(zoology) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
acarophilous
acarophilous
adj
(biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites
(botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites
acceptancies
acceptations
acceptations
noun
plural of acceptation
acceptilated
acceptilated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acceptilate
accipitrines
accipitrines
noun
plural of accipitrine
accompanists
accompanists
noun
plural of accompanist
accompanying
accompanying
adj
Present together.
noun
That which accompanies; accompaniment.
verb
present participle of accompany
accompanyist
accompanyist
noun
Alternative spelling of accompanist
accompletive
accompletive
adj
(rare) Tending to accomplish.
accomplicity
accomplicity
noun
(rare) The act or state of being an accomplice.
accomplished
accomplished
adj
Completed; effected; established.
Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.
Showing skill and artistry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accomplisher
accomplisher
noun
One who accomplishes.
accomplishes
accomplishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accomplish
acerbophobia
acetomorphin
acetophenine
acetphenetid
achluophobia
achluophobia
noun
The fear of darkness.
achromatopia
achromatopia
noun
defective ability to see colours
acidophilous
acidophilous
adj
That thrives in an acidic environment
acipenserine
acipenserine
adj
Pertaining to sturgeons
acipenseroid
acipenseroid
noun
Synonym of chondrostean
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
acroasphyxia
acroasphyxia
noun
(pathology) Impaired circulation to the fingers
acrocephalia
acrocephalia
noun
(medicine) A deformity of the head in which the top is more or less pointed.
acrocephalic
acrocephalic
adj
Possessing a pointed skull.
noun
A person suffering from a pointed skull.
acrophonetic
acrophonetic
adj
Of or pertaining to acrophony.
actinocarpic
actinography
actinography
noun
measurement with an actinograph
actinomorphy
actinomorphy
noun
The condition of being actinomorphic.
actinophonic
actinophonic
adj
Relating to the production of sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
actinophryan
actinopraxis
actinopteran
acutiplantar
adelomorphic
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adiaphoretic
adrenotropic
adrenotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aecidiospore
aerobioscope
aerobioscope
noun
An instrument that collects the bacterial content of air
aerographics
aerographics
noun
Synonym of aerography (“production of weather charts”)
aerophysical
aerophysical
adj
Relating to aerophysics.
aeropleustic
aeropleustic
adj
(humorous) Of or pertaining to aerial navigation.
aethrioscope
aethrioscope
noun
(meteorology) A device for measuring temperature variations due to different atmospheric conditions, such as cloud or clear skies.
agoraphobiac
agoraphobiac
noun
One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
aichmophobia
aichmophobia
noun
The fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects.
ailurophilic
ailurophilic
adj
Of or relating to ailurophilia or ailurophiles.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alexipharmic
alexipharmic
adj
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”)
noun
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
allelopathic
allelopathic
adj
relating to an allelopathy
allelotropic
allopathetic
allopathetic
adj
Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
allotropical
allotropical
adj
(chemistry, rare) Of or pertaining to an element that exhibits allotropy.
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.
alphamerical
alphamerical
adj
alphanumeric / alphanumerical
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.
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
altiplanicie
americophobe
americophobe
Noun
Americanophobe
aminocaproic
aminocaproic
adj
Of or pertaining to aminocaproic acids and their derivatives
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
amnioclepsis
ampelidaceae
ampelosicyos
amperometric
amperometric
adj
(chemistry, physics) That involves measurement of an electric current during a process such as titration
amphibiontic
amphibiotica
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
amphibrachic
amphibrachic
adj
Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.
amphicarpaea
amphicarpium
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
amphicentric
amphicoelian
amphicoelian
adj
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphicondyla
amphicribral
amphicribral
adj
(botany) In which the phloem surrounds the xylem
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphicyrtous
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphinucleus
amphisbaenic
amphisbaenic
adj
(mythology) Relating to an amphisbaena.
amphitheccia
amphithecial
amphithecium
amphotericin
amphotericin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of amphoteric antibiotic and antifungal agents derived from Streptomyces bacteria.
amplificator
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
amyloplastic
amyloplastic
adj
starch-forming; amylogenic
anabaptistic
anacephalize
anaglyphical
anaglyphical
adj
Alternative form of anaglyphic
anaglyptical
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
anapaestical
anapaestical
Adjective
anapestic
anaphroditic
anaphroditic
adj
(rare) Without sexual intercourse.
anaphylactic
anaphylactic
adj
Pertaining to anaphylaxis.
anaphylactin
anapodeictic
anapodeictic
adj
(rare, rhetoric) Not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
anaptyctical
anaptyctical
adj
Relating to anaptyxis.
anchistopoda
ancraophobia
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anencephalia
anencephalic
anencephalic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting anencephaly.
anepigraphic
anepigraphic
adj
Without a legend or inscription (on artifacts, coins, etc.)
angelophanic
angiocarpian
angiocarpian
adj
describing an angiocarpous plant
angiocarpous
angiocarpous
adj
describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx
angiographic
angiographic
adj
Of or pertaining to angiography
angiopoietic
angiopoietic
adj
Relating to angiopoiesis.
angiospastic
angiospastic
adj
(pathology) Relating to angiospasm
angiospermic
angiospermic
adj
Relating to angiosperms
angiotrophic
angiotrophic
adj
vasotrophic
anglophiliac
anglophiliac
Adjective
Anglophilic
Noun
Anglophile
anglophobiac
anisocarpous
antasphyctic
antephialtic
antephialtic
adj
(medicine) Acting against nightmares.
antepileptic
antepileptic
adj
Alternative form of antiepileptic
anteporticos
antepretonic
anthropozoic
anthropozoic
Adjective
The geological era dominated by the presence of man.
anthropurgic
anticipating
anticipating
verb
present participle of anticipate
anticipation
anticipation
noun
(finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
(music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
(obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
(rhetoric) Prolepsis.
The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
anticipative
anticipative
adj
Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant.
anticipators
anticipators
noun
plural of anticipator
anticipatory
anticipatory
adj
Characterized by anticipation.
anticreeping
antientropic
antientropic
adj
Countering entropy.
antihydropic
antihydropic
adj
(medicine) Countering dropsy.
noun
(medicine) A remedy for dropsy.
antihypnotic
antihypnotic
adj
(medicine) Tending to prevent sleep.
noun
Any agent that prevents sleep.
antimephitic
antimephitic
adj
Countering mephitic gases.
antimetropic
antimetropic
adj
Relating to antimetropia
antipacifism
antipacifism
noun
Opposition to pacifism.
antipacifist
antipacifist
adj
Opposing pacifism.
noun
One who opposes pacifism.
antipapistic
antiparticle
antiparticle
noun
(physics) A subatomic particle corresponding to another particle with the same mass, spin and mean lifetime but with charge, parity, strangeness and other quantum numbers flipped in sign; a particle that has a reversed world line to another.
antipathetic
antipathetic
adj
Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant
Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance
Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic
antiperiodic
antiperiodic
adj
(mathematics) Exhibiting antiperiodicity.
(medicine) preventing the regular recurrence of symptoms
noun
(medicine) A drug that prevents the regular recurrence of symptoms.
antiphonetic
antiphonetic
adj
(linguistics) Going against the rules of phonetics; not spelled according to the sound.