(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.
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
acetylenediurein
acousticolateral
acousticolateral
adj
Relating to, or connecting the inner ear and the lateral line of fish
acquaintanceship
acquaintanceship
noun
(countable) A relationship as acquaintances.
(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
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
agriculturalists
agriculturalists
noun
plural of agriculturalist
alectoromorphous
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
amphibolostylous
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
antibureaucratic
antibureaucratic
adj
(politics) Opposed to bureaucracy
anticensoriously
anticonstitution
anticontagiously
antieducationist
antienthusiastic
antienthusiastic
adj
(religion, historical) Opposing the idea of enthusiasm, or divine possession.
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
antiliturgically
antinaturalistic
antinaturalistic
adj
(philosophy, sociology) Of or relating to antinaturalism; opposing naturalism.
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
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antisensuousness
antisensuousness
noun
The state or quality of being antisensuous.
antispiritualism
antispiritualism
noun
Opposition to spiritualism.
antispiritualist
antisupernatural
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.
architecturalist
architecturesque
architecturesque
adj
Resembling or characteristic of architecture.
argentoproteinum
argentoproteinum
noun
(archaic) silver proteinate
arsenotungstates
arthrorheumatism
articulatenesses
asterospondylous
asymmetrocarpous
atrioventricular
atrioventricular
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
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
bacteriopurpurin
bacteriopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) A red pigment found in certain sulfur bacteria.
basommatophorous
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
bioastronautical
bioastronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to bioastronautics.
bismutosphaerite
bradyauxetically
branchiopneustic
brutalitarianism
brutalitarianism
noun
brutal totalitarianism
bulletheadedness
bureaucratically
bureaucratically
adv
In a bureaucratic manner.
burschenschaften
caducibranchiata
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
calamitousnesses
callitrichaceous
calyptrimorphous
canaliculization
cantankerousness
cantankerousness
noun
The state of being cantankerous.
catechumenically
cellulocutaneous
cellulocutaneous
adj
(anatomy) Both cutaneous and subcutaneous
centrifugalizing
centrifugalizing
verb
present participle of centrifugalize
ceratomandibular
chaetophoraceous
chaetophoraceous
adj
Belonging to the Chaetophoraceae.
chauvinistically
chauvinistically
adv
In a chauvinistic manner; with excessive patriotism or unwarranted bias.
chemiluminescent
chemiluminescent
adj
Of, pertaining to, or employing chemiluminescence
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
circularizations
circularizations
noun
plural of circularization
circumambulating
circumambulating
verb
present participle of circumambulate
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
circumhorizontal
circumhorizontal
Adjective
Around the horizon.
circumintestinal
circumintestinal
adj
(anatomy) Synonym of perienteric
circumlocutional
circumlocutional
adj
Of or relating to circumlocution: circumlocutionary.
circumnavigating
circumnavigating
verb
present participle of circumnavigate
circumnavigation
circumnavigation
noun
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumscriptions
circumscriptions
noun
plural of circumscription
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
circumstantiable
circumstantiable
adj
That can be circumstantiated
circumstantially
circumstantially
adv
In every circumstance or particular; minutely.
In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.
in a circumstantial manner
circumstantiated
circumstantiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumstantiate
circumstantiates
circumstantiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumstantiate
circumterraneous
circumterraneous
adj
(archaic) Being or dwelling around the Earth.
circumundulation
cirmcumferential
coeducationalism
coeducationalism
noun
The policy of coeducation.
coeducationalize
coeducationalize
verb
(transitive) To make coeducational.
coleochaetaceous
colliquativeness
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
communitarianism
communitarianism
noun
(ethics) The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach