(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
abouchement
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
acacatechol
acanthodean
acanthodean
noun
Alternative form of acanthodian
acanthodian
acanthodian
adj
Pertaining to Acanthodii.
noun
(zoology) A member of a group of extinct fish (Acanthodii) that existed from the Silurian to the Permian period.
acanthodini
acanthology
acanthology
noun
The study of spined things, in particular sea urchins, and the resultant impact on taxonomy.
acanthophis
acanthopore
acanthopore
noun
(paleontology) A tubular spine in some bryozoans.
acarophobia
acarophobia
noun
(medicine) The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
accomplisht
accomplisht
adj
Obsolete form of accomplished.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accoucheurs
accoucheurs
noun
plural of accoucheur
accoucheuse
accoucheuse
noun
(rare) A midwife.
accroaching
accroaching
verb
present participle of accroach
acetophenin
achaenocarp
achaenocarp
noun
Any dry indehiscent fruit.
achloropsia
achloropsia
noun
Inability to distinguish the colour green.
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
achondritic
achondritic
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to achondrites, a type of stony meteorite.
achroanthes
achroglobin
achromacyte
achromacyte
noun
(cytology) Any cell that lacks its normal pigmentation (especially an erythrocyte that has ruptured and lost its haemoglobin)
achromatise
achromatise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of achromatize.
achromatism
achromatism
noun
(optics) The state or quality of being achromatic; achromaticity.
Achromatopia.
The state of being free of colors, not emitting or separating into colors.
achromatium
achromatize
achromatize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
(transitive) To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system
achromatope
achromatope
noun
A person who has achromatopia.
achromatous
achromatous
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
acichloride
acidophiles
acidophiles
noun
plural of acidophile
acidophilic
acidophilic
adj
Easily stained with acidic dyes, such as eosin.
Thriving under acidic conditions; relating to or being an acidophile.
acidophilus
acidophilus
noun
Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
acocanthera
acouophonia
acquophonia
acrocephaly
acrocephaly
noun
The condition of suffering from a pointed skull.
acrochordon
acrochordon
noun
(medicine) A soft, pedunculated or pensile wart, consisting of myomatous or edematous fibrous tissue, often found on the neck or eyelids of elderly persons.
acrocorinth
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
acronychous
acrophobias
acrophobias
noun
plural of acrophobia
acrophonies
acrophonies
noun
plural of acrophony
acrorrheuma
acrostichal
acrostichal
adj
(entomology, of bristles) Situated on the mesothorax of some dipteran flies
acrostichic
acrostichic
adj
Being or relating to an acrostic.
acrostichum
acrotrophic
acrotrophic
adj
(biology, of an insect) Having nutritive cells at the top of the follicular tube
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinophone
actinophone
noun
An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
actinophore
actinophore
noun
(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
actinophrys
adelochorda
adenochrome
adenochrome
noun
A red pigment present in the branchial heart tissue of the octopus
adiamorphic
aechmagoras
aeneolithic
aeneolithic
adj
Alternative form of Eneolithic
aerographic
aerographic
adj
Relating to aerography.
aerophysics
aerophysics
noun
(physics) The physics of the design and construction of aerodynamic devices
aesthesodic
aesthesodic
adj
(biology) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses.
aetheogamic
afterchrome
afterschool
afterschool
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
Taking place immediately after school classes.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
agonistarch
agonistarch
noun
(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
agonothetic
agonothetic
adj
Of or pertaining to an agonothete.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
ahistorical
ahistorical
adj
Lacking historical perspective or context.
alchochoden
alchochoden
noun
(obsolete, UK, dialect, astrology) The planet which bears rule in the principal places of an astrological figure when a person is born.
alcoholemia
alcoholemia
noun
Alternative spelling of alcoholaemia
alcoholised
alcoholised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alcoholise
alcoholisms
alcoholisms
noun
plural of alcoholism
alcoholized
alcoholized
adj
(chemistry) rectified
(obsolete) reduced to a fine powder
saturated, infused or under the influence of alcohol
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alcoholize
alcoholuria
alcoholysis
alcoholysis
noun
(organic chemistry) Solvolysis using an alcohol.
alcoholytic
alcoholytic
adj
Relating to alcoholysis
alethoscope
alethoscope
noun
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
allocheiria
allochetite
allochroite
allochroite
noun
(mineralogy) Garnet.
allochroous
allochroous
adj
Changed in color, as plumage after moulting
allocochick
allocochick
noun
(archaic, historical) shell money used by Native American peoples of California
allographic
allographic
adj
Relating to allographs or allography.
allomorphic
allomorphic
adj
Pertaining to allomorphism or to allomorphs.
allopsychic
allopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the relationship between the mind and the outside world
allotrophic
allotrophic
adj
Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion.
Of or pertaining to an allotroph.
alphatoluic
amenorrheic
amenorrheic
adj
Alternative spelling of amenorrhoeic
amethodical
amethodical
adj
Not methodical; unsystematic.
ammochaetae
amphibiotic
amphibiotic
adj
Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults
amphichroic
amphichroic
adj
(chemistry) Exhibiting or producing two colours, as substances which may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
amphichrome
amphichromy
amphictyons
amphictyons
noun
plural of amphictyon
amphictyony
amphictyony
noun
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.
amphidromic
amphidromic
adj
Alternative form of amphidromical
Alternative form of amphidromous
Relating to a tidal node
amphierotic
amphilochus
amphiphloic
amphiphloic
adj
(botany) Of stems in which the phloem is both external and internal to the xylem.
amphiprotic
amphiprotic
adj
(chemistry) Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
amphophilic
amphophilic
adj
(cytology) That can be stained with either an acidic or a basic dye.
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amyosthenic
amyosthenic
adj
Of or relating to amyosthenia.
noun
(medicine) A drug or agent that depresses muscular action.
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
anacanthous
anacanthous
adj
Spineless, like certain fishes.
anachronism
anachronism
noun
A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. [from 17th c.]
A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. [from 19th c.]
The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.
anachronist
anachronist
noun
A person who has anachronistic views or habits
anachronize
anachronize
verb
To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
anachronous
anachronous
Adjective
anachronistic
anacoluthia
anacoluthia
noun
(grammar) A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
anacoluthic
anacoluthic
adj
Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
anacoluthon
anacoluthon
noun
(grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
(rhetoric) Intentional use of such a structure.
anacoluttha
anaphorical
anaphorical
adj
Synonym of anaphoric
anchoresses
anchoresses
noun
plural of anchoress
anchoretish
anchoretism
anchoretism
noun
The practice or mode of life of an anchorite.
anchoritess
anchoritess
noun
A female anchorite; an anchoress.
anchoritish
anchoritism
anchorville
anchorwoman
anchorwoman
noun
(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
anchylosing
anchylosing
verb
present participle of anchylose
anemochoric
anemochoric
adj
anemochorous
angelomachy
angelomachy
noun
(rare) A battle between angels.
anglophilic
anglophilic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophilic
anglophobic
anglophobic
Adjective
Having an aversion to England or the English.
anhemitonic
anhemitonic
adj
Relating to the absence of half steps.
anhemolytic
anisalcohol
anocithesia
antatrophic
anthecology
anthecology
noun
(biology) The study of the relationships between flowers and pollinators
anthocerote
anthocyanin
anthocyanin
noun
(botany, organic chemistry) Any of many water-soluble red to violet plant pigments related to the flavonoids (more noticeable in autumn after the chlorophyll decomposes)
anthomaniac
anthomaniac
noun
Someone who has anthomania.
anthotropic
anthracnose
anthracnose
noun
(phytopathology) Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees.
anthracosis
anthracosis
noun
(pneumology, pathology) A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.
anthracotic
anthracotic
adj
Relating to anthracosis.
anthracoxen
anthropical
anthropical
adj
Alternative form of anthropic
anthroxanic
anthypnotic
anthypnotic
adj
Alternative form of antihypnotic
antialcohol
antialcohol
Adjective
Opposed to the drinking of alcohol.
anticathode
anticathode
noun
(electrochemistry) The opposite of a cathode, an anode.
(electronics) The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed.