Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone.
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
accelerograph
accelerograph
noun
(geology) An instrument used to record the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake.
(military) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
accompanying
accompanying
adj
Present together.
noun
That which accompanies; accompaniment.
verb
present participle of accompany
accomplishing
accomplishing
verb
present participle of accomplish
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
acrography
acrography
noun
A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.
An organizing principle for written lists, based on initial glyphs.
Decorative plaster work of various styles used in middle eastern architecture.
acropathology
acropathology
noun
(pathology, rare) The study of diseases of the limbs or the extremities.
acrospiring
acrospiring
verb
present participle of acrospire
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
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinographic
actinography
actinography
noun
measurement with an actinograph
actinopterygian
actinopterygian
adj
Of the nature of fish of the class Actinopterygii.
noun
(zoology) Any of the ray-finned fish of the taxonomic class Actinopterygii.
actinopterygii
actinopterygious
addressograph
addressograph
noun
(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adelphophagy
adelphophagy
noun
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenopharyngeal
adenopharyngitis
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adopting
adopting
verb
present participle of adopt
adoxography
adoxography
noun
(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
aegagropila
aegagropilae
aegagropile
aegagropiles
aegilops
aegilops
noun
(obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
aegophony
aegophony
noun
Alternative form of egophony
aegopodium
aegospotami
aerocartograph
aerocartograph
noun
(historical) A kind of stereoplotter.
aerocartography
aerocartography
noun
The making of maps based on an aerial survey of the terrain.
aerogeography
aerograph
aerograph
noun
A kind of airbrush.
aerographer
aerographer
noun
One versed in aerography; an aerologist.
aerographic
aerographic
adj
Relating to aerography.
aerographical
aerographical
adj
Synonym of aerographic
aerographics
aerographics
noun
Synonym of aerography (“production of weather charts”)
aerographies
aerography
aerography
noun
A branch of surrealist art in which a three-dimensional object is used as a stencil.
The production of weather charts.
aerometeorograph
aerometeorograph
noun
A meteorograph designed for use in an aircraft or other flying vehicle.
aerophagia
aerophagia
noun
aerophagy
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aerophotography
aerophotography
noun
aerial photography
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
agallop
agallop
adj
galloping
agamospermy
agamospermy
noun
(botany) The asexual production of embryos and seeds.
agamospore
agapemone
agapemone
Noun
The base of a religious sect established in Sussex by the Rev. Henry James Prince in the mid-19th century, or a successor establishment in London, which were associated with free love and polygamy.
Any community characterised by mutual love or free love.
agapemonian
agapemonist
agapemonite
agapornis
agastrophus
aggappora
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
aggroup
aggroup
verb
(archaic) To bring together in a group; to group.
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
aghorapanthi
agitprop
agitprop
noun
(countable) An instance of such propaganda.
(countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.
(uncountable, also attributively) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, politics) To disseminate (something as) political propaganda, especially communist propaganda, through art, drama, literature, etc.
agitpropist
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
aglipayano
aglyphodont
aglyphodonta
aglyphodontia
aglyphous
aglyphous
adj
(of a snake) Whose teeth are not specialized, especially whose teeth lack grooves for venom.
agomphiasis
agomphiasis
noun
Looseness of the teeth.
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
agomphosis
agomphosis
Noun
Looseness of the teeth.
agoraphobes
agoraphobes
noun
plural of agoraphobe
agoraphobia
agoraphobia
noun
(rare) An aversion to markets.
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobiac
agoraphobiac
noun
One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobias
agoraphobias
noun
plural of agoraphobia
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
agranuloplastic
agriope
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.