(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
acanthopore
acanthopore
noun
(paleontology) A tubular spine in some bryozoans.
acarophobia
acarophobia
noun
(medicine) The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
achaenocarp
achaenocarp
noun
Any dry indehiscent fruit.
achloropsia
achloropsia
noun
Inability to distinguish the colour green.
achromatope
achromatope
noun
A person who has achromatopia.
acrocephaly
acrocephaly
noun
The condition of suffering from a pointed skull.
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
acrophobias
acrophobias
noun
plural of acrophobia
acrophonies
acrophonies
noun
plural of acrophony
acrotrophic
acrotrophic
adj
(biology, of an insect) Having nutritive cells at the top of the follicular tube
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinophore
actinophore
noun
(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
actinophrys
actuaryship
actuaryship
noun
The role or status of actuary.
adiamorphic
aerographic
aerographic
adj
Relating to aerography.
aerophysics
aerophysics
noun
(physics) The physics of the design and construction of aerodynamic devices
afterspeech
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
airgraphics
airgraphics
noun
(dated) aerography; meteorology
allographic
allographic
adj
Relating to allographs or allography.
allomorphic
allomorphic
adj
Pertaining to allomorphism or to allomorphs.
allotrophic
allotrophic
adj
Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion.
Of or pertaining to an allotroph.
amphibrachs
amphibrachs
noun
plural of amphibrach
amphicarpia
amphicarpic
amphicarpic
adj
(botany) Producing fruit of two kinds, either in shape or in time of ripening.
amphicarpus
amphichroic
amphichroic
adj
(chemistry) Exhibiting or producing two colours, as substances which may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.
amphichrome
amphichromy
amphicrania
amphicrania
noun
(pathology) A headache affecting both sides of the head.
amphicyrtic
amphidromic
amphidromic
adj
Alternative form of amphidromical
Alternative form of amphidromous
Relating to a tidal node
amphierotic
amphimacers
amphimacers
noun
plural of amphimacer
amphiprotic
amphiprotic
adj
(chemistry) Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
amphitricha
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)
anaphorical
anaphorical
adj
Synonym of anaphoric
antatrophic
anthotropic
anthropical
anthropical
adj
Alternative form of anthropic
antipharmic
antipharmic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Serving as an antidote.
aphrodesiac
aphrodisiac
aphrodisiac
adj
Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
noun
Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.
aphrodistic
aplacophora
apocryphate
apostrophic
apostrophic
adj
(orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').
(rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
apotracheal
apotracheal
adj
Not associated with vascular tracheids
apparatchik
apparatchik
noun
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
approachabl
approachers
approachers
noun
plural of approacher
approaching
approaching
adj
That approaches or approach.
adv
Nearly.
noun
The act of coming closer; an approach.
verb
present participle of approach
archapostle
archbishops
archbishops
noun
plural of archbishop
archdapifer
archemperor
archespores
archespores
noun
plural of archespore
archesporia
archesporia
noun
plural of archesporium
archetypist
archetypist
noun
A proponent of the Jungian concept of archetypes.
archipelago
archipelago
noun
(by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
(collective) A group of islands.
(now rare) The Aegean Sea.
archisphere
archmugwump
archonships
archonships
noun
plural of archonship
archoplasma
archoptosis
archplotter
archpontiff
archprelate
archprelate
noun
(ecclesiastical) An archbishop or other chief prelate.
archpriests
archpriests
noun
plural of archpriest
archprimate
archprimate
noun
The chief primate of a Christian church.
archprophet
archpuritan
archtempter
archvampire
areographic
areographic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to areography
arthroscope
arthroscope
noun
(medicine) A form of endoscope used in arthroscopy
arthroscopy
arthroscopy
noun
the examination of the interior of a joint (such as the knee) using an arthroscope
ascophorous
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
auxographic
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
barographic
barographic
adj
Measured using a barograph
behypocrite
benchership
benchership
noun
The role or status of being a bencher.
bimorphemic
bimorphemic
adj
Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes
Relating to bimorphemes
birthplaces
birthplaces
noun
plural of birthplace
blepharitic
blepharitic
adj
Relating to blepharitis.
bolographic
brachiopoda
brachiopode
brachiopods
brachiopods
noun
plural of brachiopod
brachyprism
branchiopod
branchiopod
noun
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
branchiopoo
brochophony
bromcamphor
cacographer
cacographer
noun
A person who exhibits the traits of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
cacographic
cacographic
adj
Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
cacomorphia
cacotrophia
cacotrophia
noun
Alternative form of cacotrophy
cacotrophic
cacotrophic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Exhibiting or relating to cacotrophy.
calcography
calcography
noun
(art) drawing with chalk
caligrapher
caligrapher
noun
Alternative form of calligrapher
calligrapha
calligraphy
calligraphy
noun
(countable) A document written in decorative style.
(countable) Any such style of decorative writing.
(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
calliphorid
calliphorid
noun
(zoology) Any fly in the family Calliphoridae.
calomorphic
calycophora
cameography
camphorated
camphorated
adj
Treated or impregnated with camphor.
camphorates
camphorates
noun
plural of camphorate
camphoronic
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
capharnaism
cardiagraph
cardiagraph
noun
Dated form of cardiograph.
cardiograph
cardiograph
noun
(cardiology) an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements
cardiopathy
cardiopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease or disorder of the heart
cardiophobe
cardiophobe
noun
A person who has cardiophobia.
cardophagus
cardsharper
cardsharper
noun
(rare) Synonym of cardsharp
carpathians
carpathians
Proper noun
A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Silesian)-Slovak border region.
carpophores
carpophores
noun
plural of carpophore
carpophorus
cartography
cartography
noun
(countable, figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic.
(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
cataphracta
cataphracti
cataphrenia
cataphrenic
catastrophe
catastrophe
noun
(insurance) A disaster beyond expectations.
(mathematics) A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.
(narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.
Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
catchphrase
catchphrase
noun
A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.
A signature phrase of a particular person or group.
catchpolery
caterership
caterership
noun
The role or business of a caterer.
cathography
cecomorphae
cecomorphic
censorships
censorships
noun
plural of censorship
censureship
censureship
noun
The act or process of censuring; censure or condemnation.
The rejection and suppression of offensive material; censorship.
centerpunch
centerpunch
noun
A hand tool used to prepare a workpiece prior to drilling a hole. It typically compresses and then suddenly releases a spring, creating a small indentation that, in turn, guides and centers the drill.
The indentation left by such a tool.
verb
To place something directly in the middle.
To prepare a workpiece for drilling by using a centerpunch to create an indentation.
cephaletron
cephaletron
noun
(zoology) The head of a crustacean.
cephaleuros
cephalogram
cephalogram
noun
An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
cephalomere
cephalomere
noun
(zoology) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.
ceratophrys
ceratophyta
ceratophyte
ceratophyte
noun
(zoology) a type of coral polyp, the internal axis of which has the appearance of wood or horn.