(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
acceptations
acceptations
noun
plural of acceptation
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
achluophobia
achluophobia
noun
The fear of darkness.
achromatopia
achromatopia
noun
defective ability to see colours
acidophilous
acidophilous
adj
That thrives in an acidic environment
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
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
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.
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.
americophobe
americophobe
Noun
Americanophobe
aminocaproic
aminocaproic
adj
Of or pertaining to aminocaproic acids and their derivatives
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
amnioclepsis
ampelosicyos
amperometric
amperometric
adj
(chemistry, physics) That involves measurement of an electric current during a process such as titration
amphibiontic
amphibiotica
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
amphicoelian
amphicoelian
adj
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphicondyla
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphicyrtous
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
anaphroditic
anaphroditic
adj
(rare) Without sexual intercourse.
anapodeictic
anapodeictic
adj
(rare, rhetoric) Not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
anchistopoda
ancraophobia
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
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
anteporticos
antepretonic
anthropozoic
anthropozoic
Adjective
The geological era dominated by the presence of man.
anthropurgic
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.
anticipators
anticipators
noun
plural of anticipator
anticipatory
anticipatory
adj
Characterized by anticipation.
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.
antimetropic
antimetropic
adj
Relating to antimetropia
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
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.
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.
apagogically
apagogically
adv
In an apagogic manner.
apalachicola
aperiodicity
aperiodicity
noun
The condition of being aperiodic
aphidicolous
aphorismatic
aphorismatic
adj
aphorismic
aphorismical
aphoristical
aphoristical
adj
Alternative form of aphoristic
aphototactic
aphototropic
aphrodisiacs
aphrodisiacs
noun
plural of aphrodisiac
apoaconitine
apocalyptism
apocalyptism
noun
Apocalypticism.
apocalyptist
apocalyptist
noun
One who predicts an apocalypse.
apocamphoric
apocatharsis
apocathartic
apochromatic
apochromatic
adj
(optics) Corrected for both chromatic aberration and spherical aberration
apocynthions
apodeictical
apodeictical
adj
(logic) apodeictic
apogamically
apogamically
adv
By means of apogamy.
apogeotropic
apogeotropic
adj
(botany) Bending away from the ground; said of leaves, etc.
(medicine) Tending skyward, as with apogeotropic nystagmus.
apographical
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.
appendicious
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.
applications
applications
noun
plural of application
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.
appreciators
appreciators
noun
plural of appreciator
appreciatory
appreciatory
adj
Showing appreciation; appreciative.
araphorostic
araphorostic
adj
Seamless, unsewn.
archbishopry
archchampion
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.
archimorphic
archipelagos
archiphoneme
archiphoneme
noun
(phonology) A unit representing two or more underlying phonemes, where the distinction between them has been neutralized under certain conditions.