthocephalous
anthophilous
anthophilous
adj
Living or growing on flowers
anthropomorphously
anthropomorphously
adv
In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
anthropophagously
anthropophagously
adv
In an anthropophagous manner.
anthropophilous
anthropophilous
adj
Synonym of anthropophilic
anticrepuscular
anticrepuscule
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antipetalous
antipetalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antepetalous
antipleasure
antipleasure
adj
Opposing pleasure.
antipopulationist
antipopulationist
adj
Opposing overpopulation.
noun
One who opposes overpopulation.
antipopulism
antirepublicanism
antiscriptural
antiscriptural
adj
that contradicts scripture
antisepalous
antisepalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antesepalous
antispeculation
antispeculation
adj
(economy) Opposing or countering financial speculation.
antispiritual
antispiritual
adj
Opposing or harming what is spiritual.
antispiritualism
antispiritualism
noun
Opposition to spiritualism.
antispiritualist
antispiritualistic
antispiritually
antisupernatural
antisupernaturalism
antisupernaturalism
noun
Opposition to supernaturalism.
antisupernaturalist
antisupernaturalist
noun
One who opposes supernaturalism.
antisupernaturalistic
antisurplician
apellous
apellous
adj
(anatomy) Not covered by skin. Said of a circumcised penis, which has had its prepuce (foreskin) removed.