A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture.
adelomorphous
adelomorphous
adj
(medicine) Having a form that is not clearly defined, especially as applied to the principal cells in the pepsin glands of the stomach.
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adscriptitius
adstipulating
adstipulation
adventureship
afterpressure
albuminoscope
allopalladium
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
amblycephalus
amblyocarpous
amorphousness
amorphousness
noun
The state or quality of being amorphous.
ampelidaceous
ampelidaceous
adj
(botany, obsolete) Of or belonging to the Ampelidaceae (now Vitaceae).
ampherotokous
amphiblastula
amphiblastula
noun
A larva of some sponges that has equal numbers of both flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on opposite sides of the blastula
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphipneustic
amphisbaenous
amphispermous
amphithalamus
amphitrichous
amphitrichous
adj
(biology) (of bacteria) Having a single flagellum on each of two opposite ends. (Only one flagellum operates at a time, allowing the bacterium to reverse course rapidly by switching which flagellum is active.)
amplitudinous
ampullariidae
anaphroditous
anaptomorphus
androcephalum
andromorphous
andromorphous
adj
Having the outward appearance of a male
andropetalous
anencephalous
anencephalous
adj
(biology) Without a brain.
anepigraphous
angiopressure
angiospermous
angiospermous
adj
(botany) Having seeds enclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
angustiseptal
anisopetalous
anisopetalous
adj
(botany) Having unequal petals.
anisophyllous
anisophyllous
adj
(botany) Having unequal leaves.
anisopleurous
anisopogonous
anisosepalous
anomophyllous
anoplotherium
anoplotherium
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium.
anteoperculum
antepenultima
antepenultima
noun
(poetry) The last syllable of a word except two
antipleuritic
antipleuritic
adj
Working against pleurisy.
antiplurality
antipollution
antipollution
adj
Reducing or opposing pollution.
noun
Anything that helps the environment by reducing pollution.
antispiritual
antispiritual
adj
Opposing or harming what is spiritual.
apetalousness
apetalousness
noun
(botany) The state or quality of being apetalous.
aphanipterous
aphanipterous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera, a former classification of insects.
aphidophagous
aphidophagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids
aplacophorous
aplostemonous
aplostemonous
adj
Alternative form of haplostemonous
apometabolous
aponeurositis
appendiculata
appendiculate
appendiculate
adj
(biology) Bearing appendages, such as one of the leg-bearing segments of an insect.
(biology) Having the nature of an appendage, such as the leg or antenna of an insect.
(mycology) Of a mushroom: having partial veil remnants hanging along the cap margin.
appoggiaturas
appoggiaturas
noun
plural of appoggiatura
appropinquate
appropinquate
verb
(rare, literary, transitive, intransitive) To approach; to near.
appropinquity
appropinquity
noun
(obsolete) nearness; propinquity
appunctuation
appurtenances
appurtenances
noun
equipment used for a specific task or purpose; gear
plural of appurtenance
aptitudinally
aptitudinally
adv
In an aptitudinal manner.
araliophyllum
archaeohippus
archcorrupter
archcupbearer
archeptolemus
archplunderer
archplutocrat
arctocephalus
argyropelecus
arteriopalmus
arthropterous
arthrosporous
arthrosporous
adj
Relating to arthrospores.
asclepiadeous
ascriptitious
ascriptitious
adj
(obsolete) additional
(obsolete) ascribed
asperifolious
asperifolious
adj
(botany) Having rough leaves.
assumptionist
atmosphereful
aulacocarpous
auriphrygiate
auriphrygiate
adj
Embroidered or decorated with gold
auscultascope
auscultoscope
auscultoscope
noun
(medicine) A stethoscopic instrument, especially one that amplifies the auscultatory sounds.
austrophilism
autobiography
autobiography
noun
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
(uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
autocatalepsy
autocephality
autocephality
noun
(Christianity) The right of autonomy for a church; specifically, the right to resolve all internal problems on its own authority and to appoint its own bishops, including the head of the church, without any obligatory expression of dependence on another church.
autocephalous
autocephalous
adj
(Christianity, of a bishop) Presiding over an autocephalous church.
(Christianity, of a church) Fully independent of the authority of any other church.
(comparable) Independent; self-directed.
autocomplexes
autoepilation
autographical
autographical
adj
Relating to an autograph, or one's own handwriting.
Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
autohypnotism
autohypnotism
noun
autohypnosis
automatograph
automatograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An instrument for recording involuntary movements of a human subject.
autopneumatic
autopneumatic
adj
Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.
autopoisonous
autopoisonous
adj
autotoxic
autopolyploid
autopolyploid
adj
(genetics) Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling
noun
Any organism of this kind.
autoprothesis
autopsychosis
autotelegraph
autotelegraph
noun
Synonym of telautograph
autotriploidy
autotriploidy
noun
The condition of being autotriploid
bacilliparous
ballhausplatz
basipterygium
basipterygium
noun
A cartilage at the base of the fins of some fish that develops into the metapterygium upon maturity.
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
bibliophagous
bibliophagous
adj
Book-consuming.
blasphemously
blasphemously
adv
In blasphemous manner.
blastocarpous
blastophyllum
boustrophedon
boustrophedon
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
adv
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
noun
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
brachiopodous
brachyphyllum
brachypleural
brachypterous
brachypterous
adj
(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings
breithauptite
breithauptite
noun
(mineralogy) A nickel antimonide mineral with the chemical formula NiSb, having a metallic opaque copper-red appearance.
bronchotyphus
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof
bumptiousness
bumptiousness
noun
The state of being bumptious; conceitedness.
bunolophodont
bunolophodont
adj
(zoology) Having molars with transverse ridges and rounded cusps on the occlusal surface
burglarproofs
buttstrapping
cacophonously
cacophonously
adv
In a cacophonous manner.
callithumpian
callithumpian
adj
(US) Of, relating to, or resembling a callithump.
campanulaceae
campanulariae
campanularian
campanularian
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the hydroid family Campanularidae.
campbellsburg
camphoraceous
camphoraceous
adj
Of, relating to, similar to, or containing camphor.
campulitropal
campyloneuron
cancrophagous
capaciousness
capaciousness
noun
The quality of being capacious.
capitulations
capitulations
noun
plural of capitulation
caprimulgidae
capsuliferous
capsuliferous
adj
(botany, anatomy) Bearing capsules
capsuligerous
capsulogenous
cardiospermum
cardipaludism
carpocephalum
carpocephalum
noun
An organelle, in some liverworts, that carries the spore cases