A group of coelenterates including the jellyfish and sea nettles.
acalephe
acalephe
noun
Alternative form of acaleph
acalephs
acalephs
noun
plural of acaleph
acalypha
acalypha
noun
Any of the genus Acalypha of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.
acephala
acephali
acephali
noun
(ecclesiastical history) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
(ecclesiastical history) The Eutychians, a Christian sect in the year 482 without a leader. See http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100c.htm.
A class of levelers in the time of King Henry I.
A people reported by Herodotus and Josephus to have no heads or removable heads.
plural of acephalus
acheilia
acheilia
noun
(pathology) A congenital absence of lips, liplessness
achelous
achelous
Proper noun
a river in western Greece
Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.
achenial
achenial
adj
Pertaining to an achene.
achilary
achillea
achillea
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Achillea
achilles
achilles
Proper noun
semi-divine hero, son of Peleus and the nymph Thetis, prince and leader of the Myrmidons; great warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp, killed in the Trojan War; central character of the Iliad.
achilous
achilous
adj
(botany, anatomy) without a lip.
achingly
achingly
adv
In an aching manner; sorely.
acholias
acholous
acholous
adj
(medicine) Lacking bile.
achordal
achordal
adj
achordate
achylous
achylous
adj
(physiology) Without chyle
acolhuan
acrolith
acrolith
noun
(historical) An ancient Greek wooden statue furnished with a rupestral head and limbs.
adalheid
adelheid
adelphia
adelphia
noun
Any plant of the genus Adelphia, of Latin America.
adelphic
adelphic
adj
Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
fraternal
adelphoi
adolphus
aeolight
aerolith
aerolith
noun
(chiefly historical) A meteorite.
aethalia
aethalia
noun
plural of aethalium
aethylla
agalloch
agalloch
noun
The soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis (formerly Aquilaria agallocha).
aguishly
aguishly
adv
(now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.
airlight
alabarch
alabarch
noun
The title of the governor or chief magistrate of the Jews in Alexandria under the Ptolemies and Roman emperors.
albahaca
alberghi
alberghi
noun
plural of albergo
alberich
albolith
albolith
noun
A kind of cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica.
albrecht
albright
alcahest
alcahest
noun
Alternative form of alkahest
alchemic
alchemic
adj
alchemical.
alchuine
alcithoe
alcohate
alcohate
Noun
alcoholate
alcohols
alcohols
noun
plural of alcohol
aldehyde
aldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
alebench
alebench
noun
(historical) A bench at the front of an alehouse or inn where drinkers can sit.
alehouse
alehouse
noun
A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.
aleichem
alekhine
algaroth
algaroth
noun
Alternative form of algarot
algraphy
algraphy
noun
(photography) An early photographic technique, similar to zincography or lithography, using paper impregnated with an aluminium salt.
alhacena
alhambra
alhambra
Proper noun
A palace in Granada, Spain; historically a royal palace.
A solitaire card game played with two decks.
alhandal
alichino
alicoche
alicoche
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Echinocereus.
alighted
alighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alight
alighten
alighten
verb
To alight, to dismount or get down from.
To alight; to land, to descend and rest.
To lighten; to reduce in weight or heaviness.
To make light; to illuminate or brighten.
aljamiah
alkahest
alkahest
noun
(now historical) A universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
allamoth
allheals
allheals
noun
plural of allheal
allmouth
allmouth
noun
Any of the order Lophiiformes of anglerfish, such as Lophius piscatorius.
allopath
allopath
Noun
A practitioner of allopathy
allthing
allthing
pron
(obsolete) everything
allthorn
allwhere
allwhere
adv
(archaic) everywhere
almallah
almighty
almighty
adj
(by extension) Having very great power, influence, etc.
(slang) Great; extreme; terrible.
(sometimes postpositive) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
adv
(slang, colloquial) Extremely; thoroughly.
almohade
alnitham
alphabet
alphabet
noun
(India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
(Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
verb
(rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
alphecca
alphecca
Proper noun
a binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis, about 75 light years away
alphenic
alphenic
noun
(rare) White barley sugar
alphonsa
alphonse
alphonso
alphonso
Proper noun
name, variant of Alfonso.
alphorns
alphorns
noun
plural of alphorn
alphosis
alphosis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Albinism.
alrighty
alrighty
intj
(informal) Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
alsworth
althaeas
althaeas
noun
plural of althaea
althaein
altheine
altheine
noun
(organic chemistry) asparagine
althorns
althorns
noun
plural of althorn
although
although
conj
But, except.
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
altschin
alymphia
alytarch
alytarch
noun
An official responsible for maintaining order at the ancient Olympic Games.
alyworth
amalthea
amalthea
Proper noun
The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.
The third most distant moon of Jupiter.
amollish
amphoral
amphoral
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the shape of an amphora
anaglyph
anaglyph
noun
A decorative ornament worked in low relief or bas relief, such as a piece of cameo jewelry.
A matched pair of images designed to produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed using spectacles that have usually one red and one bluish-green lens, corresponding to the colors of the pairs of images.
anarchal
anarchal
adj
(archaic) lawless; anarchic
anchiale
anesthyl
anethole
anethole
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular aromatic compound found in anise.
anethols
anethols
noun
plural of anethol
anhaline
anhaline
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, 4-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]phenol, found in peyotes of the genus Anhalonium