(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
acculturationist
acculturationist
noun
A specialist in the study of acculturation.
acousticolateral
acousticolateral
adj
Relating to, or connecting the inner ear and the lateral line of fish
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinopterygious
adenocystomatous
advantageousness
advantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being advantageous.
adventitiousness
adventitiousness
noun
the degree to which a thing is adventitious
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
agglutinationist
agnathostomatous
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
alectoromorphous
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
amphibolostylous
amphicarpogenous
amyelencephalous
androgametangium
anteresurrection
anterevolutional
anthraceniferous
anthracitiferous
anthropomorphous
anthropomorphous
adj
Describing an animal or inanimate object using human characteristics; employing anthropomorphism.
Resembling a human being.
anthropophuistic
anthropophuistic
adj
Of or relating to anthropophuism.
anthropopithecus
anticensoriously
anticonstitution
anticontagiously
antieducationist
antievolutionary
antievolutionary
adj
antievolution
antievolutionist
antievolutionist
noun
A person who believes, or argues, that evolution does not take place.
antigalactagogue
antigalactagogue
noun
Any antigalactic substance
antipneumococcic
antipneumococcic
adj
(immunology) Acting against pneumococcus.
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antiproductively
antiproductivity
antiprostitution
antiprostitution
adj
Acting against or prohibiting prostitution
antiputrefaction
antiputrefaction
adj
That counters (the effects of) putrefaction
antisensuousness
antisensuousness
noun
The state or quality of being antisensuous.
antituberculosis
antituberculosis
adj
(pharmacology) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis
antituberculotic
antituberculotic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering tuberculosis.
noun
A drug used to counter tuberculosis.
antiunemployment
antiunemployment
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering unemployment.
aponogetonaceous
aponogetonaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aponogetonaceae.
archaeostomatous
archaeostomatous
adj
(biology) Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely open up.
archichlamydeous
archichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.
argentoproteinum
argentoproteinum
noun
(archaic) silver proteinate
arsenotungstates
arthrorheumatism
asterospondylous
asymmetrocarpous
atrioventricular
atrioventricular
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
aurichlorohydric
auriculoparietal
auriculotemporal
auriculotemporal
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the external ear and the temporal region.
auriculovertical
aurothiosulphate
aurothiosulphate
noun
Alternative form of aurothiosulfate
australanthropus
australopithecus
authoritarianism
authoritarianism
noun
A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system.
autoasphyxiation
autoasphyxiation
noun
The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
autoassimilation
autobiographical
autobiographical
adj
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autocondensation
autocondensation
noun
(chemistry) A condensation reaction between two molecules of the same compound
autocoprophagous
autocoprophagous
adj
That eats its own excrement.
autocraticalness
autodiagrammatic
autodidactically
autodidactically
adv
By teaching oneself.
autoelectrolysis
autoelectrolytic
autofermentation
autofermentation
noun
endogenous fermentation
autofluorescence
autofluorescence
noun
(biology, microscopy) Self-induced fluorescence.
(biology, microscopy) The fluorescence of substances other than the fluorophore of interest.
autohypnotically
autoimmunization
autoimmunization
noun
(immunology) The process of becoming autoimmune.
autointellectual
autointoxication
autointoxication
noun
(medicine) Poisoning due to the faulty absorption of the waste products of metabolism or of the products of decomposition within the intestines.
autolaryngoscope
autolaryngoscope
noun
A laryngoscope modified for autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopy
autolaryngoscopy
noun
laryngoscopy or one's own larynx
autolithographer
autolithographic
autolithographic
adj
Related to autolithographs or to autolithography
autoluminescence
autoluminescence
noun
luminescence activated by the energy of a substance itself
automanipulation
automanipulative
autoracemization
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autosomatognosis
autosymbolically
autoxidizability
autoxidizability
noun
Alternative form of autoxidisability
avicularimorphae
bacteriopurpurin
bacteriopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) A red pigment found in certain sulfur bacteria.
balanophoraceous
balanophoraceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Balanophoraceae.
basommatophorous
benzenediazonium
benzoquinoxaline
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
bioastronautical
bioastronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to bioastronautics.
bismutosphaerite
boroughmongering
boroughmongering
noun
The practices of a boroughmonger.
bougainvilliidae
branchiopneustic
bronchocavernous
bronchopneumonia
bronchopneumonia
noun
(medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.
bronchopneumonic
bronchopneumonic
adj
Relating to, or caused by bronchopneumonia
bronchopulmonary
bronchopulmonary
adj
Of or pertaining to both the bronchi and the lungs.
bronchovesicular
bronchovesicular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the bronchus and vesicles.
caesalpiniaceous
caesalpiniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Caesalpiniaceae, now usually subfamily Caesalpinioideae, of peacock flowers and close relatives.
calamitousnesses
calcareocorneous
calcareocorneous
adj
calcareous and corneous
callitrichaceous
calyptrimorphous
canaliculization
cantankerousness
cantankerousness
noun
The state of being cantankerous.
caprimulgiformes
capsulopupillary
caryophyllaceous
caryophyllaceous
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to the pinks (of family Caryophyllaceae), especially describing plants that have their distinctive corollas
cellulocutaneous
cellulocutaneous
adj
(anatomy) Both cutaneous and subcutaneous
censoriousnesses
cephaloauricular
cephaloauricular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the head and ears.
cephalohumeralis
ceratomandibular
cerebromedullary
cerebromedullary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cerebrum and medulla.
cervicoauricular
chaetophoraceous
chaetophoraceous
adj
Belonging to the Chaetophoraceae.
chemoautotrophic
chemoautotrophic
adj
(biology, of an organism) obtaining its nutrition through the oxidation of non-organic compounds (or other chemical processes); as opposed to the process of photosynthesis.
chemotherapeutic
chemotherapeutic
adj
(medicine, oncology) Of or having to do with chemotherapy.
noun
(medicine, oncology) A chemical agent used in chemotherapy
chivalrousnesses
chlamydoselachus
chylopericardium
chylopericardium
noun
(pathology) The presence of chyle in the pericardium
circularizations
circularizations
noun
plural of circularization
circumambulation
circumambulation
noun
The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
circumambulatory
circumambulatory
adj
Designed especially for ritualistic circumambulation.
That is circumambulating.
circumdenudation
circumdenudation
noun
(geology) denudation around an object
circumesophageal
circumesophageal
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the esophagus.
circumhorizontal
circumhorizontal
Adjective
Around the horizon.
circumlocutional
circumlocutional
adj
Of or relating to circumlocution: circumlocutionary.
circummeridional
circumnavigation
circumnavigation
noun
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumoesophagal
circumscriptions
circumscriptions
noun
plural of circumscription
circumterraneous
circumterraneous
adj
(archaic) Being or dwelling around the Earth.
circumundulation
coeducationalism
coeducationalism
noun
The policy of coeducation.
coeducationalize
coeducationalize
verb
(transitive) To make coeducational.
coleochaetaceous
colliquativeness
collumelliaceous
columbotantalate
combustibilities
combustibilities
noun
plural of combustibility
commensurability
commensurability
noun
The quality of being commensurable or commensurate
commensurateness
commensurateness
noun
The state or quality of being commensurate.
commissurotomies
commissurotomies
noun
plural of commissurotomy
communicableness
communicableness
noun
The state or quality of being communicable.
communitarianism
communitarianism
noun
(ethics) The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach
configurationism
configurationism
noun
(psychology) Any theory of psychology based on configurational properties, but especially Gestalt psychology