Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
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.
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
adiaphanous
adiaphanous
adj
Not transparent; not translucent; not diaphanous; opaque.
adiaphanousness
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
adolphus
amadelphous
amadelphous
adj
Outgoing; gregarious.
amidosulphonal
amphicondylous
amphidesmous
amphipodous
amphipodous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
anaphroditous
anarthropodous
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
andromorphous
andromorphous
adj
Having the outward appearance of a male
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
androphorous
androphorous
adj
Having the physical features of a male.
androphorum
androphorum
noun
(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which emerge the stamens.
anthropodus
aphidicolous
aphidious
aphidivorous
aphidivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids.
aphidophagous
aphidophagous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids
aphodius
aphodus
aphoruridae
aphroditeum
aphroditous
arthropodous
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.
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
autoradiograph
autoradiograph
noun
(photography) A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram
verb
(transitive) To subject to autoradiography.
autoradiographic
autoradiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
azodisulphonic
brachiopodous
brachypodous
branchiopodous
cardiopneumograph
cardophagus
caudocephalad
caudocephalad
adj
In a direction from the tail toward the head
cephalocaudal
cephalocaudal
Adjective
Between head and tail.
cephalodiscus
cephalodium
cephalodium
noun
A small gall-like structure found in some lichens that contain cyanobacterial symbionts.
cephalodymus
cephalopodous
cephalopodous
adj
(zoology) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.
chaetopodous
chapournetted
chenopodiaceous
chenopodiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoots) (now subfamily Chenopodioideae).
chondropharyngeus
chylopericardium
chylopericardium
noun
(pathology) The presence of chyle in the pericardium
cladophoraceous
cladophoraceous
adj
Belonging to the Cladophoraceae.
cladophyllum
coadjutorship
coadjutorship
noun
The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance.
cuneoscaphoid
custodianship
custodianship
noun
The office, or the duty of a custodian.
dasyphyllous
dasyphyllous
adj
(botany, rare) Having downy leaves.
decaphyllous
decaphyllous
adj
(botany) Having ten leaves.
delphocurarine
dendrophagous
dendrophagous
adj
That feeds on the wood of trees
dermatophagus
desulphuration
desulphuration
noun
The act or process of depriving of sulfur.
desulphurization
desulphurization
noun
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of desulfurization
deutencephalon
deuteropathic
deuteropathic
adj
Of or pertaining to deuteropathy.
deuteropathy
deuteropathy
noun
(medicine, dated) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, such as headache from an overloaded stomach.
deutonymphal
deutonymphal
adj
Pertaining to deutonymphs
diadelphous
diadelphous
adj
(botany) Having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form two separate bundles, or a bundle and a lone separate stamen.
dialyphyllous
diaphanous
diaphanous
adj
(physics) Isorefractive, having an identical refractive index.
Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.
Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
diaphanously
diaphanously
adv
In a diaphanous manner.
diaphanousness
diaphanousness
noun
The quality of being diaphanous.
dibothriocephalus
dicephalous
dicephalous
adj
Two-headed.
dichocarpous
dictyosiphonaceous
dietotherapeutics
dietotherapeutics
noun
dietotherapy
dikelocephalus
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
diphenylquinomethane
diphenylthiourea
diplarthrous
dipleurobranchiate
diplocephalous
diplocephalus
diplochlamydeous
discocephalous
disulphonate
disulphonate
noun
Alternative form of disulfonate
dolichocephalous
dolichocephalous
adj
dolichocephalic
dracocephalum
dracocephalum
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Dracocephalum, the dragonheads.
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
duograph
duograph
noun
(historical) A picture printed from two halftone photographic plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same colour or in black and one tint.
edaphosauria
edaphosaurid
edaphosaurid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the genus Edaphosaurus of prehistoric reptiles with a dorsal sail.
edaphosaurus
edaphosaurus
noun
any of several synapsids of the genus Edaphosaurus, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest
edriophthalmatous
edriophthalmous
edriophthalmous
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma, a former classification of peracarids.
elaphodus
endophagous
endophagous
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism
epithelioglandular
eudiaphoresis
euomphalid
euomphalid
noun
(zoology) Any extinct gastropod in the family Euomphalidae.
eupanorthidae
euphoniad
euphyllopoda
flapmouthed
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
geadephagous
gnathopodous
gynandromorphous
gynandromorphous
adj
Alternative form of gynandromorphic
haemosporidium
hallopodous
haplochlamydeous
hedriophthalmous
hemapodous
hematopericardium
hemopericardium
hemopericardium
noun
blood in the pericardial sac that can compress the heart causing cardiac tamponade
hemoplasmodium
hepaticoduodenostomy
hepaticoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) Synonym of hepatoduodenostomy
hepatoduodenal
hepatoduodenal
adj
Relating to the liver and duodenum.
hepatoduodenostomy
hepatoduodenostomy
noun
(surgery) The formation of an opening from the liver into the duodenum.
heptandrous
heptandrous
adj
(botany) Having seven stamens.
hermaphroditus
hermaphroditus
Proper noun
The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad.
A male Aphrodite (Aphroditus), and represented as a herm with a phallus, the symbol of fertility.
hexapetaloideous
hexapodous
hexapodous
adj
(zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
hippodamous
houpelande
houpelande
noun
Alternative form of houppelande
houppelande
houppelande
noun
(historical, Middle Ages) A robe or long tunic that is worn belted or with a fitted bodice often having full long sleeves and lined with fur.
hydatopneumatic
hydatopneumatolytic
hydnocarpus
hydradephagous
hydrocephalous
hydrocephalous
adj
(medicine) Afflicted with hydrocephalus.
Having a swollen head.
hydrocephalus
hydrocephalus
noun
(medicine) A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue
hydrochlorplatinous
hydrodesulphurization
hydrodesulphurization
noun
Alternative form of hydrodesulfurization
hydroparacoumaric
hydropericardium
hydropericardium
noun
(medicine) The accumulation of serous fluid in the pericardium
hydrophanous
hydrophanous
adj
(mineralogy) Made transparent by immersion in water.