(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acantholysis
acantholysis
noun
(medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.
acaudelescent
acaulescent
acaulescent
adj
(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
accelerants
accelerants
noun
plural of accelerant
accelerations
accelerations
noun
plural of acceleration
accentless
accentless
adj
Of a word, having no diacritical mark; unaccented.
Speaking without an accent.
acceptableness
acceptableness
noun
The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
accidentalism
accidentalism
noun
A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
Accidental character or effect.
The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.
The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
accidentalist
accidentalist
noun
An expert in accidents, especially those involving motor vehicles.
Someone who believes in accidentalism.
accidentalness
accidentalness
noun
The quality of being accidental; casualness.
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
acclamations
acclamations
noun
plural of acclamation
acclimations
acclimations
noun
plural of acclimation
acclimatisation
acclimatisation
noun
Alternative spelling of acclimatization
acclimatising
acclimatising
verb
present participle of acclimatise
acclimatizations
acclimatizations
noun
plural of acclimatization
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
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountableness
accountableness
noun
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
acculturationist
acculturationist
noun
A specialist in the study of acculturation.
accumulations
accumulations
noun
plural of accumulation
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
acetanilides
acetanilides
noun
plural of acetanilide
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
acetylacetonates
acetylacetonates
noun
plural of acetylacetonate
acetylations
acetylations
noun
plural of acetylation
acetylcholinesterase
acetylcholinesterase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
acetylenes
acetylenes
noun
plural of acetylene
acetylrosaniline
achondroplastic
achondroplastic
adj
(teratology) Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acromiosternal
acrostolion
actinobacillosis
actinobacillosis
noun
(pathology) A zoonotic disease, most commonly associated with animals, caused by the Actinobacillus bacteria, and which forms radiating structures in the tissues
actinobacillus
actinobacillus
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus.
actinoblast
actinolites
actinolites
noun
plural of actinolite
actinologous
actinologous
adj
Relating to actinologues
actinomycestal
actinomycetales
actinostomal
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
actualisation
actualisation
noun
Alternative spelling of actualization
actualising
actualising
verb
present participle of actualise
actualizations
actualizations
noun
plural of actualization
actualness
actualness
noun
The state or quality of being actual.
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescently
adolescently
adv
In a adolescent manner; like a teenager.
adolescents
adolescents
noun
plural of adolescent
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adrenalectomies
adrenalectomies
noun
plural of adrenalectomy
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
aesculetin
aesculetin
noun
A derivative of coumarin found in chicory and many other plants.
affectionless
affectionless
adj
(psychology) Incapable of empathy.
Without affection; unfeeling; emotionless.
affectlessness
affectlessness
noun
Emotional detachment; a lack of feeling.
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
afflictionless
afflictionless
adj
Free from affliction.
afflictions
afflictions
noun
plural of affliction
agelacrinites
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agnostically
agnostically
adv
In an agnostic manner; not having or expressing a firm opinion on something.
Toward, or from the perspective of, agnosticism.
agonistical
agonistical
adj
(archaic) agonistic (of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks).
agonistically
agonistically
adv
In an agonistic manner
agranulocytosis
agranulocytosis
noun
(pathology) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.
agranuloplastic
aguascalientes
aguascalientes
Proper noun
A state of Mexico.
Its capital city.
aktiengesellschaft
albescent
albescent
adj
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
albinistic
albinistic
adj
Of or pertaining to albinism.
alcantarines
alcoholisation
alcoholisation
noun
Alternative form of alcoholization
alcoranist
alcoranist
Noun
One who follows the Qur'an exactly as it is written.
alkalescent
alkalescent
adj
Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
allassotonic
allocations
allocations
noun
plural of allocation
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.
allocutions
allocutions
noun
plural of allocution
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
almacenista
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
altercations
altercations
noun
plural of altercation
altingiaceous
altschin
aluminosilicate
aluminosilicate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
amplifications
amplifications
noun
plural of amplification
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
anabaptistical
anabaptistically
anachronismatical
anachronismatical
adj
(archaic) anachronistic
anachronistical
anachronistical
adj
anachronistic
anachronistically
anachronistically
adv
In an anachronistic manner; in the manner of an anachronism.
anaclastic
anaclastic
adj
Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water.
Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
anaclastics
anaclastics
noun
The part of optics that deals with the refraction of light.
anacletus
anacoluthons
anacoluthons
noun
plural of anacoluthon
anacrustically
anacrustically
adv
In an anacrustic manner.
anaeroplastic
anaesthetically
anaesthetically
adv
Alternative form of anesthetically
anaglyptics
anaglyptics
noun
(art) The art of carving or embossing in low relief
analcites
analcites
noun
plural of analcite
analects
analects
noun
A collection of excerpts or quotes.
analogistic
analyticities
analyticities
noun
plural of analyticity
analytics
analytics
noun
Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.
The principles governing any of various forms of analysis.
anamnestically
anamnestically
adv
By means of anamnesis
anapaestical
anapaestical
Adjective
anapestic
anapaestically
anapaestically
adv
Alternative form of anapestically
anapestically
anapestically
adv
In an anapestic manner.
anaplastic
anaplastic
adj
(oncology) Of, or relating to, a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that a tumor is high grade and likely to behave in an aggressive fashion.
(surgery) Of or relating to plastic surgery.
anarchoindividualist
anarchosocialist
anarchosyndicalist
anarchosyndicalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anarcho-syndicalist
anastaltic
anastaltic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) styptic
anatomicals
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
ancestorial
ancestorial
adj
Ancestral.
ancestorially
ancestorially
adv
In an ancestorial context.
ancestral
ancestral
adj
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors
ancestrally
ancestrally
adv
Pertaining to ancestry.
ancestrial
ancestrial
adj
(dated) Ancestral.
ancistrocladaceae
ancistrocladaceous
ancistrocladus
ancylostoma
ancylostoma
noun
Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
ancylostome
ancylostome
noun
Alternative form of ancylostoma (“type of hookworm”)
ancylostomiasis
ancylostomiasis
noun
Infection by the hookworm Ancylostoma.
ancylostomum
anecdotalism
anecdotalism
noun
A predisposition to relate anecdotes.
anecdotalist
anecdotalist
noun
One who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.
anelastic
anelastic
adj
(engineering, materials science) Showing no obvious relation between stress and strain.
anelasticity
anelasticity
noun
The property of being anelastic.
anelectrotonus
anelectrotonus
noun
The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.