A muscoid fly belonging to the subsection Acalyptratae.
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
acetopyrin
acetopyrine
acetopyrine
noun
(medicine) An acetylsalicylate of antipyrine
acetylperoxide
acetylphenylhydrazine
acetyltropeine
acidoproteolytic
acidoproteolytic
adj
Relating to acidoproteolytes
acropetally
acropetally
adv
In an acropetal manner.
actinopterygian
actinopterygian
adj
Of the nature of fish of the class Actinopterygii.
noun
(zoology) Any of the ray-finned fish of the taxonomic class Actinopterygii.
actinopterygii
actinopterygious
actinostereoscopy
actinotherapy
actinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.
adenohypersthenia
adenopharyngitis
adenylpyrophosphate
adenylpyrophosphate
noun
Synonym of adenosine triphosphate
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
aeolotropy
aeolotropy
noun
(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
aepyornithidae
aepyornithiformes
aerocartography
aerocartography
noun
The making of maps based on an aerial survey of the terrain.
aerohydropathy
aerohydrotherapy
aeropathy
aeropathy
noun
illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
aerophilately
aerophilately
noun
(philately) The study or collection of airmail stamps, cancellations, etc.
aerophotography
aerophotography
noun
aerial photography
aerophysicist
aerophyte
aerophyte
noun
(biology) epiphyte
aeroporotomy
aerotherapy
aerotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any therapy that uses some form of air
aetiotropically
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agriotypidae
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
alberttype
albertype
albertype
noun
(historical) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
albitophyre
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
alimentotherapy
allelotropy
alloxyproteic
alphabetary
alphabetary
adj
(obsolete) alphabetic; rudimentary
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
amitriptyline
amitriptyline
noun
(pharmacology) An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
ammotherapy
amorphophyte
amorphophyte
noun
Any plant with flowers of an irregular or anomalous shape
ampelotherapy
ampelotherapy
noun
(medicine) The therapeutic use of grapes.
ampherotoky
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amphitheatrically
amphitheatrically
adv
With some apparent characteristics of an amphitheatre.
amyelotrophy
amyelotrophy
noun
(medicine) Atrophy of the spinal cord.
anaemotropy
anaerophyte
anaerophyte
noun
Any plant that does not require a direct supply of air
anaeroplasty
anapterygota
anapterygote
anapterygotism
anapterygotous
anemometrographically
anerythroplasia
anerythroplastic
angiohypertonia
anomalopteryx
anorthophyre
antepyretic
antepyretic
Adjective
Preceding a fever
anteroposteriorly
anteroposteriorly
adv
(biology) Along the anteroposterior axis
anteropygal
anthrapyridine
anthropocentrically
anthropocentrically
adv
In an anthropocentric manner.
anthropocentricity
anthropocentricity
noun
The quality of being anthropocentric.
anthropodeoxycholic
anthropogeny
anthropogeny
noun
The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man.
anthropogeography
anthropogeography
noun
(anthropology) The study of the geographical distribution of humankind and the relationship between human beings and their environment
anthropometrically
anthropometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, anthropometry.
anthropometry
anthropometry
noun
The science of measuring the human body to ascertain the ranges and averages of dimensions of the human form, for various purposes including physical anthropology, epidemiology, the ergonomics of industrial design, and so on.
anthropophysite
anthropoteleoclogy
anthypophoretic
anticomplementary
anticomplementary
adj
(geometry) antimedial
(immunology) That diminishes the action of an immunological complement
antiempirically
antierysipelas
antierysipelas
adj
Preventing erysipelas.
antiexpressively
antihypertensive
antihypertensive
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
noun
(pharmacology) an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
antihypertensives
antihypertensives
noun
plural of antihypertensive
antileprosy
antileprosy
adj
(medicine) Countering leprosy.
antiparliamentary
antiparliamentary
adj
(politics) Opposing parliament.
antiperistatically
antiphylloxeric
antiphylloxeric
adj
Destroying or countering the phylloxera insect.
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antipopery
antipopery
noun
Opposition to popery.
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiproductively
antiprojectivity
antiproteolysis
antipyresis
antipyresis
noun
(medicine) The reduction of fever.
antipyretic
antipyretic
adj
(pharmacology) That reduces fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine that reduces fever; a febrifuge.
antipyretics
antipyretics
noun
plural of antipyretic
antipyrine
antipyrine
noun
(pharmacology) The drug phenazone.
antipyrines
antipyrines
noun
plural of antipyrine
aparaphysate
aparaphysate
adj
(botany) Lacking paraphyses.
aperiodicity
aperiodicity
noun
The condition of being aperiodic
apertly
apertly
adv
(archaic) Clearly, plainly.
(obsolete) Openly, publicly, without secrecy.
aphanapteryx
apheliotropically
apheliotropically
adv
In an apheliotropic way; away from the sun.
apocentricity
apocentricity
noun
The property of being apocentric.
apocryphate
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
apogeotropically
apogeotropically
adv
(botany) In an apogeotropic manner; of leaves and other botanical structures, in a manner that bends away from the ground.
apomecometry
apomecometry
noun
The art of measuring the distance of far-off objects.
aponeurotomy
aponeurotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of aponeuroses
aporhyolite
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
Appreciatively, with appreciation: in an appreciating manner.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
appreciatorily
appreciatorily
adv
(obsolete, rare) With appreciation; appreciatively.
appreciatory
appreciatory
adj
Showing appreciation; appreciative.
apprehensibility
apprehensibility
noun
The quality of being apprehensible.
appropriately
appropriately
adv
In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.
approximately
approximately
adv
Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
apreynte
apteryges
apterygial
apterygial
adj
(zoology) That lacks limbs, fins or wings.
apterygidae
apterygiformes
apterygogenea
apterygota
apterygote
apterygote
noun
Any insect of the order Apterygota.
apterygotous
apteryla
apteryx
apteryx
noun
(dated) kiwi bird
apteryxes
apteryxes
noun
plural of apteryx
apyretic
apyretic
adj
(medicine) Without fever, free from fever.
apyrotype
aranyaprathet
archaeopterygiformes
archaeopteryx
archeopteryx
archeopteryx
noun
A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds.
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archetypally
archetypally
adv
In an archetypal way.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype