(zoology) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
accipitrines
accipitrines
noun
plural of accipitrine
accomplisher
accomplisher
noun
One who accomplishes.
acerbophobia
acetomorphin
acipenserine
acipenserine
adj
Pertaining to sturgeons
acipenseroid
acipenseroid
noun
Synonym of chondrostean
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.
actinopteran
acupressures
acupressures
noun
plural of acupressure
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
adelomorphic
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adiaphoresis
adiaphoresis
noun
(medicine) Lack of sweating; anhidrosis.
adiaphoretic
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adrenotropic
adrenotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
aechmophorus
aecidiospore
aegagropilae
aegagropiles
aelurophobia
aelurophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobia
aeluropodous
aeolotropism
aeolotropism
noun
aeolotropy
aerobioscope
aerobioscope
noun
An instrument that collects the bacterial content of air
aerographics
aerographics
noun
Synonym of aerography (“production of weather charts”)
aerographies
aerophysical
aerophysical
adj
Relating to aerophysics.
aeroplankton
aeroplankton
noun
The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.
aeropleustic
aeropleustic
adj
(humorous) Of or pertaining to aerial navigation.
aeroporotomy
aethrioscope
aethrioscope
noun
(meteorology) A device for measuring temperature variations due to different atmospheric conditions, such as cloud or clear skies.
agriotypidae
ailurophiles
ailurophiles
noun
plural of ailurophile
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
albopruinose
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
alexipharmic
alexipharmic
adj
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”)
noun
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
allelomorphs
allelomorphs
noun
plural of allelomorph
allelotropic
allomorphite
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetizer
alphabetizer
noun
One who, or that which, alphabetizes.
alphamerical
alphamerical
adj
alphanumeric / alphanumerical
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
ambleocarpus
americophobe
americophobe
Noun
Americanophobe
aminopherase
aminopterins
aminopterins
noun
plural of aminopterin
aminopyrines
aminopyrines
noun
plural of aminopyrine
amorphophyte
amorphophyte
noun
Any plant with flowers of an irregular or anomalous shape
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
ampelograpny
amperometric
amperometric
adj
(chemistry, physics) That involves measurement of an electric current during a process such as titration
amphicarpaea
amphicentric
amphierotism
amphimorulae
amphineurous
amphipyrenin
amphitheater
amphitheater
noun
American spelling form of amphitheatre
amphitheatre
amphitheatre
noun
(geology) A natural formation of a similar shape, where a steep mountain or slope a particular rock formation forms a partial or compete bowl, especially one used as a performance space (and possibly modified by carving out seats, etc) because the slopes naturally amplify or echo sound.
An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design.
amphitriaene
amphotericin
amphotericin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of amphoteric antibiotic and antifungal agents derived from Streptomyces bacteria.
amyelotrophy
amyelotrophy
noun
(medicine) Atrophy of the spinal cord.
anaeroplasty
anamorphoses
anamorphoses
noun
plural of anamorphosis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anamorphose
anapterygota
anapterygote
anchorpeople
anchorperson
anchorperson
noun
The primary reporter on a television news broadcast.
andropetalar
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anemotropism
anemotropism
noun
(botany) The orientation of plants in response to the direction of the wind.
anepigraphic
anepigraphic
adj
Without a legend or inscription (on artifacts, coins, etc.)
angioparesis
angiospermae
angiospermal
angiospermal
adj
angiospermous
angiospermic
angiospermic
adj
Relating to angiosperms
anisometrope
anisopleural
anisopterous
anisotropies
anisotropies
noun
plural of anisotropy
anorthophyre
anorthoscope
anorthoscope
noun
An optical device (often a toy) used to produce a form of anamorphosis or to view distorted figures
antepectoral
antepectoral
adj
(anatomy) Of the feet of insects: fixed in the forepart of the prosternum or prothorax.
antepirrhema
anteporticos
anteprandial
anteprandial
adj
Before a meal, especially before dinner.
antepreterit
antepretonic
anteprostate
anterospinal
antesuperior
anthospermum
anthropogeny
anthropogeny
noun
The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man.
anthropoidea
anthropolite
anthropolite
noun
(paleontology, dated) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
anticreeping
antientropic
antientropic
adj
Countering entropy.
antigropelos
antigropelos
noun
(dated) Waterproof leggings.
antimetropia
antimetropia
noun
(ophthalmology) An extreme form of anisometropia in which one eye is myopic and the other hyperopic.
antimetropic
antimetropic
adj
Relating to antimetropia
antiparabema
antiparallel
antiparallel
adj
(biochemistry) Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA.
(biochemistry) Describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but where the vectors describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another.
noun
(geometry) A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.
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.
antiperiodic
antiperiodic
adj
(mathematics) Exhibiting antiperiodicity.
(medicine) preventing the regular recurrence of symptoms
noun
(medicine) A drug that prevents the regular recurrence of symptoms.
antiperthite
antiperthite
noun
(mineralogy) A perthite having sodic feldspar as the dominant phase.
antipleasure
antipleasure
adj
Opposing pleasure.
antiportable
antipredator
antipredator
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-predator
antiprelatic
antiprostate
antiprostate
adj
That counters a disease of the prostate
antiprotease
antiprotease
noun
Anything that inhibits the action of a protease
antipyretics
antipyretics
noun
plural of antipyretic
antisplasher
antisplasher
noun
A device in a sink or toilet to prevent splashing.
antispreader
antispreader
noun
Any of several devices that prevent spreading
antistrophes
antistrophes
noun
plural of antistrophe
aparaphysate
aparaphysate
adj
(botany) Lacking paraphyses.
aparithmesis
aparithmesis
noun
(rhetoric) An answer to a proposition.
(rhetoric) The enumeration of parts or particulars.
apeirophobia
apeirophobia
noun
The fear of infinity and/or eternity.
aperiodicity
aperiodicity
noun
The condition of being aperiodic
aperispermic
aperispermic
adj
(botany) having no albumen around the embryo of the seed
aperistalsis
aperistalsis
noun
(medicine) Absence of peristalsis.
aphanapteryx
aphroditidae
aplacentaria
aplanobacter
apogeotropic
apogeotropic
adj
(botany) Bending away from the ground; said of leaves, etc.
(medicine) Tending skyward, as with apogeotropic nystagmus.
apomecometer
apomecometer
noun
An instrument for measuring the heights of buildings etc.
apomecometry
apomecometry
noun
The art of measuring the distance of far-off objects.
apomorphines
apomorphines
noun
plural of apomorphine
aponeurology
aponeurology
noun
The study of aponeuroses
aponeurotome
aponeurotomy
aponeurotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of aponeuroses
aposafranine
aposafranine
noun
benzinduline
apostrophied
apostrophied
adj
Alternative form of apostrophed
apostrophise
apostrophise
verb
Alternative spelling of apostrophize
apostrophize
apostrophize
verb
(transitive) To deliver an apostrophe (an exclamatory speech) to someone, especially someone not present.
To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters.