Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala.
acanthocephali
acanthocephalous
acanthocephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
accomplishment
accomplishment
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
Something accomplished; an achievement.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
accomplishments
accomplishments
noun
plural of accomplishment
acenaphthenyl
acenaphthenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A univalent radical derived from acenaphthene
acenaphthylene
acenaphthylene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing an unsaturated five-membered ring ortho- and peri-fused to the 1- and 9- positions of naphthalene.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
acephalocyst
acephalocyst
noun
(zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
acetnaphthalide
acetoamidophenol
acetoxyphthalide
acetylphenol
acetylphenylhydrazine
achitophel
achromatophile
achromatophile
adj
Being or relating to an achromatophil.
adelpholite
adenophthalmia
adenylpyrophosphate
adenylpyrophosphate
noun
Synonym of adenosine triphosphate
aerophilatelic
aerophilatelic
adj
Of or relating to aerophilately.
aerophilatelist
aerophilatelist
noun
One who practices aerophilately; a collector of airmail stamps.
aerophilately
aerophilately
noun
(philately) The study or collection of airmail stamps, cancellations, etc.
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
aetiophyllin
afterhelp
ahepatokla
ahithophel
albitophyre
aldoheptose
aldoheptose
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aldose form of a heptose
alectoromorphae
alectoromorphous
alethopteis
alethopteroid
alethoscope
alethoscope
noun
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
alimentotherapy
allelopathic
allelopathic
adj
relating to an allelopathy
allelopathy
allelopathy
noun
The release by a plant of a toxin to suppress growth of nearby competing plants.
allodelphite
alloeostropha
allomorphite
allopathetic
allopathetic
adj
Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
allopathetically
allopathies
allopathies
noun
plural of allopathy
allophanate
allophanate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of allophanic acid
allophanates
allophanates
noun
plural of allophanate
allophite
alphabet
alphabet
noun
(India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
(Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
verb
(rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
alphabetarian
alphabetarian
noun
A novice or ignoramus.
One who is learning the alphabet; an abecedarian.
alphabetary
alphabetary
adj
(obsolete) alphabetic; rudimentary
alphabeted
alphabeted
adj
(chiefly in combination) Written using a specified alphabet
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alphabet
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alphabetical
alphabetical
adj
(obsolete) literal
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
alphabetisation
alphabetisation
noun
The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
alphabetise
alphabetise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize.
alphabetised
alphabetised
adj
(Britain) Arranged in alphabetical order.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetise
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphabetism
alphabetism
noun
An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
alphabetist
alphabetist
noun
Someone who practices alphabetism, discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
alphabetization
alphabetization
noun
Alternative form of alphabetisation
alphabetize
alphabetize
verb
(US, Canada) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
alphabetized
alphabetized
adj
(Canada, US) Arranged in alphabetical order.
Alternative spelling of alphabetised
verb
(Canada, US) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetize
alphabetizer
alphabetizer
noun
One who, or that which, alphabetizes.
alphabetizers
alphabetizers
noun
plural of alphabetizer
alphabetizes
alphabetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize
alphabetizing
alphabetizing
verb
present participle of alphabetize
alphabetology
alphabets
alphabets
noun
plural of alphabet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabet
alpharetta
alphatype
alpheratz
alpheratz
Proper noun
A binary star in the constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus).
alymphopotent
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
ampelotherapy
ampelotherapy
noun
(medicine) The therapeutic use of grapes.
amphiblestritis
amphibolite
amphibolite
noun
Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
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.
amphitheatral
amphitheatral
adj
Alternative form of amphitheatrical
amphitheatrical
amphitheatrical
adj
Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
amphitheatrically
amphitheatrically
adv
With some apparent characteristics of an amphitheatre.
amphithecial
amphodelite
ampholyte
ampholyte
noun
(chemistry) An amphoteric electrolyte
amyelotrophy
amyelotrophy
noun
(medicine) Atrophy of the spinal cord.
amylophosphate
analphabet
analphabet
adj
Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.
noun
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
analphabete
analphabete
noun
(rare) Alternative spelling of analphabet
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
analphabetical
analphabetical
adj
Alternative form of analphabetic
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
analphabets
analphabets
noun
plural of analphabet
anaphylactogen
anaphylactogen
noun
(medicine) A substance likely to or capable of producing an adverse reaction (anaphylaxis) in a person.
anaphylactogenic
anaphylactogenic
adj
That tends to cause anaphylaxis.
anemometrographically
anencephalotrophia
anerythroplasia
anerythroplastic
angioelephantiasis
anoplothere
anoplotheriidae
anoplotherioid
anoplotherium
anoplotherium
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium.
anoplotheroid
antechapel
antechapel
noun
The outer part of the west end of a chapel.
antechapels
antechapels
noun
plural of antechapel
antepaschal
antepaschal
adj
(religion) Relating to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
antepaschel
antepatriarchal
antephialtic
antephialtic
adj
(medicine) Acting against nightmares.
anthocephalous
anthophile
anthophile
noun
(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.
A person who loves flowers.
anthophyllite
anthophyllite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown amphibole mineral; a mixed silicate of iron and magnesium.
anthropocentrically
anthropocentrically
adv
In an anthropocentric manner.
anthropodeoxycholic
anthropogeographical
anthropogeographical
adj
(anthropology) Of or relating to anthropogeography.
anthropolater
anthropolater
noun
A worshipper of a human or humans.
anthropolite
anthropolite
noun
(paleontology, dated) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
anthropologies
anthropologies
noun
plural of anthropology
anthropometrical
anthropometrical
adj
Pertaining to anthropometry.
anthropometrically
anthropometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, anthropometry.
anthropoteleoclogy
anthropoteleological
antianaphylactogen
antianopheline
antianopheline
adj
That counters anopheles mosquitos
anticephalalgic
anticephalalgic
adj
Counteracting headaches.
noun
A remedy for headaches.
antiepithelial
antiepithelial
adj
That inhibits the action of any material in the epithelium
antihemophilic
antihemophilic
adj
(medicine) That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs
antipathetical
antipathetical
adj
Antipathetic, with antipathy.
antipathetically
antipathetically
adv
In an antipathetic fashion.
antipatheticalness
antipatheticalness
noun
The state or quality of being antipathetical.
antiphilosophies
antiphilosophies
noun
plural of antiphilosophy
antiphylloxeric
antiphylloxeric
adj
Destroying or countering the phylloxera insect.
antiphysicalness
antiplethoric
antiplethoric
adj
(medicine) Countering plethora of the blood.
antisplasher
antisplasher
noun
A device in a sink or toilet to prevent splashing.
antixerophthalmic
antixerophthalmic
adj
(medicine) Countering xerophthalmia.
apathetical
apathetical
adj
Synonym of apathetic
apathetically
apathetically
adv
In an apathetic manner.
apheliotropic
apheliotropic
adj
Turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc.
apheliotropically
apheliotropically
adv
In an apheliotropic way; away from the sun.
apheliotropism
apheliotropism
noun
The habit of bending away from sunlight, as some plants do.
aphetically
aphetically
adv
(astrology) In an aphetic way: pertaining to the apheta.
(linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
apholate
apholates
aphrolite
aphthitalite
aphthitalite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of mixed potassium and sodium sulphates; also found in the fumaroles of volcanos.
apophlegmatic
apophlegmatic
adj
(medicine) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.