(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
acutiplantar
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adstipulating
adstipulation
aesculapian
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
agranuloplastic
albopruinose
albuminiparous
albuminiparous
adj
Producing albumin.
albuminoscope
albuminurophobia
albuminurophobia
noun
A phobia of renal disease.
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alexandroupolis
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
allopurinol
allopurinol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic drug which inhibits uric acid formation, used to treat gout and related conditions.
allopurinols
allopurinols
noun
plural of allopurinol
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
alphanumerical
alphanumerical
adj
Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alphonsus
alpinesque
alpinesque
adj
Having an alpine style.
alternipetalous
alternisepalous
aluminaphone
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
amidosulphonal
aminosulphonic
amphicondylous
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphinucleus
amplexicauline
amplitudinous
ampulating
amputational
amputational
adj
Of or relating to amputation.
amyelencephalous
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
andropetalous
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
anencephalous
anencephalous
adj
(biology) Without a brain.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
aneuploid
aneuploid
adj
(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that is not a multiple of the haploid number.
noun
A cell or an organism having such a number of chromosomes.
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
angulosplenial
angulosplenial
adj
(anatomy) angular and splenial
noun
The angulosplenial bone
angustiseptal
anilinophilous
anisopetalous
anisopetalous
adj
(botany) Having unequal petals.
anisophyllous
anisophyllous
adj
(botany) Having unequal leaves.
anisopleural
anisopleurous
anisosepalous
anomalocephalus
anomophyllous
anomphalous
anophthalmus
anoplanthus
anoplotherium
anoplotherium
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium.
anoplura
anopluriform
antenuptial
antenuptial
adj
Occurring before marriage; prenuptial.
anteoperculum
antepenult
antepenult
noun
The third-to-last syllable of a word.
antepenultima
antepenultima
noun
(poetry) The last syllable of a word except two
antepenultimate
antepenultimate
adj
Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.
noun
The syllable that comes two before the last in a word.
Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate)
antepenults
antepenults
noun
plural of antepenult
anthocephalous
anthophilous
anthophilous
adj
Living or growing on flowers
anthropomorphously
anthropomorphously
adv
In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
anthropophagously
anthropophagously
adv
In an anthropophagous manner.
anthropophilous
anthropophilous
adj
Synonym of anthropophilic
anticrepuscular
anticrepuscule
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antipeduncular
antipetalous
antipetalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antepetalous
antiplague
antiplague
adj
Countering plague
antipleasure
antipleasure
adj
Opposing pleasure.
antipleuritic
antipleuritic
adj
Working against pleurisy.
antiplurality
antipollution
antipollution
adj
Reducing or opposing pollution.
noun
Anything that helps the environment by reducing pollution.
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antipopular
antipopular
adj
Opposing the people.
antipopularization
antipopulationist
antipopulationist
adj
Opposing overpopulation.
noun
One who opposes overpopulation.
antipopulism
antiproductively
antiprudential
antiprudential
adj
Lacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.
antirepublican
antirepublican
adj
(politics) Opposing the formation of a republic.
noun
(politics) One who opposes the formation of a republic.
antirepublicanism
antiscriptural
antiscriptural
adj
that contradicts scripture
antisepalous
antisepalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antesepalous
antispeculation
antispeculation
adj
(economy) Opposing or countering financial speculation.
antispiritual
antispiritual
adj
Opposing or harming what is spiritual.
antispiritualism
antispiritualism
noun
Opposition to spiritualism.
antispiritualist
antispiritualistic
antispiritually
antisupernatural
antisupernaturalism
antisupernaturalism
noun
Opposition to supernaturalism.
antisupernaturalist
antisupernaturalist
noun
One who opposes supernaturalism.
antisupernaturalistic
antisurplician
antiunemployment
antiunemployment
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering unemployment.
apetalousness
apetalousness
noun
(botany) The state or quality of being apetalous.
aphelenchus
aphelinus
apiculation
aplostemonous
aplostemonous
adj
Alternative form of haplostemonous
apollonius
apolune
apolune
noun
(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum.
apolunes
apolunes
noun
plural of apolune
aponeurology
aponeurology
noun
The study of aponeuroses
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
appendicularia
appendicularian
appendicularian
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the class Appendicularia of tailed tunicates.
noun
(zoology) A member of this class.
appendiculariidae
appendiculata
appendiculate
appendiculate
adj
(biology) Bearing appendages, such as one of the leg-bearing segments of an insect.
(biology) Having the nature of an appendage, such as the leg or antenna of an insect.
(mycology) Of a mushroom: having partial veil remnants hanging along the cap margin.
appendiculated
appendiculated
adj
Alternative form of appendiculate
applauding
applauding
noun
applause
verb
present participle of applaud
applaudingly
applaudingly
adv
in an applauding manner
applenut
appliqueing
appliqueing
verb
present participle of applique
appulsion
appulsion
noun
(obsolete, rare) A driving or striking against; an appulse.
apronful
apronful
noun
as much as an apron will hold
aptitudinal
aptitudinal
adj
Relating to aptitude.
aptitudinally
aptitudinally
adv
In an aptitudinal manner.
apulian
apulian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Apulia.
Noun
An inhabitant or a resident of Apulia.
apulmonic
apulmonic
adj
Not pulmonic; lacking, or not using, the lungs.
aquaplane
aquaplane
noun
A board ridden by a standing person and pulled by a motorboat for entertainment
verb
(automotive, UK) For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.
To ride such a board.
aquaplaned
aquaplaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aquaplane
aquaplaner
aquaplaner
noun
One who aquaplanes.
aquaplaners
aquaplaners
noun
plural of aquaplaner
aquaplanes
aquaplanes
noun
plural of aquaplane
aquaplaning
aquaplaning
noun
(automotive, UK) The loss of contact with the road because of surface water. The act of aquaplaning.
The act of aquaplaning.
verb
present participle of aquaplane
aquopentamminecobaltic
archplunderer
archpublican
aristorepublicanism
ashurbanipal
asplenium
asplenium
noun
(botany) Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
assurbanipal
asterospondylous
astipulation
astipulation
noun
(obsolete) stipulation; agreement
australanthropus
australopithecinae
australopithecine
australopithecine
adj
(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.
noun
(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.