(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
accelerants
accelerants
noun
plural of accelerant
accessional
accessional
adj
(rare) Pertaining to accession; additional.
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
acrostolion
actinoblast
actinolites
actinolites
noun
plural of actinolite
actualising
actualising
verb
present participle of actualise
adolescence
adolescence
noun
The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
adolescency
adolescency
noun
adolescence
adolescents
adolescents
noun
plural of adolescent
aesculapian
afflictions
afflictions
noun
plural of affliction
affluencies
affluencies
noun
plural of affluency
agonistical
agonistical
adj
(archaic) agonistic (of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks).
alcaligenes
alchemising
alchemising
verb
present participle of alchemise
alkalescent
alkalescent
adj
Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
allegiances
allegiances
noun
plural of allegiance
allocations
allocations
noun
plural of allocation
allocutions
allocutions
noun
plural of allocution
almacenista
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
alsinaceous
ampicillins
ampicillins
noun
plural of ampicillin
anacalypsis
anaclastics
anaclastics
noun
The part of optics that deals with the refraction of light.
anaglyphics
anaglyphics
noun
plural of anaglyphic
anaglyptics
anaglyptics
noun
(art) The art of carving or embossing in low relief
analogistic
anatomicals
ancestorial
ancestorial
adj
Ancestral.
ancestrally
ancestrally
adv
Pertaining to ancestry.
anchylosing
anchylosing
verb
present participle of anchylose
ancillaries
ancillaries
noun
plural of ancillary
ancyloceras
ancylostoma
ancylostoma
noun
Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
ancylostome
ancylostome
noun
Alternative form of ancylostoma (“type of hookworm”)
angelicness
angelicness
noun
The state or quality of being angelic
anglicanism
anglicanism
Noun
The beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Attachment to England or English institutions.
anglicising
anglicising
verb
present participle of anglicise
animalcules
animalcules
noun
plural of animalcule
animalistic
animalistic
adj
In the behaviour of an animal savage; untamed.
In the manner of and/or resembling an animal;
Of or pertaining to animalism.
animastical
anisalcohol
anisocercal
anisocotyly
anisodactyl
anisodactyl
adj
Characterized by anisodactyly
anomalistic
anomalistic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to an anomaly (angle of a body from its perihelion)
(linguistics) Pertaining to anomalism
anomalous
irregular
antechapels
antechapels
noun
plural of antechapel
antepaschal
antepaschal
adj
(religion) Relating to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
antepaschel
antiblastic
antiblastic
adj
(biology, of a host) antagonistic to the metabolism of a parasite
anticlastic
anticlastic
adj
(mathematics) of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is negative at all points
(of a surface) curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped
antihelices
antilactase
antimusical
antimusical
adj
(music) Of or pertaining to antimusic.
(music) Opposing or countering music.
antiplastic
antiplastic
adj
(medicine) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
Diminishing plasticity.
Opposing the use of plastics, typically for environmental reasons.
noun
(medicine) Any substance that prevents the process of healing, or granulation.
A substance added to clay to make it less malleable.
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
aphelenchus
arenicolous
arenicolous
adj
(biology) living or burrowing in sand
ascendantly
ascendantly
adv
In an ascendant manner.
ascendingly
ascendingly
adv
In an ascending manner.
ascensional
ascensional
adj
(astronomy) Relating to ascension.
asclepieion
asplanchnic
assemblance
assemblance
noun
(obsolete) An assembling; assemblage.
(obsolete) Resemblance; likeness; appearance.
atonalistic
atonalistic
adj
Of or relating to atonalism.
auchincloss
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
balancewise
balancewise
adv
In terms of balance.
balaneutics
baldachinos
baldachinos
noun
plural of baldachino
baluchistan
barleycorns
barleycorns
noun
plural of barleycorn
basculation
basculation
noun
(geology) The tilting of a geological layer.
(medicine, archaic) The replacement of a retroverted uterus by swinging it into its place.
basicranial
basicranial
adj
Of or pertaining to the basicranium
basiliscine
berascaling
bilocations
bilocations
noun
plural of bilocation
bisectional
bisectional
adj
Of, pertaining to, or obtained by bisection
bivalencies
bivalencies
noun
plural of bivalency
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blacknesses
blacknesses
noun
plural of blackness
blacksnakes
blacksnakes
noun
plural of blacksnake
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blanchester
blancmanges
blancmanges
noun
plural of blancmange
blastogenic
blastogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to blastogenesis.
blastomycin
blastomycin
noun
A sterile material, produced from cultures of the fungus Blastomyces, once used for intradermal testing
bloodstanch
brainsickly
brainsickly
adv
(obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
branchlines
branchlines
noun
plural of branchline
brilliances
brilliances
noun
plural of brilliance
caenolestes
caenostylic
caesalpinia
caesalpinia
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Caesalpinia.
cahenslyism
cahenslyism
Noun
A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of the same race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation.
cajolements
cajolements
noun
plural of cajolement
calamancoes
calamanders
calamanders
noun
plural of calamander
calaminaris
calamondins
calamondins
noun
plural of calamondin
calcedonies
calcedonies
noun
plural of calcedony
calcigenous
calcigenous
adj
That forms a calx when oxidized.
calcisponge
calcisponge
noun
(zoology) Any of a group of marine sponges containing calcareous spicules.
calcitonins
calcitonins
noun
plural of calcitonin
calendarist
calendarist
noun
A person who contrives and makes calendars
A person who uses a particular form of calendar
calenderers
calenderers
noun
plural of calenderer
calenturish
calenturist
calisthenic
calisthenic
adj
Of, or relating to calisthenics.
callensburg
callianassa
callionymus
callistemon
callousness
callousness
noun
The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.
The quality of having calluses.
calmodulins
calmodulins
noun
plural of calmodulin
calorescent
calumniates
calumniates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate
calvinistic
calycanthus
calycanthus
noun
Any of the genus Calycanthus of sweetshrubs.
calypsonian
calypsonian
noun
A calypso musician.
camerlengos
camerlengos
noun
plural of camerlengo
camerlingos
campanulous
campanulous
adj
Resembling a bell in shape or sound.
canafistola
canafistolo
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
canaliculus
canaliculus
noun
(anatomy) Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants
cancerously
cancerously
adv
In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
With cancer.
candelabras
candelabras
noun
plural of candelabra
candleshine
candleshine
noun
The light thrown from a lit candle
candlestand
candlestand
noun
A holder for candles; a branched candlestick.
candlestick
candlestick
noun
(finance) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
(gymnastics) A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
verb
(investing) To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
(of a parachute) To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
To adorn with candlesticks.
To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.
candlewicks
candlewicks
noun
plural of candlewick
candlewoods
candlewoods
noun
plural of candlewood
cannabinols
cannabinols
noun
plural of cannabinol
cannibalise
cannibalise
verb
(transitive) To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
(transitive) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
(transitive, business) To reduce sales or market share (for one of one's own products) by introducing another.
Rework old material; rehash.
cannibalish
cannibalism
cannibalism
noun
(figurative) An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.
In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt".
The act of eating another of one's own species.
cannonballs
cannonballs
noun
plural of cannonball
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cannonball
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
cantholysis
cantholysis
noun
The surgical division of the canthus.
cantilevers
cantilevers
noun
plural of cantilever
cantillates
cantillates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cantillate
cantonalism
cantonalism
noun
(historical, politics) A Spanish insurrectionary movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, aiming to divide the nation state into almost independent cantons.