(zoology) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
abbatical
abbatical
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of abbatial
abiotical
acanthial
acanthial
adj
Of or belonging to the acanthion.
acatholic
acatholic
adj
not Catholic
acclimate
acclimate
verb
(intransitive, chiefly US) To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.
(transitive, chiefly US) To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
(transitive, chiefly US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
acclinate
acclinate
adj
Having an upward slope.
acclivity
acclivity
noun
(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
acetalize
acetalize
verb
(organic chemistry) To convert (an aldehyde) into an acetal.
acetylide
acetylide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from acetylene or a terminal acetylene by replacing a hydrogen atom with a metal.
acetylize
acetylize
verb
Synonym of acetylate
aciculate
aciculate
adj
Furnished with aciculae.
Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
acicular (needle-shaped)
acidulant
acidulant
noun
A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste
acidulate
acidulate
verb
(transitive) To make slightly or moderately acid; to acidify.
(transitive) To make sour in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
(transitive) To use an acidic catalyst, with the chemical change being emphasised over the importance of the change in pH. Used in the processing of biodiesel co-products.
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
aciliated
aciliated
adj
Alternative form of aciliate
acoluthic
acoluthic
adj
Pertaining to a residual sense impression immediately following a stimulus, as with an afterimage
acquittal
acquittal
noun
(historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance.
(law) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
(now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
(rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance.
Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
acritical
acritical
adj
Not critical
Not involving a crisis
acroliths
acroliths
noun
plural of acrolith
actinally
actinally
adv
In an actinal manner.
actinical
actinulae
actinulae
noun
plural of actinula
actipylea
activable
activable
adj
Capable of being activated
activital
activital
adj
Relating to activity, especially (anthropology) the complex activities of human beings within a culture.
actualise
actualise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of actualize.
actualism
actualism
noun
(philosophy) The belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, and merely possible things do not.
actualist
actualist
noun
A proponent of actualism.
actuality
actuality
noun
(historical, film) A short early motion picture.
(television) Live reporting on current affairs.
An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.
The state of existing; existence.
actualize
actualize
verb
(intransitive) To become actual or real.
(reflexive) To realize one's full potential.
(transitive) To make real; to realize.
actuarial
actuarial
adj
Of or pertaining to actuaries.
Relating to statistical calculation, especially pertaining to insurance.
acylating
acylating
verb
present participle of acylate
acylation
acylation
noun
(organic chemistry) The process of adding an acyl group to a compound.
adactylia
adactylia
noun
Alternative form of adactyly
aeolistic
aeolistic
adj
Alternative form of Aeolistic
aerolitic
aerolitic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerolites.
afflicted
afflicted
adj
Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afflict
afflicter
afflicter
noun
One who afflicts.
agalactia
agalactia
noun
(pathology) The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.
agalactic
agalactic
adj
agalactous
agnatical
agnatical
adj
agnatic
ailanthic
aitchless
aitchless
adj
Without pronouncing the /h/ sound.
alantolic
albinotic
albinotic
adj
Affected with albinism.
albitical
alchemist
alchemist
noun
One who blends material or substances in the nature or supposed nature of alchemy.
One who practices alchemy.
alchitran
aleatoric
aleatoric
adj
(art, music, not comparable) Of or pertaining to works that have been produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).
Having an element of chance.
alecithal
alecithal
adj
(biology, of an ovum) Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.
alecithic
alectoria
alectoria
noun
A magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks.
alectoris
alectrion
aleuritic
alictisal
alimentic
aliphatic
aliphatic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds
A compound of this type.
aliturgic
aliturgic
adj
Not liturgic; without a liturgy.
allactite
allactite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
allanitic
allanitic
adj
Relating to the mineral allanite.
allantoic
allantoic
adj
Of, pertaining to or derived from the allantois.
allentiac
allicient
allicient
adj
That attracts; attracting.
allituric
alloeotic
allotypic
allotypic
adj
Of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype.
aloetical
alopathic
alopecist
alopecist
noun
One who undertakes to cure or prevent baldness.
althionic
altininck
altiscope
altiscope
noun
An arrangement of lenses and mirrors making it possible to see around obstructing objects.
altricial
altricial
adj
(zoology) Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth.
noun
Such an animal
ampelitic
ampelitic
adj
Relating to the mineral ampelite.
anaclitic
anaclitic
adj
(psychoanalysis) Denoting a person whose choice of love-interest arises from the dependence of the libido on another instinct (e.g. hunger).
Pertaining to an acute emotional dependence on another person or persons.
analcites
analcites
noun
plural of analcite
analectic
analectic
adj
Relating to analects; made up of selections.
analeptic
analeptic
adj
Of or relating to analepsis (a form of flashback).
That restores or stimulates health.
noun
A restorative or stimulative medication, especially one used to overcome depression.
analgetic
analgetic
noun
analgesic
analytics
analytics
noun
Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.
The principles governing any of various forms of analysis.
anciently
anciently
adv
Done long ago.
In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did.
ancipital
ancipital
adj
(botany) Two-edged instead of round; said of certain flattened stems, such as those of bluegrass, and rarely also of leaves.
Double; doubtful or ambiguous.
anelastic
anelastic
adj
(engineering, materials science) Showing no obvious relation between stress and strain.
anglicist
anglicist
Noun
Expert on English studies.
ankylotic
ankylotic
adj
Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
antalgics
antalgics
noun
plural of antalgic
antecolic
antiblack
antiblack
adj
Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
antiblock
antically
antically
adv
In an antic manner
antichlor
antichlor
noun
(chemistry) Any substance used to remove excess chlorine or hypochlorite from textiles etc after bleaching; typically sodium thiosulfate.
anticivil
anticivil
adj
Alternative form of anti-civil
anticline
anticline
noun
(geology) A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side.
anticolic
antilemic
antilogic
antilogic
noun
Failure to obey logic; fallacious thinking or reasoning.
antilytic
antilytic
adj
Of or pertaining to antilysis
That inhibits lysis
antiscale
antiscale
adj
Countering or preventing scale (the mineral deposit).
antiulcer
antiulcer
adj
(medicine) Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers.
antluetic
apiculate
apiculate
adj
(botany) Having a short, sharply pointed tip.
aplanatic
aplanatic
adj
(optics, of an optical system) Free from, or corrected for, spherical aberration and chromatic aberration
apostolic
apostolic
adj
(religion, Christianity) Pertaining to apostles or their practice of teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles.
Of or pertaining to the Catholic missions.
Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
applicant
applicant
noun
(specific, law) A party who initiates legal proceedings against another party.
One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system.
applicate
applicate
adj
(obsolete) Applied or put to some use.
noun
(mathematics) A line at right angles to the axis of a conic section that extends from the axis to the curve
(mathematics) The z-coordinate, similar to abscissa and ordinate for the x- and y-coordinates, respectively.
An applied material; an application
verb
To apply (a material to a surface)
aquatical
aquatical
adj
Archaic form of aquatic.
archilute
archilute
noun
Alternative form of archlute
archivolt
archivolt
noun
(architecture) An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.
arctalian
articling
articling
verb
present participle of article
articular
articular
adj
(anatomy) Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body.
(grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical article.
articulus
articulus
noun
(zoology) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea.
(zoology) A joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
ascetical
ascetical
adj
ascetic
ascitical
ascitical
adj
ascitic
asiatical
asphaltic
asphaltic
adj
(obsolete) Of or relating to the Dead Sea (salt lake between Jordan and Israel).
Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt or bitumen.
asystolic
asystolic
adj
Not having a heartbeat.
Not systolic.
Pertaining to asystole.
ateliotic
ateliotic
adj
Relating to ateliosis
athletics
athletics
noun
(sports, especially Britain) A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.
(sports, especially US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.
plural of athletic
atlantica
atmologic
auctorial
auctorial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an author.
australic
autolytic
autolytic
adj
(pathology) Relating to autolysis
autotelic
autotelic
adj
(art, of a work of art or literature) Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained.
(psychology, of an activity, process, person or personality) Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within.
Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing's) being autotelic.
noun
An autotelic person, a person with an autotelic personality.
auxetical
auxilytic
axiolitic
baalistic
bacillite
backlists
backlists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist
backtrail
backtrail
noun
A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
The path over which one has already traveled.
verb
To backtrack along a trail.
bacterial
bacterial
adj
(microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
bacteriol
baculites
baculites
noun
plural of baculite
baculitic
baldicoot
baldicoot
noun
(slang, archaic, derogatory) A monk with a shaven head.
The coot (bird), with its pure white wide frontal plate.
ballastic
ballistic
ballistic
adj
(comparable) Of or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, aerodynamic drag, gravity, and sometimes rocket power, without significant lift.
(comparable, slang) Very angry.
(not comparable) Of or relating to ballistics.
beckelite
belection
bellicist
bellicist
adj
Of or relating to bellicism, a bellicist, bellicists, advocating war, who is war-centered or war-oriented.
noun
An adherent of bellicism; one who advocates war.
betulinic
betulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to betulinic acid or its derivatives
biacetyls
biblicist
biblicist
adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of biblicism.
noun
A Biblical scholar or expert (Bible scholar or expert).
One who interprets the Bible literally.
bibliotic
bibliotic
adj
Of or pertaining to bibliotics
bicentral
bicentral
adj
Having, or affecting two centres
biciliate
biciliate
adj
Having two cilia
bicipital
bicipital
adj
(of a muscle) Having two heads or points of origin.