(geology) Of or pertaining to achondrites, a type of stony meteorite.
acidanthera
acidanthera
noun
Any of the gladioli previously placed in the genus Acidanthera.
acrochordon
acrochordon
noun
(medicine) A soft, pedunculated or pensile wart, consisting of myomatous or edematous fibrous tissue, often found on the neck or eyelids of elderly persons.
adenanthera
adenochrome
adenochrome
noun
A red pigment present in the branchial heart tissue of the octopus
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adherescent
admonishers
admonishers
noun
plural of admonisher
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adzharistan
amaranthoid
anarthropod
andikithira
andrewartha
androphobia
androphobia
noun
Fear of or aversion to men.
androphonos
androphorum
androphorum
noun
(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which emerge the stamens.
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
anhydraemia
anhydraemic
anhydrating
anhydration
anhydration
noun
(chemistry) The formation of an anhydrate
anhydridize
anhydrously
anhydroxime
antheridial
antheridial
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or produced in, the antheridium
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
antherozoid
antherozoid
noun
(botany) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
anthribidae
anthropidae
anthropodus
anthropoids
anthropoids
noun
plural of anthropoid
antithyroid
antithyroid
adj
(biochemistry) Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones.
aphrodisian
aphrodisian
Adjective
Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus.
aphrodision
apprehended
apprehended
adj
(obsolete) Having come to accept an understanding of something.
Conceived; understood.
Taken; seized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprehend
apprehender
apprehender
noun
Agent noun of apprehend; one who apprehends.
arachidonic
arachidonic
adj
Of or pertaining to arachidonic acid or its derivatives.
arachnidial
arachnidial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arachnidium.
(zoology) Of or relating to the Arachnida.
arachnidism
arachnidism
noun
The condition of being poisoned as a result of a spider's bite.
arachnidium
arachnoidal
arachnoidal
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the arachnoid mater; arachnoid.
arachnoidea
archdeacons
archdeacons
noun
plural of archdeacon
archdeanery
archdeanery
noun
The headquarters, or jurisdiction of an archdean.
archfounder
archimedean
archimedean
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Archimedean
arthrodiran
arthrodiran
noun
(zoology) Any of a group of extinct fish of the order Arthrodira.
arthrodynia
arthrodynia
noun
(medicine) An affliction characterized by pain in or around a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.
arthrodynic
arthrodynic
adj
Of or relating to arthrodynia.
arthropodan
arthropodan
adj
(zoology) Of, or relating to, arthropods.
noun
(zoology) An arthropod.
atherinidae
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
bardolphian
barehanding
baronethood
bedrenching
bedrenching
verb
present participle of bedrench
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
benzohydrol
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bihydrazine
birobidzhan
blackhander
blandishers
blandishers
noun
plural of blandisher
blunderhead
blunderhead
noun
Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
bondholders
bondholders
noun
plural of bondholder
brahmanhood
brainwashed
brainwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brainwash
branchiopod
branchiopod
noun
Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.
branchstand
brandishers
brandishers
noun
plural of brandisher
brandishing
brandishing
noun
The action of the verb to brandish.
verb
present participle of brandish
bromohydrin
bromohydrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any halohydrin in which the halogen is bromine.
Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties.
cantharidin
cantharidin
noun
(organic chemistry) A volatile organic compound in cantharis, or Spanish fly.
carcharodon
casehardens
casehardens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caseharden
centrarchid
centrarchid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae, the freshwater sunfishes.
cerianthoid
cetorhinoid
chairmanned
chairmanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chairman
chairmender
chancroidal
chancroidal
adj
Relating to chancroid.
chandeliers
chandeliers
noun
plural of chandelier
chandleress
chandleress
noun
A female chandler.
chandleries
chandleries
noun
plural of chandlery
chandlering
chandlering
noun
The trade of a chandler
characinoid
chardonnays
chardonnays
noun
plural of chardonnay
chargedness
chargedness
noun
The quality of being charged.
chargehands
chargehands
noun
plural of chargehand
chesterland
childminder
childminder
noun
A person employed to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.
childrenite
childrenite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare hydrated phosphate mineral with the chemical formula (Fe,Mn)AlPO₄(OH)₂•H₂O, brown or yellow in colour with a vitreous lustre.
childridden
chiliaedron
chironomids
chironomids
noun
plural of chironomid
chlorinated
chlorinated
adj
(chemistry) Of water, that has had chlorine added to it to purify it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chlorinate
chondralgia
chondrified
chondrified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chondrify
chondrinous
chondrocele
chondrocyte
chondrocyte
noun
(biology) A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
chondrodite
chondrodite
noun
(mineralogy) A nesosilicate mineral with chemical formula (Mg,Fe)₅(F,OH)₂(SiO₄)₂, the most frequently encountered member of the humite group.
chondrogeny
chondroitic
chondroitin
chondroitin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a range of mucopolysaccharides, derived from galactosamine and glucuronic acid, that occur in cartilage and bone.
chondrology
chondrology
noun
The branch of anatomy that deals with cartilage.
chondromata
chondrostei
chondrotome
chondrotome
noun
A surgical instrument for cutting cartilage.
chondrotomy
chondrotomy
noun
(anatomy) The dissection of cartilage.
chordophone
chordophone
noun
(music) Any musical instrument that produces sound from one or more vibrating strings; a string instrument.
chordotonal
chordotonal
adj
Describing the stretch receptors in arthropods that detect the position of body segments or appendages
noun
Such a receptor
christendie
christendom
chrysoidine
chrysoidine
noun
A yellow-orange crystalline dye, C₆H₅N₂.C₆H₃(NH₂)₂.
Any of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoidine.
chrysomonad
chrysomonad
noun
Synonym of chrysophyte
citternhead
citternhead
noun
Alternative form of cittern-head
clinohedral
clinohedral
adj
(crystallography) That has a plane of symmetry but not an axis of symmetry
coapprehend
comprehends
comprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprehend
coryphaenid
coryphaenid
noun
(zoology) Any dolphinfish in the family Coryphaenidae.
coryphodont
coryphodont
noun
(paleontology) Any of the genus †Coryphodon.
counterdash
cyanhydrate
cyanohydrin
cyanohydrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound having both a hydroxy and a cyanide functional group, especially one having these groups attached to the same carbon atom
cynorrhodon
cyphomandra
darkishness
darkishness
noun
The state or condition of being darkish; moderate darkness.
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
decahedrons
decahedrons
noun
plural of decahedron
deciphering
deciphering
noun
decipherment
verb
present participle of decipher
decoherence
decoherence
noun
(engineering, dated) The normal condition of sensitiveness in a coherer; reversion to such condition.
(quantum mechanics) Loss of quantum coherence (phase relation between the quantum states of particles) in a physical system as it interacts with its environment.
dehortation
dehortation
noun
(archaic) Advice against something; dissuasion.
dehydrating
dehydrating
verb
present participle of dehydrate
dehydration
dehydration
noun
The act or process of removing water from something.
The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.
deltahedron
deltahedron
noun
(geometry) A polyhedron whose faces are all equilateral triangles.
deltohedron
deltohedron
noun
The dual polyhedron of a regular n-sided antiprism.
demonograph
dendrachate
dendrachate
noun
(mineralogy) An arborescent or dendritic agate.
dendrograph
dendrograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the growth of trees.
dendrohyrax
dendrophile
dendrophile
noun
One who loves trees.
depressanth
dethronable
dethronable
adj
That may be dethroned.
dhanvantari
diachronies
diachronies
noun
plural of diachrony
diamorphine
diamorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The BAN name for the drug heroin.
diaphtherin
diaphtherin
noun
(obsolete, medicine) A dental antiseptic derived from hydroxyquinoline and a phenolsulfonic acid