(biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites
(botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites
acceptancies
acceptations
acceptations
noun
plural of acceptation
accipitrines
accipitrines
noun
plural of accipitrine
accompanists
accompanists
noun
plural of accompanist
accompanyist
accompanyist
noun
Alternative spelling of accompanist
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
acephalocyst
acephalocyst
noun
(zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
achromatopsy
achromatopsy
noun
color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; daltonism, achromatopia
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
actinopraxis
acupressures
acupressures
noun
plural of acupressure
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aechmophorus
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.
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
ambleocarpus
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
amnioclepsis
ampelosicyos
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphicyrtous
amphinucleus
amphisbaenic
amphisbaenic
adj
(mythology) Relating to an amphisbaena.
ampullaceous
ampullaceous
adj
Shaped like a swollen bottle.
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
amyloplastic
amyloplastic
adj
starch-forming; amylogenic
anabaptistic
anapaestical
anapaestical
Adjective
anapestic
anchistopoda
anchorperson
anchorperson
noun
The primary reporter on a television news broadcast.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
angiocarpous
angiocarpous
adj
describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx
angiospastic
angiospastic
adj
(pathology) Relating to angiospasm
angiospermic
angiospermic
adj
Relating to angiosperms
anisocarpous
anomaloscope
anomaloscope
noun
(ophthalmology) An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.
anomocarpous
anomocarpous
adj
(botany) Having anomalous fruits
anorthoscope
anorthoscope
noun
An optical device (often a toy) used to produce a form of anamorphosis or to view distorted figures
antasphyctic
anteporticos
anthocarpous
anthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.
anticipators
anticipators
noun
plural of anticipator
antipacifism
antipacifism
noun
Opposition to pacifism.
antipacifist
antipacifist
adj
Opposing pacifism.
noun
One who opposes pacifism.
antipapistic
antiphrastic
antiphrastic
adj
(rhetoric) of, or relating to antiphrasis
antiphthisic
antiphthisic
adj
Relieving or curing phthisis.
noun
A medicine for phthisis.
antiphysical
antiphysical
adj
contrary to nature; unnatural
antipolitics
antipolitics
noun
An ideology that prefers centralized and arbitrary rule to democratic government
Avoidance of political debates and controversies.
Broad rejection of political institutions and processes.
Political activity based on moral or intellectual stature rather than force.
antipyretics
antipyretics
noun
plural of antipyretic
antiseptical
antiseptical
adj
Archaic form of antiseptic.
antistrophic
antistrophic
adj
(poetry) Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
apaestically
apathistical
apathistical
adj
(obsolete, rare) apathetic; unemotional
aperispermic
aperispermic
adj
(botany) having no albumen around the embryo of the seed
aphengescope
aphengoscope
aphidicolous
aphorismatic
aphorismatic
adj
aphorismic
aphorismical
aphoristical
aphoristical
adj
Alternative form of aphoristic
aphrodisiacs
aphrodisiacs
noun
plural of aphrodisiac
apiculturist
apiculturist
Noun
beekeeper
apocalyptism
apocalyptism
noun
Apocalypticism.
apocalyptist
apocalyptist
noun
One who predicts an apocalypse.
apocatharsis
apocynaceous
apocynaceous
adj
(botany) Of the family Apocynaceae, which contains the periwinkle and oleander.
apocynthions
apollonistic
aposiopestic
aposiopestic
adj
Alternative spelling of aposiopetic
apostolicism
apostolicism
noun
(Christianity) The quality of being apostolical; apostolicity.
apostolicity
apostolicity
noun
(Christianity) The quality of being apostolic, notably of preserving authenticity within the mission and tradition of the Christian church as founded by Jesus Christ and his twelve original Apostles, through their representatives and successors in the papacy and episcopate.
apothecaries
apothecaries
noun
plural of apothecary
appalachians
appalachians
Proper noun
A range of mountains in eastern North America, running northeast from Alabama in the United States to Newfoundland in Canada, variously including or excluding the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York.
The portion of this area which lies in the southern United States, as a socioeconomic region.
apparatchiks
apparatchiks
noun
plural of apparatchik
appendicious
appendicitis
appendicitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix
applicancies
applicancies
noun
plural of applicancy
applications
applications
noun
plural of application
appreciators
appreciators
noun
plural of appreciator
approachless
approachless
adj
Impossible to approach.
araphorostic
araphorostic
adj
Seamless, unsewn.
archapostate
archbishopry
archesporial
archesporial
adj
Relating to the archesporia, cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archesporium
archesporium
noun
(botany) Any of the cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archipelagos
archiplasmic
archispermae
archisupreme
archoplasmic
archshepherd
aristophanic
aristophanic
Adjective
Aristophanean
arthroscopes
arthroscopes
noun
plural of arthroscope
arthroscopic
arthroscopic
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to arthroscopy.
arthrosporic
arthrosporic
Adjective
Relating to arthrospores.
artocarpeous
artocarpeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the breadfruit, or the genus Artocarpus.
asclepiadean
ascriptitius
asepticizing
asepticizing
verb
present participle of asepticize
astigmoscope
astrocompass
astrocompass
noun
A form of compass in which direction is evaluated by sighting stars of known position
astrographic
astrographic
adj
astrometric
astrophysics
astrophysics
noun
The branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.
asymptomatic
asymptomatic
adj
(pathology) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in subclinical cases.
noun
A patient who exhibits no symptoms of disease.
asymptotical
asymptotical
adj
asymptotic
atmospherics
atmospherics
noun
radio interference caused by pulses of electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere as the result of lightning and other events (both natural and man-made)
auriscalpium
auriscalpium
noun
Auriscalpium, a genus of mushrooms.
earpick
auspiciously
auspiciously
adv
In an auspicious way.
autechoscope
autocratship
autocratship
noun
(rare) The state of being an autocrat; autocracy.
azosulphonic
bachelorship
bachelorship
noun
The state of being a bachelor.
backpointers
backslappers
backslappers
noun
plural of backslapper
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backsplashes
backsplashes
noun
plural of backsplash
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstrapped
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
baroscopical
baroscopical
adj
Alternative form of baroscopic
bathyscaphes
bathyscaphes
noun
plural of bathyscaphe
bespectacled
bespectacled
adj
Wearing spectacles (glasses).
biophysicist
biophysicist
noun
A biologist or physicist whose speciality is biophysics.
biopsychical
biopsychical
adj
Alternative form of biopsychic
blastophitic
blastophoric
blastophoric
adj
Relating to the blastophore.
blepharoncus
brachypodous
brachytypous
brachytypous
adj
(mineralogy) Of a short form.
branchiopods
branchiopods
noun
plural of branchiopod
bronchoscope
bronchoscope
noun
a form of endoscope for inspecting the bronchial tubes
bronchoscopy
bronchoscopy
noun
(medicine) A technique for viewing the bronchi using a flexible instrument called a bronchoscope.
bronchospasm
bronchospasm
noun
(medicine) difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles