(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
adiathermanous
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
amidosulphonal
amphicondylous
anarthropodous
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
autoheterodyne
autoheterodyne
noun
(dated, electronics) autodyne
autoradiograph
autoradiograph
noun
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
verb
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
azodisulphonic
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
borofluohydric
branchiopodous
cheilodipterus
chlamydosaurus
chondrocranium
chondrocranium
noun
(anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification
chondroglossus
chondroglossus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
chordacentrous
chytridiaceous
chytridiaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Chytridiaceae.
cochurchwarden
condylarthrous
conidiophorous
corundophilite
counterchanged
counterchanged
adj
(heraldry) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
exchanged
countercharged
countercharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of countercharge
counterlighted
countershading
countershading
noun
A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
dehumanisation
dehumanisation
noun
Alternative spelling of dehumanization
dehumanization
dehumanization
noun
The act or process of dehumanizing.
delphocurarine
dermorhynchous
desmachymatous
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
deutencephalon
deuteromorphic
diaphanousness
diaphanousness
noun
The quality of being diaphanous.
dikelocephalus
diplocephalous
discocephalous
ditrichotomous
ditrichotomous
adj
(botany) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; said of a leaf or stem.
Divided into twos or threes.
dolichoglossus
dolichostylous
doublehandedly
doublehandedly
adv
Alternative form of double-handedly
doublehatching
doublethinking
dumbartonshire
duodecillionth
duodecillionth
adj
The ordinal form of the number duodecillion
noun
One of a duodecillion equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the duodecillionth position.
ectonephridium
extrahazardous
flannelmouthed
flannelmouthed
adj
Alternative form of flannel-mouthed
gerrhosauridae
guldengroschen
guldengroschen
noun
(money, historical) A silver German coin that was worth one gold gulden in the 15th century and two thirds of a taler in the 17th century.
haemodoraceous
haemodoraceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Haemodoraceae (bloodworts).
haemosporidium
helladotherium
hemoplasmodium
hepatoduodenal
hepatoduodenal
adj
Relating to the liver and duodenum.
hermaphroditus
hermaphroditus
Proper noun
The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.
A male Aphrodite (Aphroditus), and represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility.
hernandiaceous
hernandiaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Hernandiaceae.
holothurioidea
humidification
humidification
noun
The process of increasing the water vapour content of a gas.
hydradephagous
hydrangeaceous
hydrangeaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Hydrangeaceae.
hydrobilirubin
hydrobilirubin
noun
(biochemistry) A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin.
hydrocarbonous
hydrocarbonous
adj
(archaic) Being or relating to a hydrocarbon.
hydrocellulose
hydrocellulose
noun
A hydrated form of cellulose used in the manufacture of paper etc
hydrocephalous
hydrocephalous
adj
(medicine) Afflicted with hydrocephalus.
Having a swollen head.
hydrocerussite
hydrocerussite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of lead carbondate, a trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
hydrofluoboric
hydromicaceous
hydrophthalmus
hydrophylacium
hydropneumatic
hydropneumatic
adj
Being, or pertaining to, a type of automotive suspension system based on a nitrogen springing medium.
Operated by both fluid and air power
hydroquinoline
hydroselenuret
hydrosulfurous
hydrosulfurous
adj
hyposulfurous
hydrosulphuret
hydrosulphuret
noun
(chemistry, archaic) Any hydrosulfide.
hydrosulphuric
hydrosulphuric
adj
Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric
hydrosulphuryl
hyperdelicious
hyperdicrotous
hyperdicrotous
adj
hyperdicrotic
hypereutectoid
hypereutectoid
adj
containing the minor component in excess of that contained in the eutectoid
noun
A hypereutectic alloy
ichneumonoidea
ichthyosauroid
lecythidaceous
lecythidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Lecythidaceae, that includes the Brazil nuts.
lepidophyllous
leukodystrophy
leukodystrophy
noun
(medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
liquidatorship
liquidatorship
noun
The role or business of a liquidator.
lymphoglandula
lymphoglandula
Noun
A lymph node.
macrauchenioid
mandibulohyoid
mandibulohyoid
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch
Situated between the mandibular and the hyoid arch
mealymouthedly
mesonephridium
mimmouthedness
nabuchodonosor
nephrogonaduct
neurochondrite
nondichogamous
nondichogamous
adj
Not dichogamous.
nondichotomous
nondichotomous
adj
Not dichotomous.
nonhazardously
nonhouseholder
nonhouseholder
noun
One who is not a householder.
nonhydrogenous
nonhydrogenous
adj
Not hydrogenous.
nonupholstered
northumberland
northumberland
Proper noun
The most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.
odontognathous
odontognathous
adj
Having toothlike ridges on the jaw
organochordium
orthotoluidine
osteochondrous
osteochondrous
adj
Synonym of osteocartilaginous
outlandishlike
outlandishness
outlandishness
noun
The quality of being outlandish.
overdistraught
pachydactylous
pachydactylous
adj
(zoology) Having thick digits.
pachydermatous
pachydermatous
adj
(humorous) Thick-skinned; insensitive.
Like an elephant
Of or relating to the pachyderms.
pediculophobia
pediculophobia
noun
A morbid fear of lice.
photoconductor
photoconductor
noun
A material, or a device, that exhibits or utilizes photoconductivity
photoduplicate
photoduplicate
noun
A photocopy.
verb
(transitive) To photocopy.
photoinduction
photoinduction
noun
induction as a result of irradiation by light
photoinductive
photoinductive
adj
Relating to photoinduction.
photoreduction
photoreduction
noun
(chemistry) Any reduction reaction that takes place in the presence of light
(physics, chemistry) The addition of an electron to a photoexcited species
pleuracanthoid
podophthalmous
podophthalmous
adj
(zoology) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels.
(zoology) Of or relating to the Podophthalmia.
predreadnought
predreadnought
noun
(nautical) Alternative form of pre-dreadnought.
pseudarthrosis
pseudarthrosis
noun
(architecture) A groove in a block of stone that simulates a joint
(pathology) A bony, flexible structure, resembling a joint, sometimes found after a poorly united fracture
(surgery) A failed fusion after an arthrodesis surgery
pseudoarchaism
pseudoarchaism
noun
(countable) A false (typically invented) archaism.
(uncountable) The quality of being pseudoarchaic.
pseudoarchaist
pseudoarchaist
noun
A person who uses or invents pseudoarchaisms
pseudobrachial
pseudobrachium
pseudobranchia
pseudobranchia
noun
(marine biology) A small patch of gill-like filaments on the inner surface of the opercle near the junction of the preopercle.
pseudobranchus
pseudochemical
pseudochemical
adj
Apparently, but not actually, chemical.
pseudochronism
pseudocyphella
pseudocyphella
noun
(lichenology) A structure in lichens that appears as a tiny pore on the outer surface, caused when there is a break in the cortex of the lichen and the medullary hyphae extend to the surface.
pseudoelephant
pseudoerythrin
pseudofaithful
pseudofatherly
pseudofeverish
pseudographeme
pseudographize
pseudoheroical
pseudohistoric
pseudohistoric
adj
Alternative form of pseudohistorical
pseudoholoptic
pseudomorphine
pseudomorphine
noun
(chemistry) An inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations.
(zoology) Any ground beetle of the tribe Pseudomorphini, within the family Carabidae.
pseudomorphism
pseudomorphism
noun
(crystallography) The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that of the species.
pseudomorphose
pseudomorphose
verb
to pseudomorph
pseudomorphous
pseudomorphous
adj
Not having the true form.
pseudomythical
pseudomythical
adj
Apparently, but not actually, mythical; resembling a myth; having mythic elements.