A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
acatalepsia
acatalepsia
noun
Alternative form of acatalepsy
acaulescent
acaulescent
adj
(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
accelerants
accelerants
noun
plural of accelerant
accelerates
accelerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accelerate
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
acclimatise
acclimatise
verb
Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize.
acclivities
acclivities
noun
plural of acclivity
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
accomplisht
accomplisht
adj
Obsolete form of accomplished.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accumulates
accumulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accumulate
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
acetabulous
acetabulous
adj
cup-shaped; acetabular
acetabulums
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
acetylsalol
acoelomates
acoelomates
noun
plural of acoelomate
acrostichal
acrostichal
adj
(entomology, of bristles) Situated on the mesothorax of some dipteran flies
acrostolion
acrostolium
acrotarsial
acrotarsial
adj
Relating to the acrotarsium
actinoblast
actinolites
actinolites
noun
plural of actinolite
actualising
actualising
verb
present participle of actualise
actualistic
actualistic
adj
(archaeology) Relating to actual use
Relating to action or the actual
actualities
actualities
noun
plural of actuality
adolescents
adolescents
noun
plural of adolescent
aeroelastic
aeroelastic
adj
Of or pertaining to aeroelasticity
aesthetical
aesthetical
adj
Aesthetic.
Of or pertaining to aesthetics.
Of or pertaining to beauty.
afflictions
afflictions
noun
plural of affliction
afterclause
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.
agonistical
agonistical
adj
(archaic) agonistic (of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks).
ahistorical
ahistorical
adj
Lacking historical perspective or context.
alchemister
alchemistic
alchemistic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to alchemists.
alchemistry
alchemistry
noun
(obsolete) alchemy
alectorides
alethoscope
alethoscope
noun
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
aliteracies
alkahestica
alkalescent
alkalescent
adj
Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
allocations
allocations
noun
plural of allocation
alloclasite
alloclasite
noun
(mineralogy) A brittle monoclinic sulfosalt mineral of the arsenopyrite group.
allocutions
allocutions
noun
plural of allocution
alloplastic
alloplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing the environment or situation rather than him/herself.
(surgery) Related to an alloplast or to alloplasty
noun
(surgery) Any artificial material substituted for tissue grafts
allosematic
almacenista
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
altarpieces
altarpieces
noun
plural of altarpiece
alticamelus
altocumulus
altocumulus
noun
(physics, meteorology) A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.)
amphistylic
amphistylic
adj
(anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks.
anaclastics
anaclastics
noun
The part of optics that deals with the refraction of light.
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.
ancylostoma
ancylostoma
noun
Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
ancylostome
ancylostome
noun
Alternative form of ancylostoma (“type of hookworm”)
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
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
aortoclasia
aortoclasis
aphlogistic
aphlogistic
adj
(archaic) flameless
apicultures
apologetics
apologetics
noun
The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
apostatical
apostatical
adj
Apostate.
apostolical
apostolical
adj
(Christianity) apostolic
applicators
applicators
noun
plural of applicator
archapostle
aristotelic
aristotelic
Adjective
Aristotelian
articulates
articulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of articulate
ascendantly
ascendantly
adv
In an ascendant manner.
ascetically
ascetically
adv
In an ascetic manner.
ascomycetal
ascomycetal
adj
Relating to ascomycetes
aseptically
aseptically
adv
In an aseptic manner.
asiatically
astatically
astatically
adv
In an astatic manner.
asthmatical
asthmatical
adj
Dated form of asthmatic.
astuciously
astuciously
adv
astutely
atelectases
atelectases
noun
plural of atelectasis
atelectasis
atelectasis
noun
(medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
atheistical
atheistical
adj
Of or relating to atheism; atheistic.
athleticism
athleticism
noun
A show of athletic prowess.
The state of being an athlete, or of taking part in athletic events.
atmoclastic
atomistical
atonalistic
atonalistic
adj
Of or relating to atonalism.
atrociously
atrociously
adv
in an atrocious manner
auscultated
auscultated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auscultate
auscultates
auscultates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of auscultate
auscultator
auscultator
noun
(historical) In Germany, one who had passed his first public examination in law, and who was merely retained, not yet employed or paid by government.
An instrument for auscultation.
One who practices auscultation.
auteciously
autoclastic
autoclastic
adj
(geology) Broken in place; said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.
autoplastic
autoplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing him/herself rather than the environment or situation.
Of or pertaining to autoplasty (type of lesion repair with healthy tissue).
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backsettler
backsettler
noun
One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
balaneutics
baluchistan
basculation
basculation
noun
(geology) The tilting of a geological layer.
(medicine, archaic) The replacement of a retroverted uterus by swinging it into its place.
betulaceous
betulaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Betulaceae.
biblioclast
biblioclast
noun
One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
bidactylous
bilocations
bilocations
noun
plural of bilocation
bimetallics
bimetallics
noun
plural of bimetallic
biocatalyst
biocatalyst
noun
(biochemistry) A biochemical catalyst; normally an enzyme.
biostatical
biostatical
adj
biostatic
birthplaces
birthplaces
noun
plural of birthplace
bisectional
bisectional
adj
Of, pertaining to, or obtained by bisection
blackbreast
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blacklisted
blacklisted
adj
Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacklist
blacklister
blacklister
noun
One who blacklists.
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
blanchester
blastematic
blastematic
adj
(biology) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.
blastocheme
blastochyle
blastochyle
noun
(anatomy) The clear or shiny colorless fluid in the blastodermic vesicles.
blastocoele
blastocoele
noun
Alternative spelling of blastocoel
blastocoels
blastocoels
noun
plural of blastocoel
blastocolla
blastocysts
blastocysts
noun
plural of blastocyst
blastodiscs
blastodiscs
noun
plural of blastodisc
blastogenic
blastogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to blastogenesis.
blastomeric
blastomeric
adj
Relating to blastomeres.
blastomyces
blastomycin
blastomycin
noun
A sterile material, produced from cultures of the fungus Blastomyces, once used for intradermal testing
blastoporic
blastoporic
adj
(biology) Pertaining to a blastopore; blastoporal.
bloodstanch
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
boletaceous
boletaceous
adj
Belonging to the family Boletaceae of mushrooms.
bombastical
bombastical
adj
(archaic) bombastic
broadcloths
broadcloths
noun
plural of broadcloth
brocatelles
brocatelles
noun
plural of brocatelle
bursiculate
bursiculate
adj
(botany) bursiform
cabbalistic
cablecasted
cablecasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cablecast