Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
accomplished
accomplished
adj
Completed; effected; established.
Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.
Showing skill and artistry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
acetoamidophenol
acetoxyphthalide
acetylperoxide
achondroplasia
achondroplasia
noun
(teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
achondroplastic
achondroplastic
adj
(teratology) Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.
acidophil
acidophil
noun
(immunology) An eosinophil; a white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body.
One of the endocrine acidophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including somatotrophs and lactotrophs.
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acidophiles
acidophiles
noun
plural of acidophile
acidophilic
acidophilic
adj
Easily stained with acidic dyes, such as eosin.
Thriving under acidic conditions; relating to or being an acidophile.
acidophilous
acidophilous
adj
That thrives in an acidic environment
acidophilus
acidophilus
noun
Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
acidoproteolytic
acidoproteolytic
adj
Relating to acidoproteolytes
adaptational
adaptational
adj
(biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes.
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive
adaptationally
adaptationally
adv
In terms of, or by means of, adaptation.
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
adaptorial
adaptorial
adj
Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.
adelomorphic
adelphoi
adelpholite
adenographical
adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adj
Relating to the adenohypophysis.
adenolipoma
adenolipoma
noun
(oncology) A benign lipoma of a gland containing both glandular and fat tissue.
adenolipomatosis
adenolipomatosis
noun
(pathology) The formation of numerous adenolipomas in the neck, axilla and groin
adenophthalmia
adiaphoral
adiaphoral
adj
Being or relating to an adiaphoron.
adipocele
adipocellulose
adipolysis
adipolysis
noun
(anatomy, medicine) The process of converting fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adoptabilities
adoptabilities
noun
plural of adoptability
adoptability
adoptability
noun
The property of being adoptable.
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adrianople
adrianopolis
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adstipulation
adstipulator
aglyphodontia
ailuropoda
alepidote
alepidote
adj
(of a fish) not having scales
noun
A fish that has no scales
alethopteroid
alexandropolis
alexandroupolis
alisphenoid
alisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid.
(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone
alisphenoidal
alisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid
allodelphite
allopalladium
allophanamid
allophanamide
allophanamide
noun
(organic chemistry) biuret
allophytoid
alloploidy
alloploidy
noun
Synonym of allopolyploidy
allopolyploid
allopolyploid
adj
(genetics) Having multiple complete sets of chromosomes derived from different species
allopolyploidy
allopolyploidy
noun
(genetics) A form of polyploidy (having more than the usual number of chromosomes) that results from the interbreeding of different species.
alopecoid
alopecoid
adj
Similar to or resembling a fox.
noun
(zoology) An animal that resembles a fox.
alopiidae
amblyopsidae
amidophenol
amidoplast
amidoplastid
amidosulphonal
aminodiphenyl
aminopolypeptidase
aminopolypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase.
ampelidaceous
ampelidaceous
adj
(botany, obsolete) Of or belonging to the Ampelidaceae (now Vitaceae).
ampelideous
ampelopsidin
amphiarthrodial
amphiarthrodial
adj
Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
amphicondyla
amphicondylous
amphidiploid
amphidiploid
adj
(genetics) Having a diploid set of chromosomes from each of its parents
noun
(biology) Such an organism
amphidiploidy
amphidiploidy
noun
The property of being amphidiploid.
amphiploid
amphiploid
adj
(genetics) Having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.
noun
(genetics) Any organism having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.
amphiploids
amphiploids
noun
plural of amphiploid
amphiploidy
amphiploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being amphiploid
amphipodal
amphodelite
amphodiplopia
amplitudinous
amygdalothripsis
amylodyspepsia
amyloplastid
anadiploses
anadiploses
noun
plural of anadiplosis
anadiplosis
anadiplosis
noun
(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.
anaphylactoid
anaphylactoid
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis
andrographolide
andrographolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers
androlepsia
aneuploid
aneuploid
adj
(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that is not a multiple of the haploid number.
noun
A cell or an organism having such a number of chromosomes.
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
anisopodal
ankylopodia
anolympiad
anomaliped
anomalipod
anoplotheriidae
anoplotherioid
anoplotheroid
anthropodeoxycholic
anthropoidal
anthropoidal
adj
anthropoid
antilipoid
antilipoid
noun
(biochemistry) A substance that destroys or degrades lipoids.
antilocapridae
antipodal
antipodal
adj
On opposite sides of the globe; pertaining to antipodes
diametrically opposite
noun
(biology) One of the cells at the chalazal pole of an embryo sac.
antiproductively
aperiodically
aperiodically
adv
In an aperiodic way.
aperulosid
apetaloid
apetaloid
adj
apetalous
aphidicolous
aphidlion
aphidolysin
aphrodisiacal
aphrodisiacal
adj
Of or relating to an aphrodisiac; having aphrodisiac properties.
aphrodisiomaniacal
apioidal
aplodiorite
aplodontia
aplodontiidae
apodeictical
apodeictical
adj
(logic) apodeictic
apodeictically
apodeictically
adv
In an apodeictic manner.
apodiabolosis
apodiabolosis
noun
(rare) A lowering to the rank of a devil.
apodictical
apodictical
adj
(archaic) Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.
apodictically
apodictically
adv
(logic) In an apodictical manner.
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologized
apologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologize
apoplasmodial
apoplectoid
apsidiole
apsidiole
noun
Alternative form of apsidole
archdiplomatist
aryepiglottidean
asclepiadaceous
asclepiadaceous
adj
(botany) Relating to the milkweeds.
asclepiadeous
asclepidoid
asperuloside
asperuloside
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular glycoside with similar properties to aucubin.
asphodeline
aspidinol
aspidinol
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound 1-(2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)butan-1-one found in the rhizome of the male fern
aspidocephali
asplenioid
asterolepidae
asterospondyli
asterospondylic
astragaloscaphoid
astragaloscaphoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the knucklebone and scaphoid bone.
atelopodia
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
autodepolymerization
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
autopolyploid
autopolyploid
adj
(genetics) Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling
noun
Any organism of this kind.
autopolyploidy
autopolyploidy
noun
The property of being autopolyploid.
autotetraploid
autotetraploid
adj
(genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
autotetraploidy
autotetraploidy
noun
The property of being autotetraploid.
autotriploid
autotriploid
adj
(genetics) triploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes