(very rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
acanthaceous
acanthaceous
adj
(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
acanthocarpous
acanthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having the fruit covered with spines.
acanthocephalous
acanthocephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acanthocereus
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acanthophorous
acanthophorous
adj
Spine-bearing.
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acanthopomatous
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
acanthous
acanthous
adj
(botany) Synonym of spinous
acanthurus
acanthus
acanthus
noun
(architecture) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of Acanthus spinosus, used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.
A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.
acanthuses
acanthuses
noun
plural of acanthus
acaudelescent
acaulescence
acaulescence
noun
The condition of being acaulescent
acaulescent
acaulescent
adj
(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
accentuates
accentuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accentuate
accentuations
accentuations
noun
plural of accentuation
accentus
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
accounsel
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountableness
accountableness
noun
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
accountancies
accountancies
noun
plural of accountancy
accountants
accountants
noun
plural of accountant
accountantship
accountantship
noun
The office or employment of an accountant.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accountings
accountings
noun
plural of accounting
accounts
accounts
noun
plural of account
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of account
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
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.
accurateness
accurateness
noun
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy
accuratenesses
accursedness
accursedness
noun
The quality of being accursed.
accursing
accursing
verb
present participle of accurse
accusant
accusant
noun
(obsolete) An accuser.
accusants
accusants
noun
plural of accusant
accusation
accusation
noun
(law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
An allegation.
The act of accusing.
accusations
accusations
noun
plural of accusation
accusativeness
accusativeness
noun
(linguistics) The characteristics of the accusative case of a noun or pronoun.
The condition of tending to accuse.
accusing
accusing
adj
Accusatory.
noun
Accusation.
verb
present participle of accuse
accusingly
accusingly
adv
In an accusing manner.
accustomation
accustomation
noun
The process of becoming accustomed to something; habituation.
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
accustoming
accustoming
verb
present participle of accustom
accustomizing
accustomizing
verb
present participle of accustomize
acensuada
acensuador
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acesodynous
acessamenus
achesoun
achronychous
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acidulousness
acidulousness
noun
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acinacifolious
acinacious
acinarious
acinarious
adj
(botany) Having acini
acinous
acinous
adj
Alternative spelling of acinose
acinus
acinus
noun
(anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
(botany) A grape-stone.
(botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
acondylous
acondylous
adj
(anatomy) Without joints; jointless.
aconitums
aconitums
noun
plural of aconitum
acontius
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acoustician
acoustician
noun
One versed in acoustics, especially a physicist who specializes in acoustics.
acousticians
acousticians
noun
plural of acoustician
acousticon
acousticon
noun
(historical) A kind of hearing aid.
acquaintances
acquaintances
noun
plural of acquaintance
acquaintanceship
acquaintanceship
noun
(countable) A relationship as acquaintances.
(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
acquaintanceships
acquaintanceships
noun
plural of acquaintanceship
acquaintedness
acquaintedness
noun
(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquaints
acquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint
acquiescement
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescences
acquiescences
noun
plural of acquiescence
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquiescent
acquiescent
adj
resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquiescing
acquiescing
verb
present participle of acquiesce
acquiescingly
acquiescingly
adv
in an acquiescing manner
acquiesence
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquisition
acquisition
noun
(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acquisitiveness
acquisitiveness
noun
(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
acrimonious
acrimonious
adj
(archaic) Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.
(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone.
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
adv
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
acrimoniousness
acrimoniousness
noun
The quality of being acrimonious.
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acrogynous
acrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acromyotonus
acromyotonus
noun
Synonym of acromyotonia
acroneurosis
acronychous
acronyctous
acronyctous
adj
(astronomy) acronycal
acronymous
acronymous
adj
Pertaining to the use of acronyms.
acrotrophoneurosis
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
actiniums
actiniums
noun
plural of actinium
actinobacillus
actinobacillus
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus.
actinocarpous
actinocrinus
actinocutitis
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinologous
actinologous
adj
Relating to actinologues
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinoneuritis
actinophorous
actinophorous
adj
(biology) Having straight projecting spines
actinopterous
actinopterygious
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
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.
acubens
acumens
acumens
noun
plural of acumen
acuminose
acuminose
adj
Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
acuminous
acuminous
adj
Characterized by acumen; keen.
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
acupuncturist
acupuncturist
noun
A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture.
acupuncturists
acupuncturists
noun
plural of acupuncturist
acusection
acushnet
acutances
acutances
noun
plural of acutance
acuteness
acuteness
noun
(medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
(of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness
Shrewdness, quickness of mind
Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
The quality of being acute or pointed
acutenesses
acutenesses
noun
plural of acuteness
acutonodose
acutorsion
acutorsion
noun
(medicine) The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue