(cytology) A cell (or tissue) that is not readily coloured by stains
achromatophile
achromatophile
adj
Being or relating to an achromatophil.
achromatophilia
achromatophilia
noun
(cytology) The condition of being an achromatophil
achromatophilic
achromatopia
achromatopia
noun
defective ability to see colours
achromatopsia
achromatopsia
noun
achromatopia
achromatopsy
achromatopsy
noun
color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; daltonism, achromatopia
achromophilous
achromophilous
adj
Not chromophilous.
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
actiniomorpha
actinomorphic
actinomorphic
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having its petals arranged in a radially symmetric fashion.
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinomorphy
actinomorphy
noun
The condition of being actinomorphic.
actinosphaerium
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.
adenemphractic
adenemphraxis
adiamorphic
adiamorphism
adiaphorism
adiaphorism
noun
The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
administratorship
administratorship
noun
The position or role of an administrator.
admiralship
admiralship
noun
The state, property, or office of being an admiral.
admiralships
admiralships
noun
plural of admiralship
aechmophorus
aepyornithiformes
aerometeorograph
aerometeorograph
noun
A meteorograph designed for use in an aircraft or other flying vehicle.
aetomorphae
agrammaphasia
agrammaphasia
noun
(medicine, rare) A speech disorder in which a person is unable to produce a grammatical or intelligible sentence.
ahmadpur
airmanship
airmanship
noun
Skill in and knowledge of the work of navigating and operating an aircraft.
airmanships
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
alectoromorphae
alectoromorphous
alexipharmacon
alexipharmacon
noun
An antidote to a poison.
alexipharmacum
alexipharmacum
noun
(obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
alexipharmic
alexipharmic
adj
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”)
noun
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
alexipharmical
alexipharmical
adj
Alternative form of alexipharmic
alimentotherapy
allelomorph
allelomorph
noun
(genetics, obsolete) Synonym of allele
allelomorphic
allelomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an allelomorph
allelomorphism
allelomorphism
noun
(genetics) A phenotype associated with a specific allele
allelomorphs
allelomorphs
noun
plural of allelomorph
allomorph
allomorph
noun
(chemistry) Any of the different crystalline forms of a substance.
(linguistics) Any of the different phonological representations of a morpheme.
allomorphic
allomorphic
adj
Pertaining to allomorphism or to allomorphs.
allomorphism
allomorphism
noun
(chemistry) The property of a compound which has more than one crystalline form or allomorph.
allomorphite
allothimorph
allothimorphic
allotriomorphic
allotriomorphic
adj
(chemistry) allotropic
(geology) xenomorphic
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
alphameric
alphameric
adj
Alternative form of alphanumeric
alphamerical
alphamerical
adj
alphanumeric / alphanumerical
alphamerically
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
alphanumerical
alphanumerical
adj
Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alphitomorphous
alphitomorphous
Adjective
Resembling barleymeal.
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
amateurship
amateurship
noun
The quality or character of an amateur.
ambassadorship
ambassadorship
noun
The post or office of ambassador.
ambassadorships
ambassadorships
noun
plural of ambassadorship
americophobe
americophobe
Noun
Americanophobe
amidophosphoric
aminopherase
amirship
amirship
noun
Alternative form of emirship
ammotherapy
amorph
amorph
noun
(genetics) a mutation that causes a complete loss of gene function.
(genetics) a null mutation.
amorpha
amorpha
noun
Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
amorphi
amorphi
noun
plural of amorphus
amorphia
amorphia
noun
Synonym of amorphism
amorphic
amorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function.
Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
amorphinism
amorphinism
noun
withdrawal symptoms from morphine
amorphism
amorphism
noun
An amorphous quality.
amorphophallus
amorphophyte
amorphophyte
noun
Any plant with flowers of an irregular or anomalous shape
amorphotae
amorphous
amorphous
adj
(by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
(by extension) Lacking organization or unity.
(physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.
(set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
amorphously
amorphously
adv
In an amorphous manner.
amorphousness
amorphousness
noun
The state or quality of being amorphous.
amorphozoa
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
amorphy
amorphy
noun
(obsolete) shapelessness
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
ampelotherapy
ampelotherapy
noun
(medicine) The therapeutic use of grapes.
ampherotokous
ampherotoky
amphiaraus
amphiarthrodial
amphiarthrodial
adj
Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
amphiarthroses
amphiarthroses
noun
plural of amphiarthrosis
amphiarthrosis
amphiarthrosis
noun
(anatomy) The type of movable joint in animals in which the surfaces of bones are connected by ligaments or cartilage.
amphiaster
amphiaster
noun
(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphiblestritis
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphibrach
amphibrach
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta).
(prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
amphibrachic
amphibrachic
adj
Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.
amphibrachs
amphibrachs
noun
plural of amphibrach
amphibryous
amphicarpa
amphicarpaea
amphicarpia
amphicarpic
amphicarpic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit of two kinds, either in shape or in time of ripening.
amphicarpium
amphicarpogenous
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
amphicarpus
amphicentric
amphichroic
amphichroic
adj
(chemistry) Exhibiting or producing two colours, as substances which may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
amphichrom
amphichromatic
amphichromatic
adj
amphichroic
amphichrome
amphichromy
amphicrania
amphicrania
noun
(pathology) A headache affecting both sides of the head.
amphicreatinine
amphicribral
amphicribral
adj
(botany) In which the phloem surrounds the xylem
amphicyrtic
amphicyrtous
amphidiarthrosis
amphidiscophora
amphidiscophoran
amphidiscophoran
noun
Any glass sponge of the subclass Amphidiscophora
amphidromia
amphidromia
noun
An ancient Greek postnatal festive ceremony.
amphidromic
amphidromic
adj
Alternative form of amphidromical
Alternative form of amphidromous
Relating to a tidal node
amphierotic
amphierotism
amphigastria
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
amphigoric
amphigoric
adj
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
amphigouri
amphigouris
amphikaryon
amphikaryotic
amphimacer
amphimacer
noun
A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic