(pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
acromiocoracoid
acromiocoracoid
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to the acromion and the coracoid process.
acromiodeltoid
acromiohyoid
acromyodi
acromyodian
acromyodian
noun
Any passerine songbird of the former taxon Acromyodi
acromyodic
acromyodic
adj
Relating to the acromyodians
acromyodous
acromyodous
adj
Synonym of acromyodic
acronymized
acronymized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acronymize
acropodia
acropodia
noun
plural of acropodium
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
acroscleroderma
acroscleroderma
noun
Synonym of sclerodactyly
acrospired
acrospired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
acrostichoid
acrostichoid
adj
(botany, of a fern) Whose sori densely cover the underside of the frond like a felt, without visible gaps between them.
acrotretidae
acrydium
acrylaldehyde
acrylaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated aldehyde acrolein
acrylamides
acrylamides
noun
plural of acrylamide
actinocrinid
actinocrinidae
actinodermatitis
actinodermatitis
noun
actinic dermatitis
actinodielectric
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actoridae
acuductor
acuerdo
acuerdos
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
adair
adairsville
adairville
adalard
adalbert
adallard
adamastor
adamastor
noun
A hideous phantom
adambulacral
adambulacral
adj
Next to the ambulacra
noun
Such an ossicle or spine
adamsburg
adapter
adapter
noun
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
adapters
adapters
noun
plural of adapter
adaptometer
adaptometer
noun
An optometric instrument that measures the minimum threshold of brightness that can be detected or how well the human eye can adapt to a recently darkened environment.
adaptor
adaptor
noun
Alternative form of adapter
adaptorial
adaptorial
adj
Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.
adaptors
adaptors
noun
plural of adaptor
adar
adara
adarbitrium
adarme
adarme
noun
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
(historical) Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.
adarticulation
adarticulation
noun
arthrodia
adaurd
adcraft
adder
adder
noun
(chiefly Britain) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
(obsolete) Any snake.
A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
Acanthophis spp. (death adders), elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and Australia
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead, a venomous viper found in the eastern United States
An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.
Heterodon spp. (hog-nosed snakes), a genus of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America
Lampropeltis triangulum (milk snake).
Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
Something which adds or increases.
The common European adder (Vipera berus).
The puff adders, of Africa (genus Bitis).
adderbolt
adderbolt
noun
(now UK dialectal) A dragonfly.
adderfish
adders
adders
noun
plural of adder
adderspit
adderwort
adderwort
noun
Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed.
additamentary
additionary
additionary
adj
Synonym of additional
additory
additory
adj
(rare) Tending to add; making some addition.
additur
additur
noun
(law) The augmentation by a judge of damages awarded by a jury.
addlebrain
addlebrain
noun
An addlebrained person.
addlebrained
addlebrained
adj
stupid and confused or muddled
addorsed
addorsed
adj
(heraldry, of animals or wings) Set back to back, facing away from each other.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of addorse
addr
address
address
noun
(by extension) The property itself.
(chiefly in the plural, now archaic) A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
(computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory; a string of characters identifying a location on the internet or other network; sometimes (specifically) an e-mail address.
(golf, Scotland) The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.
(now rare) Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability.
(obsolete) Guidance; help.
(obsolete) The act of getting ready; preparation.
A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
A formal approach to a sovereign, especially an official appeal or petition; later (specifically) a response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
(intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
(reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
(transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
(transitive) To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
(transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
(transitive) To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
(transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
(transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
(transitive, computing) To refer to a location in computer memory.
(transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
(transitive, golf, Scotland) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
(transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
(transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
addressability
addressability
noun
(computer graphics) The capability of a display surface or storage device to accommodate a specified number of uniquely identifiable points.
(computing) The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.
(micrographics) The capability of a specified field frame to contain a specific number of uniquely identifiable points.
addressable
addressable
adj
Able to be addressed.
addressed
addressed
adj
(possessional) Of a document, marked with an address.
Having been the audience for an address, speech or presentation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of address
addressee
addressee
noun
(linguistics) A person or entity to whom discourse is directed, or the words referring to such an entity.
The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.
addressees
addressees
noun
plural of addressee
addresser
addresser
noun
A machine that addresses.
A person who addresses (applies an address to an object to be delivered to a particular location).
A person who addresses someone (directs spoken or written communication toward someone).
A person who gives an address or speech.
addressers
addressers
noun
plural of addresser
addresses
addresses
noun
plural of address
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of address
addressful
addressful
adj
(archaic) adroit; resourceful
addressing
addressing
noun
(computing) Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
(linguistics) A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.
A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
verb
present participle of address
addressograph
addressograph
noun
(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
addressor
addressor
noun
Alternative form of addresser
addrest
addrest
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of address
adducer
adducer
noun
One who adduces.
adducers
adducers
noun
plural of adducer
adductor
adductor
noun
(anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor
adductors
adductors
noun
plural of adductor
adelarthra
adelarthrosomata
adelarthrosomatous
adelaster
adelaster
noun
(botany) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
adelbert
adelocerous
adelochorda
adelomorphic
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.
adelric
adenanthera
adenauer
adendric
adendric
adj
Not dendric.
adendritic
adendritic
adj
(biology) (of a neuron) Not having dendrites.
(biology) (of other cells) Not having cytoplasmic processes.
Not having a branching structure, not tree-like.
adenemphractic
adenemphraxis
adeniform
adeniform
adj
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
adenocancroid
adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinoma
noun
(oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue.
adenocarcinomas
adenocarcinomas
noun
plural of adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinomata
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenochondroma
adenochondroma
noun
(pathology) A hamartoma consisting of glandular and cartilaginous tissue
adenochondrosarcoma
adenochrome
adenochrome
noun
A red pigment present in the branchial heart tissue of the octopus
adenodermia
adenofibroma
adenofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenohypersthenia
adenoliomyofibroma
adenometritis
adenomyofibroma
adenomyxosarcoma
adenoneural
adenoneure
adenopharyngeal
adenopharyngitis
adenophora
adenophore
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenosarcoma
adenosarcoma
noun
An uncommon form of cancer that arises from mesenchymal tissue and has a benign glandular component.
adenosarcomas
adenosarcomata
adenosarcomata
noun
plural of adenosarcoma
adenosclerosis
adenosclerosis
noun
(medicine) The hardening of a gland.
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adenylpyrophosphate
adenylpyrophosphate
noun
Synonym of adenosine triphosphate
adepter
adepter
adj
(archaic) comparative form of adept: more adept
ader
adermia
adermin
adermin
Noun
pyridoxine
adermine
adessenarian
adessenarian
Noun
A believer in the real presence of Christ's body in the Eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.
adffroze
adffrozen
adfreeze
adfreezing
adfrf
adfroze
adfrozen
adger
adhafera
adhara
adharma
adharma
noun
That which is not in accord with dharma, i.e. wrong, immorality, and wickedness.