Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acarpelous
acarpelous
adj
Alternative spelling of acarpellous
acatalepsy
acatalepsy
noun
Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
acceptable
acceptable
adj
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure
acceptably
acceptably
adv
In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
To an acceptable degree.
acceptance
acceptance
noun
(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
(countable) An instance of that act.
(government, US) The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
(horse racing, Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
(law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.
(optics) Synonym of etendue.
(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
Belief in something; agreement, assent.
The state of being accepted.
The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
acceptancy
acceptancy
noun
(dated) acceptance
acceptavit
acceptedly
acceptedly
adv
In an accepted manner; admittedly.
acceptress
acceptress
noun
(rare) A female acceptor.
accipenser
accipenser
noun
Any sturgeon of the genus Acipenser.
accipitres
accomplice
accomplice
noun
(law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
(rare) A cooperator.
acephalina
acephaline
acephaline
adj
Of or pertaining to the parasitic protozoans of the suborder Acephalina
acephalism
acephalism
noun
The congenital lack of a head.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
acephalous
acephalous
adj
(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
acetopyrin
achenocarp
achitophel
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acropoleis
acropoleis
noun
plural of acropolis
acrospired
acrospired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipopexic
adscripted
adscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adscript
aeciospore
aeciospore
noun
(botany) A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.
aerocolpos
aerocolpos
noun
(rare, medicine) Vaginal gas; air or gas trapped in the vagina.
aerophilic
aerophilic
adj
(biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen
aerophobic
aerophobic
adj
Disliking or avoiding air.
Having a fear of flying in aircraft.
aeroscepsy
aeroscepsy
noun
(zoology) The ability to perceive the state of the atmosphere.
aeroscopic
aeroscopic
adj
Relating to aeroscopy.
aerotropic
aerotropic
adj
(biology) growing towards higher concentrations of oxygen
afterpiece
afterpiece
noun
(nautical) The heel of a rudder.
(now chiefly historical) An additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play.
aitchpiece
alcelaphus
alopecurus
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alphameric
alphameric
adj
Alternative form of alphanumeric
altarpiece
altarpiece
noun
a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
amboceptor
amboceptor
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of hemolysin
amphidetic
amphidetic
adj
(biology, of the ligament of some bivalves) That extends in front of, and behind, the beak
amphimacer
amphimacer
noun
A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable between two accented syllables; a cretic
amphithect
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
amplectant
amplectant
adj
(botany) That clasps a support, especially by twining around it
clasping or embracing
anapaestic
anapaestic
adj
Alternative spelling of anapestic
anatreptic
anatreptic
adj
rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
anemoscope
anemoscope
noun
An instrument that shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.
anepiploic
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
anoxyscope
antechapel
antechapel
noun
The outer part of the west end of a chapel.
antepectus
antescript
anticipate
anticipate
verb
(transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
to eagerly wait for (something)
to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
antileptic
antileptic
adj
(medicine) soothing, mood-stabilizing
antipoetic
antipoetic
adj
Opposed to poetry.
antipolice
antipolice
adj
Opposed to or prejudiced against the police
antiseptic
antiseptic
adj
(pharmacology) Capable of preventing microbial infection.
Free of unpleasantness; prim, sanitized or bowdlerized.
Of, or relating to antisepsis, or the use of antiseptics.
Very clean; aseptic.
noun
(pharmacology) Any substance that inhibits the growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Generally includes only those that are used on living objects (as opposed to disinfectants) and aren't transported by the lymphatic system to destroy bacteria in the body (as opposed to antibiotics).
antroscope
antroscope
noun
An instrument that is used to inspect the maxillary antrum
apesthetic
aphaeretic
aphaeretic
adj
(rare, medicine, linguistics) Of the nature of apheresis.
aphidicide
aphidicide
noun
(rare) The act of killing aphids.
Any man-made substance that kills aphids.
apicifixed
apicifixed
adj
(botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament at the top and pointing back toward the filament like a hook.
apiculated
apiculated
adj
(botany) apiculate
apiculture
apiculture
noun
The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.
aplacental
aplacental
adj
(zoology) Lacking a placenta; belonging to the Aplacentata.
apneumatic
apneumatic
adj
(medicine) Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air.
(rare) Of or pertaining to the nonexistence of soul or spirit; non-spiritual.
apocalypse
apocalypse
noun
(Christianity) The Book of Revelation.
(Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
A disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin.
A revelation, especially of supernatural events.
apocarpies
apocentric
apocentric
adj
(astrophysics) Of or pertaining to the apocenter, the point in an orbit which is furthest from the orbited body
apocodeine
apocodeine
noun
An alkaloid with chemical formula C₁₈H₁₉NO₂, prepared from codeine, with effects like those of apomorphine.
apocopated
apocopated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apocopate
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
apodeictic
apodeictic
adj
(logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
Affording proof; demonstrative.
Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
apolegamic
apologetic
apologetic
adj
(dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
apopemptic
apopemptic
adj
Pertaining to departing; farewell, valedictory.
noun
(obsolete) A farewell or parting address.
apopenptic
apoplectic
apoplectic
adj
(archaic) Effused with blood.
(medicine) Of or relating to apoplexy.
Marked by extreme anger or fury.
noun
A person suffering from apoplexy.
aporetical
aporetical
Adjective
Tending to doubt.
aposematic
aposematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
apostacies
apostacies
noun
plural of apostacy
apostacize
apotactite
apotactite
Noun
One of an ancient sect of Christians who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
apothecial
apothecial
adj
(lichenology) Relating to the apothecium.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
apotihecal
apozemical
appearance
appearance
noun
(law) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance
(medicine) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
(philosophy, theology) That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality
A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
The way something looks; personal presence
appellancy
appellancy
noun
Capability of appeal.
appendance
appendance
noun
Something appendant.
appendancy
appendancy
noun
Alternative form of appendance
appendence
appendency
appendency
noun
(obsolete) Something that is appendant.
(obsolete) State of being appendant.
appendical
appendical
adj
(rare, biology, specifically) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the vermiform appendix.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of an appendix or appendices (chiefly of books).
appendices
appendices
noun
plural of appendice
plural of appendix
appendicle
appendicle
noun
A small appendage.
apperceive
apperceive
verb
(obsolete) To perceive.
(psychology) To be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass of existing ideas of the same object.
applejacks
applejacks
noun
plural of applejack
applesauce
applesauce
intj
(slang, US, dated) Nonsense!
noun
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of apple sauce.
(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
(transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.
(transitive) To view as valuable.
apprentice
apprentice
noun
(dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.
(historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
verb
(transitive) To be an apprentice to.
(transitive) To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
approached
approached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approach
approacher
approacher
noun
(astronomy) An asteroid on a near-Earth trajectory.
Someone or something that approaches.
approaches
approaches
noun
(military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post.
Movements to gain favour; advances.
plural of approach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approach
approvance
approvance
Noun
Approval.
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archership
archership
noun
The skill of an archer.
archespore
archespore
noun
(biology) A group of cells from which microspores or megaspores develop
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
archipenko
archisperm
archispore
archpirate
archpirate
noun
A leader of pirates.
archplayer
archpriest
archpriest
noun
(Eastern Orthodox Church) The highest rank given to a married priest.
(Roman Catholicism) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.
archprince
areroscope
asclepiade
asclepidin
ascriptive
ascriptive
adj
ascribing; relating to ascription
noun
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object to someone or something.
asepticism
asepticism
noun
(dated) freedom from sepsis; asepsis
asepticize
asepticize
verb
(transitive) To render aseptic; to sterilize; to cleanse of pathogenic materials.
aspectable
aspectable
adj
Capable of being seen; visible.
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
aspherical
aspherical
adj
Not (quite) spherical
aspiculate
aspiculate
adj
Lacking spicules
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
astroscope
astroscope
noun
An old astronomical instrument formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.
auspicated
auspicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auspicate
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
azeotropic
azeotropic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or employing an azeotrope
backpacked
backpacked
adj
Wearing a backpack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backpack
backpacker
backpacker
noun
(music, slang) A fan or performer of backpack rap.
A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.
backplanes
backplanes
noun
plural of backplane
backspaced
backspaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backspace
backspacer
backspacer
noun
A mechanism in a typewriter that controls backspacing.
backspaces
backspaces
noun
plural of backspace
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backspace
backsplice
backsplice
noun
Such a knot
verb
To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying