(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
anaphroditous
anaptomorphus
andropetalous
anisopetalous
anisopetalous
adj
(botany) Having unequal petals.
anoplotherium
anoplotherium
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium.
anteoperculum
antipollution
antipollution
adj
Reducing or opposing pollution.
noun
Anything that helps the environment by reducing pollution.
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.
aplostemonous
aplostemonous
adj
Alternative form of haplostemonous
apometabolous
aponeurositis
appoggiaturas
appoggiaturas
noun
plural of appoggiatura
appropinquate
appropinquate
verb
(rare, literary, transitive, intransitive) To approach; to near.
appropinquity
appropinquity
noun
(obsolete) nearness; propinquity
appunctuation
archcorrupter
archeptolemus
archplutocrat
arctocephalus
arteriopalmus
arthropterous
arthrosporous
arthrosporous
adj
Relating to arthrospores.
ascriptitious
ascriptitious
adj
(obsolete) additional
(obsolete) ascribed
assumptionist
atmosphereful
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
blastocarpous
blastophyllum
brachypterous
brachypterous
adj
(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings
campulitropal
capitulations
capitulations
noun
plural of capitulation
catawampously
catawamptious
catawamptious
adj
Alternative form of catawampus
cephalanthous
cephalopterus
ceratophyllum
chaetophorous
chapournetted
chiropatagium
chiropatagium
noun
The interdigital wing membrane of bats
choripetalous
choripetalous
adj
(botany) Having separate, unconnected petals; polypetalous.
cirrhopetalum
claustrophobe
claustrophobe
noun
One who suffers from claustrophobia.
clistocarpous
clistocarpous
adj
Alternative form of cleistocarpous
coadjutorship
coadjutorship
noun
The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance.
coauthorships
coauthorships
noun
plural of coauthorship
complutensian
complutensian
Adjective
Of or relating to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares), a city near Madrid in Spain.
compsognathus
computability
computability
noun
(computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
computational
computational
adj
Of or relating to computation.
computatively
conceptacular
conceptacular
adj
Of or relating to a conceptacle.
conceptaculum
conceptaculum
noun
Obsolete form of conceptacle.
conceptualise
conceptualise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conceptualize.
conceptualism
conceptualism
noun
(philosophy) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects; the doctrine that universals have an existence in the mind apart from any concrete embodiment.
The art movement towards conceptual art.
conceptualist
conceptualist
noun
(philosophy) One who maintains the theory of conceptualism.
An artist involved in the conceptualism movement.
conceptuality
conceptuality
noun
the state or quality of being conceptual
conceptualize
conceptualize
verb
To conceive the idea for something.
To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.
conduplicated
conduplicated
adj
Synonym of conduplicate
constupration
constupration
noun
(archaic) The act of ravishing; violation; defilement.
consumptional
consumptional
adj
Relating to consumption.
contemplature
contraposaune
contrapuntist
contrapuntist
noun
(music) One skilled in counterpoint.
corpusculated
corpusculated
adj
That has corpuscles
costoscapular
costoscapular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ribs and the scapula.
counterappeal
counterappeal
noun
(law) An appeal lodged in response to an earlier appeal.
counterparole
counterpillar
counterplayer
counterplayer
noun
One who makes a counterplay.
counterplease
counterpreach
counterpreach
verb
To preach against something.
courtesanship
courtesanship
noun
The state of being a courtesan; harlotry.
courtezanship
courtezanship
noun
Alternative form of courtesanship
creatophagous
crounotherapy
crounotherapy
noun
(medicine) The drinking of mineral water to treat a condition.
cryptocarpous
cryptolunatic
ctenocephalus
cubitoplantar
cunctatorship
cunctatorship
noun
A policy of delaying or lingering.
custodianship
custodianship
noun
The office, or the duty of a custodian.
cyathophyllum
dactylopterus
daguerreotype
daguerreotype
noun
An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).
daguerreotypy
daguerreotypy
noun
The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
decapsulation
decapsulation
noun
The act or process of decapsulating.
deduplication
deduplication
noun
(biology) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, such as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.
(computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
depasturation
depauperation
depauperation
noun
(genetics) The removal of variety (of species, genes, or biodiversity)
depopulations
depopulations
noun
plural of depopulation
depullulation
deputationist
deputationize
dermatophagus
deuteropathic
deuteropathic
adj
Of or pertaining to deuteropathy.
dialypetalous
dialypetalous
adj
(botany) Having separate petals; polypetalous.
dictyograptus
dipterocarpus
disoccupation
disoccupation
noun
The state of being unemployed; lack of occupation.
disoperculate
disreputation
disreputation
noun
(archaic) Loss or lack of reputation or good name; dishonour; disrepute.
duplification
dysepulotical
electroplaque
electroplaque
noun
Synonym of electrocyte
emphysematous
emphysematous
adj
(medicine) Related, similar to or involving emphysema; swollen, bloated.
encapsulation
encapsulation
noun
(networking) The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
(programming, object-oriented programming) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).
The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
endoplastular
enneapetalous
enneapetalous
adj
Having nine petals.
enteropneusta
entomophagous
entomophagous
adj
feeding on insects; insectivorous
equipartition
equipartition
noun
(mathematics, of a graph) The partition of its vertex set into sets whose sizes differ from each other by no more than 1.
(statistical mechanics) Short for w:Equipartition theorem.
The division of something into equal parts.
verb
(transitive) To divide into equal parts.
equiponderant
equiponderant
adj
(obsolete) Having equal weight.
equiponderate
equiponderate
verb
To counterbalance.
equipotential
equipotential
adj
Having equal potential.
noun
A region whose every point has the same potential.
erysipelatous
erysipelatous
Adjective
Resembling erysipelas.
eupanorthidae
euphemisation
euphemization
eupomatiaceae
eurypteroidea
eusporangiate
eusporangiate
adj
(botany) That has sporangia that were each formed from several epidermal cells; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of eusporangiate ferns.
exculpatorily
exculpatorily
adv
So as to exculpate.
expostulating
expostulating
verb
present participle of expostulate
expostulation
expostulation
noun
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
expostulatory
expostulatory
adj
Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.