(zoology) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
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
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.
acetomorphin
acetophenine
acetphenetid
achromatopia
achromatopia
noun
defective ability to see colours
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
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.
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.
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
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.
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
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
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.
amphicentric
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphicyrtous
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
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
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
angiopoietic
angiopoietic
adj
Relating to angiopoiesis.
angiospastic
angiospastic
adj
(pathology) Relating to angiospasm
angiotrophic
angiotrophic
adj
vasotrophic
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.
antiphonical
antiphonical
adj
Alternative form of antiphonic
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
antipoaching
antipoaching
adj
Seeking to prevent or prohibit poaching
antipodagric
antipodagric
adj
(medicine) That acts against gout
noun
A medicine for gout.
antipoetical
antipoetical
Adjective
Opposed to poetry.
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.
antiprelatic
antipruritic
antipruritic
noun
(pharmacology, dermatology) a medical agent that stops itching.
antipyretics
antipyretics
noun
plural of antipyretic
antiseptical
antiseptical
adj
Archaic form of antiseptic.
antistrophic
antistrophic
adj
(poetry) Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
antitropical
antitropical
adj
Situated or found away from a tropic (towards the respective pole)
aortographic
aortographic
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to aortography.
apaestically
apathistical
apathistical
adj
(obsolete, rare) apathetic; unemotional
aperiodicity
aperiodicity
noun
The condition of being aperiodic
aphorismatic
aphorismatic
adj
aphorismic
aphoristical
aphoristical
adj
Alternative form of aphoristic
aphototactic
aphototropic
apiculturist
apiculturist
Noun
beekeeper
aplacentalia
aplacentaria
apoaconitine
apocalyptism
apocalyptism
noun
Apocalypticism.
apocalyptist
apocalyptist
noun
One who predicts an apocalypse.
apocatharsis
apocathartic
apochromatic
apochromatic
adj
(optics) Corrected for both chromatic aberration and spherical aberration
apocynthions
apodeictical
apodeictical
adj
(logic) apodeictic
apogeotropic
apogeotropic
adj
(botany) Bending away from the ground; said of leaves, etc.
(medicine) Tending skyward, as with apogeotropic nystagmus.
apolitically
apolitically
adv
Done without political affiliation.
apollonistic
apologetical
apologetical
adj
apologetic
apometabolic
apophylactic
apoplectical
apoplectical
adj
Alternative form of apoplectic
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
apothegmatic
apothegmatic
Adjective
Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
apparatchiki
apparatchiks
apparatchiks
noun
plural of apparatchik
appendicitis
appendicitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix
apperception
apperception
noun
(countable, psychology) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.
(uncountable) Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
(uncountable, psychology and philosophy, especially Kantianism) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
apperceptive
apperceptive
adj
perceptive
appercipient
applications
applications
noun
plural of application
appreciating
appreciating
adj
Appreciative: having or showing appreciation.
noun
appreciation
verb
present participle of appreciate
appreciation
appreciation
noun
A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.
A rise in value.
Accurate perception; true estimation.
The act of appreciating.
appreciative
appreciative
adj
Capable of showing appreciation.
appreciators
appreciators
noun
plural of appreciator
appreciatory
appreciatory
adj
Showing appreciation; appreciative.
apprenticing
apprenticing
verb
present participle of apprentice
araphorostic
araphorostic
adj
Seamless, unsewn.
archetypical
archetypical
adj
In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized model or most representative.