(medicine) Having a form that is not clearly defined, especially as applied to the principal cells in the pepsin glands of the stomach.
adelphous
adelphous
adj
(botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments.
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adenotyphus
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adiaphanousness
adiathermanous
adventureship
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
aerohydrous
aerohydrous
adj
Composed of or containing air and water.
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airbrush
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
amadelphous
amadelphous
adj
Outgoing; gregarious.
ambushed
ambushed
adj
(figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
Having been the target of an ambush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambush
amphidesmous
amphiumidae
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anhalouidine
anhungered
anhungered
Adjective
Hungry.
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
anthomedusae
anthomedusan
anthomedusan
noun
Any hydrozoan of the former order Anthomedusae (now Anthoathecata)
anthradiquinone
anthrahydroquinone
aphoruridae
aphroditeum
archbuilder
archdisturber
archduchess
archduchess
noun
A daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary
Coordinate term: archduke
archduchesses
archduchesses
noun
plural of archduchess
archduchies
archduchies
noun
plural of archduchy
archduke
archduke
noun
(history) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.
(history) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
archduxe
archfounder
archichlamydeous
archichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.
archmurderer
archmurderer
noun
(rare) One who kills many people; a murderer who surpasses the profile of a normal serial killer.
archplunderer
archscoundrel
archseducer
arthurdale
asphodelus
audiophile
audiophile
noun
A person with an interest in high fidelity music and/or sound reproduction and its associated technology.
audiophiles
audiophiles
noun
plural of audiophile
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
aurichloride
aurichloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Tetrachloroaurate
aurochloride
aurochloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry, countable) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, AuCl₄⁻, produced when gold is dissolved in aqua regia.
authenticated
authenticated
verb
past participle of authenticate
authored
authored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of author
authorised
authorised
adj
Alternative spelling of authorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorise
authorized
authorized
adj
Explicitly allowed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorize
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autoheader
autoheterodyne
autoheterodyne
noun
(dated, electronics) autodyne
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
autoinhibited
autoinhibited
adj
Subject to, or produced by autoinhibition
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoinhibit
autoschediasm
autoschediasm
noun
Anything done with little forethought or preparation.
autoschediastic
autoschediastic
adj
(dated) impromptu, improvised, ex tempore or offhand
autoschediastical
autoschediastical
adj
autoschediastic
autoschediastically
autoschediastically
adv
In an autoschediastic manner.
autoschediaze
autoschediaze
verb
To act in an autoschediastic manner
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
badmouthed
badmouthed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badmouth
baduhenna
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
bawdyhouses
bawdyhouses
noun
plural of bawdyhouse
beadflush
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
beadhouses
beadhouses
noun
plural of beadhouse
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beautihood
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
behusband
bequeathed
bequeathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bequeath
biddulphiaceae
bleachground
blubberhead
blubberhead
noun
(colloquial, dated) A fool.
bluehead
bluehead
noun
The blunt-headed wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, a fish of the species Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum.
blueheads
blueheads
noun
plural of bluehead
bluehearted
blunderhead
blunderhead
noun
Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
blunderheaded
blunderheadedness
blunthead
blunthearted
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
boucharde
boulderhead
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
boxhauled
boxhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul
brandenburgh
bruchidae
bubbleheaded
bubbleheaded
adj
(informal) Stupid; vacuous.
bubbleheads
bubbleheads
noun
plural of bubblehead
buchenwald
buckhead
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
budgerigah
budgerygah
bufflehead
bufflehead
noun
(obsolete) One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
buffleheaded
buffleheads
buffleheads
noun
plural of bufflehead
bughead
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bullethead
bulletheaded
bulletheadedness
bullhead
bullhead
noun
(Canada, US) The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.
(Canada, US) The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
(Canada, US) The yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis.
(Europe, Asia) Any of various sculpins of the suborder Scorpaenoidei
(Europe, Asia) The European bullhead, Cottus gobio.
(New Zealand) A fish of species Gobiomorphus gobioides.
(horology) A chronograph (watch or stopwatch) with two push buttons arranged like the horns of a bull on the top end of the case, typically with the crown between them.
(rail transport) A bullhead rail.
(rare) An obstinate person.
A bullhead shark (Heterodontus spp.).
bullheaded
bullheaded
adj
unreasonably stubborn.
bullheadedly
bullheadedly
adv
In a bullheaded manner.
bullheadedness
bullheadedness
noun
The characteristic of being bullheaded.
bullheads
bullheads
noun
plural of bullhead
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
bundesrath
burhead
burhead
noun
(US) Any plant in the genus Echinodorus
burhinidae
burrhead
burrhead
noun
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
burrheaded
burrheadedness
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack