(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
acanthuridae
accouchement
accouchement
noun
Delivery in childbed; parturition
achronychous
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adjutantship
adjutantship
noun
The role or status of adjutant.
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
allocthonous
allocthonous
adj
Misspelling of allochthonous.
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
aluminaphone
amphineurous
amphinucleus
amphipneusta
amphithurons
anacoluthons
anacoluthons
noun
plural of anacoluthon
anarthrously
anarthrously
adv
(grammar) In an anarthrous manner; without an accompanying article.
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
androphorous
androphorous
adj
Having the physical features of a male.
anemochorous
anemochorous
adj
(botany) Adapted for dispersal via wind.
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
angiophorous
anguishously
anhalouidine
anisostichus
anophthalmus
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
anthocarpous
anthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.
anthoclinium
anthomedusae
anthomedusan
anthomedusan
noun
Any hydrozoan of the former order Anthomedusae (now Anthoathecata)
anthophagous
anthophagous
adj
That feeds on flowers
anthophilous
anthophilous
adj
Living or growing on flowers
anthophorous
anthospermum
anthoxanthum
anthracitous
anthraquinol
anthropurgic
antibacchius
antibacchius
noun
(poetry) A rare metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable.
antihumanism
antihumanism
noun
(philosophy, ethics) Opposition to humanism.
antihumanist
antihumanist
adj
(ethics) Opposing humanism
noun
(ethics) One who opposes humanism.
antihumanity
antihumanity
noun
The quality of being hostile towards humanity.
antirrhinums
antirrhinums
noun
plural of antirrhinum
anuradhapura
aphanozygous
archosaurian
archosaurian
noun
An archosaur.
archpublican
archturncoat
argyranthous
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
ashurbanipal
asynchronous
asynchronous
adj
(computing, communication) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
(computing, of a request or a message) Allowing the client to continue during processing.
Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
attouchement
authenticate
authenticate
adj
Synonym of authentic.
verb
(transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
authenticity
authenticity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
autochthonal
autochthonal
adj
existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous
autochthones
autochthones
noun
plural of autochthon
autochthonic
autochthonic
Adjective
existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous
autographing
autographing
noun
The signing of an autograph.
verb
present participle of autograph
autohypnoses
autohypnoses
noun
plural of autohypnosis
autohypnosis
autohypnosis
noun
Hypnosis of oneself.
autohypnotic
autohypnotic
adj
Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
axonophorous
axonophorous
adj
Belonging to the Axonophora.
azosulphonic
bankruptship
baragouinish
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathycurrent
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
bismuthinite
bismuthinite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft bismuth sulfide mineral, an important ore for bismuth.
bleachground
blepharoncus
bluishnesses
blunthearted
bluntishness
bluntishness
noun
(rare) The quality of being somewhat blunt.
blushfulness
blushfulness
noun
The quality of being blushful.
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
brachyuranic
brachyuranic
adj
Synonym of brachyuran
branchiosaur
branchiosaur
noun
Any prehistoric amphibian of the genus Branchiosaurus
branchiurous
brandenburgh
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
brennschluss
brennschluss
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Brennschluss
bronchiloquy
brunelleschi
buccaneerish
buccaneerish
adj
Like a buccaneer; piratical.
bullfighting
bullfighting
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
bullshitting
bullshitting
verb
present participle of bullshit
bullwhipping
bullwhipping
noun
A beating with a bullwhip.
verb
present participle of bullwhip
bunchberries
bunchberries
noun
plural of bunchberry
bunchgrasses
bunchgrasses
noun
plural of bunchgrass
burghalpenny
bushfighting
bushfighting
noun
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
bushrangings
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
buttonbushes
buttonbushes
noun
plural of buttonbush
buttonholder
buttonholers
buttonholers
noun
plural of buttonholer
buttonholing
buttonholing
noun
The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will.
verb
present participle of buttonhole
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
caducibranch
caducibranch
noun
(zoology) Any caducibranchiate organism.
calistheneum
calistheneum
noun
(dated) A gymnasium, especially one for light physical exercise by women and children.
cantharellus
caoutchoucin
caoutchoucin
noun
Alternative form of caoutchin
carcharhinus
catechumenal
catechumenal
adj
Of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism.
cephalanthus
ceraunograph
ceraunograph
noun
A device for measuring lightning discharges.
ceraunophone
chalcedonous
challengeful
challengeful
adj
Full of challenge.
chandragupta
chantepleure
chantepleure
verb
(archaic) To sing and cry at the same time.
charmfulness
charmfulness
noun
The state of being charmful.
chauffeuring
chauffeuring
verb
present participle of chauffeur
chaunoprockt
chauvinistic
chauvinistic
adj
(derogatory) Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists.
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
cheerfulness
cheerfulness
noun
The state of being cheerful; joy.
chiastoneury
chiastoneury
noun
streptoneury
chimonanthus
chimonanthus
noun
Any Asian shrub of the genus Chimonanthus, especially a form of allspice
chincoteague
chiquinquira
chirurgeonly
chirurgeonly
adj
(archaic) having the characteristics of a chirurgeon (doctor or surgeon)
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chloroquines
chloroquines
noun
plural of chloroquine
chromazurine
chromogenous
chromogenous
adj
Alternative form of chromogenic
chrysanthous
chrysophanus
chubbinesses
chubbinesses
noun
plural of chubbiness
chugalugging
chugalugging
verb
present participle of chugalug
chumminesses
chumpishness
chumpishness
noun
The quality of being chumpish.
churchgoings
churchgoings
noun
plural of churchgoing
churchianity
churchianity
Noun
Any practices of Christianity that are viewed as placing a larger emphasis on the habits of church life or the institutional traditions of the church than on theology and spiritual teachings of Jesus; the quality of being too church-focused.
churchillian
churchillian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1874-1965), English statesman and author, or to his policies or writings.
Noun
An of
churchliness
churchliness
noun
The state or quality of being churchly.
churchwarden
churchwarden
noun
(Britain) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish.
(UK, slang) A churchwarden pipe.
(US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church.
churlishness
churlishness
noun
the state of being churlish
churnability
churnability
noun
The condition of being churnable
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
cliquishness
cliquishness
noun
the state of being cliquish
clubbishness
clumpishness
cnidophorous
cnidophorous
adj
Relating to cnidophores
coahuiltecan
coharmonious
conchiferous
conchiferous
adj
(biology) Having a shell (used especially of bivalve molluscs)