(medicine) Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
acanthocarpous
acanthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having the fruit covered with spines.
acanthocereus
acanthophorous
acanthophorous
adj
Spine-bearing.
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
acarophilous
acarophilous
adj
(biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites
(botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites
accoucheurs
accoucheurs
noun
plural of accoucheur
achariaceous
acheirous
acheirous
adj
Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
achlorophyllous
achlorophyllous
adj
(botany) not having chlorophyll and, hence, unable to engage in photosynthesis
achromatous
achromatous
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
achromophilous
achromophilous
adj
Not chromophilous.
achromous
achromous
adj
colorless; achromatic
achronychous
achroous
achroous
adj
Colorless; achromatic.
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
acrocephalous
acrocephalous
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acrocephaly
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
acronychous
acrorhagus
acrorhagus
noun
Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts
acrosphacelus
acrostichum
acrotrophoneurosis
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinophorous
actinophorous
adj
(biology) Having straight projecting spines
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
adelarthrosomatous
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.
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
adiathermanous
aechmophorus
aerohydrous
aerohydrous
adj
Composed of or containing air and water.
aerophilous
aerophilous
adj
(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
africanthropus
afterhours
afterthoughts
afterthoughts
noun
plural of afterthought
agastrophus
agriochoerus
ailurophiles
ailurophiles
noun
plural of ailurophile
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
alectoromorphous
allochroous
allochroous
adj
Changed in color, as plumage after moulting
alphitomorphous
alphitomorphous
Adjective
Resembling barleymeal.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
amaranthaceous
amaranthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.
amorphophallus
amorphous
amorphous
adj
(by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
(by extension) Lacking organization or unity.
(physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.
(set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
amorphously
amorphously
adv
In an amorphous manner.
amorphousness
amorphousness
noun
The state or quality of being amorphous.
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
ampherotokous
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphibryous
amphicarpogenous
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
amphicyrtous
amphigouris
amphineurous
amphispermous
amphithurons
amphitrichous
amphitrichous
adj
(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.)
amphitropous
amphitropous
adj
(botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other.
amphivorous
amphorous
amphoterus
anachronous
anachronous
Adjective
anachronistic
anachronously
anachronously
adv
anachronistically
anamorphous
anamorphous
adj
distorted, deformed
anantherous
anantherous
adj
(botany) Without anthers
anaphroditous
anaptomorphus
anarchoindividualist
anarthropodous
anarthrous
anarthrous
adj
(biology, of a limb) Not having joints.
(biology, of an organism) Not having legs, wings, or other limbs.
(linguistics) Not having a determiner.
(linguistics) Not having an article (especially of Greek nouns).
Nouns indicating status often appear in anarthrous noun phrases, ie, as bare nouns.
anarthrously
anarthrously
adv
(grammar) In an anarthrous manner; without an accompanying article.
anarthrousness
anarthrousness
noun
The state or quality of being anarthrous.
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
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.
anemochorous
anemochorous
adj
(botany) Adapted for dispersal via wind.
anepigraphous
angiophorous
anhydrous
anhydrous
adj
(chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
Having little or no water.
anhydrously
anorchous
anorchus
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
antheriferous
antheriferous
adj
(botany) Producing anthers, as plants.
(botany) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower
antherogenous
anthocarpous
anthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.
anthophorous
anthospermum
anthraceniferous
anthraciferous
anthraciferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.
anthracitiferous
anthracitious
anthracitous
anthracomartus
anthracosaurus
anthropodus
anthropogenous
anthropogenous
adj
having its origin in the activities of mankind; particularly, referring to environmental alterations resulting from the presence or activities of humans
of or pertaining to anthropogeny
anthropomorphous
anthropomorphous
adj
Describing an animal or inanimate object using human characteristics; employing anthropomorphism.
Resembling a human being.
anthropomorphously
anthropomorphously
adv
In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
anthropophagous
anthropophagous
adj
Who practices anthropophagy; cannibal.
anthropophagously
anthropophagously
adv
In an anthropophagous manner.
anthropophagus
anthropophagus
noun
A man-eater; a cannibal.
anthropophilous
anthropophilous
adj
Synonym of anthropophilic
anthropophuism
anthropophuism
noun
The ascription of human nature to the gods.
anthropophuistic
anthropophuistic
adj
Of or relating to anthropophuism.
anthropopithecus
antiauthoritarianism
antiauthoritarianism
noun
Opposition to authority; the quality of being antiauthoritarian
antichorus
antrustionship
antrustionship
noun
The role or status of an antrustion.
aphanipterous
aphanipterous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera, a former classification of insects.
aphidivorous
aphidivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids.
aphroditous
aplacophorous
apostrophus
arachnophagous
archaeocyathus
archaeohippus
archaeopithecus
archaeostomatous
archaeostomatous
adj
(biology) Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely open up.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archegosaurus
archelochus
archemorus
archeptolemus
archesporium
archesporium
noun
(botany) Any of the cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archhouse
archichlamydeous
archichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.
archicleistogamous
archilochus
archisynagogue
archisynagogue
noun
(historical) The head of a synagogue.
archmystagogue
archosaurian
archosaurian
noun
An archosaur.
archscoundrel
archsynagogue
arctocephalus
areithous
argyranthemous
argyranthous
argyrocephalous
aristolochiaceous
aristolochiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Aristolochiaceae of tropical vines.
aristomachus
armouchiquois
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
arrhizous
arrhizous
adj
(botany) Having no root: applied to parasitical plants which have no root, but adhere to other plants by any part of their surface, and derive their nourishment from them; also to mosses and Hepaticœ which are destitute of rhizoids.
