(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
accentuates
accentuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accentuate
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
accountants
accountants
noun
plural of accountant
accountings
accountings
noun
plural of accounting
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
accumulates
accumulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accumulate
accusations
accusations
noun
plural of accusation
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
accusatives
accusatives
noun
plural of accusative
accustoming
accustoming
verb
present participle of accustom
accustomize
accustomize
verb
(rare) To learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment.
acetabulous
acetabulous
adj
cup-shaped; acetabular
acetabulums
achromatous
achromatous
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
acoustician
acoustician
noun
One versed in acoustics, especially a physicist who specializes in acoustics.
acquiescent
acquiescent
adj
resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
acquisition
acquisition
noun
(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
acquisitive
acquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
acquisitors
acquisitors
noun
plural of acquisitor
acraturesis
acronyctous
acronyctous
adj
(astronomy) acronycal
acrostichum
acrostolium
acrotarsium
acrotarsium
noun
(zoology) The instep of the foot (front of the tarsus)
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
actuaryship
actuaryship
noun
The role or status of actuary.
acuesthesia
acutenesses
acutenesses
noun
plural of acuteness
acutonodose
adjudicates
adjudicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjudicate
adjunctions
adjunctions
noun
plural of adjunction
adjutancies
adjutancies
noun
plural of adjutancy
aeronautics
aeronautics
noun
The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation
afterclause
aftercourse
aftercourse
noun
(archaic, regional) The final course of a meal.
(obsolete) A subsequent course of study.
The course (sequence of events or actions) that follows something; subsequent course.
allocutions
allocutions
noun
plural of allocution
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.)
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
ametoecious
anacanthous
anacanthous
adj
Spineless, like certain fishes.
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuous
anfractuous
adj
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
annunciates
annunciates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annunciate
anticarious
anticarious
adj
(dentistry) That prevents, or counteracts caries
anticaustic
antidysuric
antimusical
antimusical
adj
(music) Of or pertaining to antimusic.
(music) Opposing or countering music.
antisuicide
antisuicide
adj
Opposing or preventing suicide.
apicultures
aporocactus
aristarchus
aristarchus
Proper noun
name, of historical use only in English.
articulates
articulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of articulate
artificious
artificious
adj
(obsolete) Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
artocarpous
ascititious
ascititious
adj
supplemental; not inherent or original
assecurator
asteraceous
asteraceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Asteraceae.
astrocaryum
astronautic
astronautic
adj
Of or pertaining to astronautics.
astroscopus
astuciously
astuciously
adv
astutely
atrociously
atrociously
adv
in an atrocious manner
atropaceous
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
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.
auspicating
auspicating
verb
present participle of auspicate
austafrican
austromancy
austromancy
noun
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
auteciously
autocarpous
autocarpous
adj
(botany) Having fruit formed by self-pollination
autochthons
autochthons
noun
plural of autochthon.
autocinesis
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.
autocracies
autocracies
noun
plural of autocracy
autocrosses
autocrosses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autocross
autodidacts
autodidacts
noun
plural of autodidact
autofocuses
autofocuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autofocus
autognostic
autognostic
adj
self-aware
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).
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autoscience
autosoteric
autosoteric
adj
Relating to autosoterism
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
balaneutics
baluchistan
barracoutas
barracoutas
noun
plural of barracouta
basculation
basculation
noun
(geology) The tilting of a geological layer.
(medicine, archaic) The replacement of a retroverted uterus by swinging it into its place.
batidaceous
beauticians
beauticians
noun
plural of beautician
betulaceous
betulaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Betulaceae.
bicuspidate
bicuspidate
adj
Having two points or prominences (as teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid.
bidactylous
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
boletaceous
boletaceous
adj
Belonging to the family Boletaceae of mushrooms.
borzicactus
britannicus
buccinators
buccinators
noun
plural of buccinator
bureaucrats
bureaucrats
noun
plural of bureaucrat
bursiculate
bursiculate
adj
(botany) bursiform
busticating
busticating
verb
present participle of busticate
butomaceous
butomaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Butomaceae.
butyraceous
butyraceous
adj
Of, pertaining to or containing butter; buttery
cacqueteuse
cacqueteuse
noun
(obsolete) An antique French armchair with a narrow back and splayed arms.
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
calamistrum
calamistrum
noun
(zoology) A comb-like structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibres in the construction of their webs.
calathiscus
calculators
calculators
noun
plural of calculator
calenturish
calenturist
callithumps
callithumps
noun
plural of callithump
calochortus
calumniates
calumniates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate
calycanthus
calycanthus
noun
Any of the genus Calycanthus of sweetshrubs.
camptosorus
canafistula
canafistula
noun
The flowering plant Cassia fistula, the golden shower tree.
canafistulo
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
caoutchoucs
caoutchoucs
noun
plural of caoutchouc
capitulates
capitulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate
capsulation
capsulation
noun
(medicine) The enclosing of (typically) a drug in a capsule
capsulotome
capsulotome
noun
(surgery) An instrument used to incise the capsule of the lens of the eye
capsulotomy
capsulotomy
noun
(surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts
caqueteuses
caquetoires
carburetest
carburetors
carburetors
noun
plural of carburetor
carefullest
carefullest
adj
superlative form of careful: most careful
caricatures
caricatures
noun
plural of caricature
carnaptious
carnaptious
adj
bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
cartersburg
cartularies
cartularies
noun
plural of cartulary
castellanus
castellanus
noun
(meteorology) A cloud species which shows vertical formations giving a crenellated appearance, associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
Alternative form of castellan
castellatus
casuistical
casuistical
adj
casuistic
casuistries
casuistries
noun
plural of casuistry
catacaustic
catacaustic
noun
(mathematics) the envelope of all rays that emanate from a specified point (the radiant point) and reflect from a given curve; the evolute of the orthotomic
a caustic curve formed by light reflecting from a curved surface
catadromous
catadromous
adj
(botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond.
(ichthyology, of a migratory fish) Living in fresh water as an adult, but breeding in the sea.
catafalques
catafalques
noun
plural of catafalque
cataloguers
cataloguers
noun
plural of cataloguer
cataloguish
cataloguist
cataractous
cataractous
adj
(archaic) Affected with cataract.
(archaic) Of the nature of a cataract in the eye.
catawampous
catechumens
catechumens
noun
plural of catechumen
catercousin
cattaraugus
cattaraugus
Proper noun
a village in Cattaraugus County, New York State, USA.
