(medicine) Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
ablepharus
abruptest
abruptest
adj
superlative form of abrupt: most abrupt
abruptiones
abruptness
abruptness
noun
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.
The state of being abrupt or broken
abruptnesses
abruptnesses
noun
plural of abruptness
acanthocarpous
acanthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having the fruit covered with spines.
acanthophorous
acanthophorous
adj
Spine-bearing.
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
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
acarpous
acarpous
adj
(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
achlorophyllous
achlorophyllous
adj
(botany) not having chlorophyll and, hence, unable to engage in photosynthesis
achromophilous
achromophilous
adj
Not chromophilous.
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
acrocarpous
acrocarpous
adj
(botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.
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
acrosporous
acrosporous
adj
having acrospores
acrotrophoneurosis
actinocarpous
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinophorous
actinophorous
adj
(biology) Having straight projecting spines
actinopterous
actinopterygious
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
actuaryship
actuaryship
noun
The role or status of actuary.
acupress
acupress
verb
(transitive) To apply acupressure to.
acupressure
acupressure
noun
(countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
(dated) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
(uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
acupressures
acupressures
noun
plural of acupressure
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
acupuncturist
acupuncturist
noun
A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture.
acupuncturists
acupuncturists
noun
plural of acupuncturist
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.
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adiposuria
adiposuria
noun
Synonym of lipuria
adscriptitious
adscriptitius
adstipulator
adventureship
aechmophorus
aeluropodous
aeropause
aeropause
noun
The region of the atmosphere above which it is not possible for aircraft to fly
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
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
africanthropus
afterpressure
aftersupper
agastrophus
agranuloplastic
agriotypus
ailurophiles
ailurophiles
noun
plural of ailurophile
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
ailuropus
albopruinose
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
alectoromorphous
alectoropodous
aleuroscope
alexandroupolis
alkalurops
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
alpetragius
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alphitomorphous
alphitomorphous
Adjective
Resembling barleymeal.
alternipetalous
alternisepalous
amateurship
amateurship
noun
The quality or character of an amateur.
ambiparous
ambleocarpus
amblyocarpous
amorphophallus
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.
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
ampherotokous
amphiaraus
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphibryous
amphicarpogenous
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
amphicarpus
amphicyrtous
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
amphigouris
amphimarus
amphineurous
amphispermous
amphithurons
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.)
amphitropous
amphitropous
adj
(botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other.
amphivorous
amphorous
amphoterus
anamorphous
anamorphous
adj
distorted, deformed
anaphroditous
anapterygotous
anaptomorphus
anarthropodous
anatropous
anatropous
adj
(botany, of an ovule) Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
andromorphous
andromorphous
adj
Having the outward appearance of a male
andropetalous
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
androphorous
androphorous
adj
Having the physical features of a male.
androsporangium
androsporangium
noun
A sporangium for androspores.
anepigraphous
angiocarpous
angiocarpous
adj
describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx
angiophorous
angiopressure
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angiospermous
angiospermous
adj
(botany) Having seeds enclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
angiosporous
angiosporous
adj
(botany) Having spores contained in cells or thecae.
anisocarpous
anisopleural
anisopleurous
anisopterous
anisotropous
anisotropous
adj
Archaic form of anisotropic.
anocarpous
anomocarpous
anomocarpous
adj
(botany) Having anomalous fruits
anterosuperior
anterosuperior
adj
(anatomy) From anterior to superior.
antesuperior
anthocarpous
anthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.
anthophorous
anthospermum
anthropodus
anthropogenous
anthropogenous
adj
having its origin in the activities of mankind; particularly, referring to environmental alterations resulting from the presence or activities of humans
of or pertaining to anthropogeny
anthropomorphous
anthropomorphous
adj
Describing an animal or inanimate object using human characteristics; employing anthropomorphism.
Resembling a human being.
anthropomorphously
anthropomorphously
adv
In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.