(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
acanthocarpous
acanthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having the fruit covered with spines.
acanthocephalous
acanthocephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acanthocereus
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acanthophorous
acanthophorous
adj
Spine-bearing.
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acanthopomatous
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
acanthous
acanthous
adj
(botany) Synonym of spinous
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
accountantship
accountantship
noun
The office or employment of an accountant.
achaetous
achaetous
adj
(zoology) Without setae
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
achromatous
achromatous
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
acousticophobia
acousticophobia
noun
Fear of noise.
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
adenotyphus
adiathermanous
adulthoods
adulthoods
noun
plural of adulthood
aegithognathous
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
aetheogamous
aetheogamous
adj
(botany) Of the nature of an aetheogam.
africanthropus
afterhours
afterthoughts
afterthoughts
noun
plural of afterthought
agastrophus
agnathostomatous
agnathous
agnathous
adj
(pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
Jawless.
ahousaht
alcathous
alectoromorphous
allmouths
allmouths
noun
plural of allmouth
allochthonous
allochthonous
adj
(geology) Buried or found in a place remote from the site of formation.
Originating in a place other than where it is found.
allocthonous
allocthonous
adj
Misspelling of allochthonous.
allothigenous
allothogenous
alphitomorphous
alphitomorphous
Adjective
Resembling barleymeal.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
amaranthaceous
amaranthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.
ampherotokous
amphibolostylous
amphicyrtous
amphistomous
amphistomous
adj
(zoology) Having a sucker at each extremity.
amphistomum
amphithurons
amphitokous
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.
amphoterus
anacanthous
anacanthous
adj
Spineless, like certain fishes.
anacoluthons
anacoluthons
noun
plural of anacoluthon
anantherous
anantherous
adj
(botany) Without anthers
ananthous
ananthous
adj
(botany) Destitute of flowers; flowerless.
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.
anhistous
anhistous
adj
(biology) Without definite structure.
anisanthous
anisognathous
anisognathous
adj
(pathology) Having different sizes to the upper and lower jaws
anisostichous
anisostichus
anophthalmus
anoplanthus
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
anteposthumous
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.
anthocephalous
anthogenous
anthomedusae
anthomedusan
anthomedusan
noun
Any hydrozoan of the former order Anthomedusae (now Anthoathecata)
anthonomus
anthophagous
anthophagous
adj
That feeds on flowers
anthophilous
anthophilous
adj
Living or growing on flowers
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
antihomosexual
antihomosexual
adj
Opposed to homosexuality.
noun
A person who opposes homosexuality.
antilochus
antiochus
antiochus
Proper noun
name, notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.
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.
aphroditous
aphthous
aphthous
adj
(pathology) Of, or relating to aphtha.
aposthume
apostrophus
archaeocyathus
archaeopithecus
archaeostomatous
archaeostomatous
adj
(biology) Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely open up.
archeptolemus
archicleistogamous
archmystagogue
arctocephalus
areithous
argyranthemous
argyranthous
aristolochiaceous
aristolochiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Aristolochiaceae of tropical vines.
aristomachus
arrhenotokous
arrhenotokous
adj
(zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.
arrhythmous
arsinoitherium
arthrodirous
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
arthroncus
arthropodous
arthropomatous
arthropomatous
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the order Arthropomata
arthropterous
arthrorheumatism
arthrosporous
arthrosporous
adj
Relating to arthrospores.
arthrous
arthrous
adj
(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being the use of a term together with a grammatical article.
(specifically, of a term or phrase) Used with or headed by a grammatical article.
artiphyllous
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
ashburton
ashburton
Proper noun
a small town on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England.
a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
a river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
a large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
a river (with two branches) in Canterbury which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
a town in Natal, South Africa.
a neighbourhood in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
ashuelot
asouth
asphyctous
astichous
astichous
adj
(botany) having a structure or layout that is not in rows
asymmetranthous
atelocephalous
athalamous
athalamous
adj
(botany, rare) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, like the thallus of certain lichens.
atheous
atheous
adj
(obsolete) Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.