(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
accentuation
accentuation
noun
(ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
accouchement
accouchement
noun
Delivery in childbed; parturition
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accouterment
accouterment
noun
(archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing.
(by extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
(chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.
accoutrement
accoutrement
noun
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment
accumulation
accumulation
noun
(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
achronychous
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
acousticians
acousticians
noun
plural of acoustician
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acroconidium
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acromyotonus
acromyotonus
noun
Synonym of acromyotonia
acroneurosis
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
actinocrinus
actinologous
actinologous
adj
Relating to actinologues
adjudication
adjudication
noun
(emergency response) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
(law) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
(law, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
A judgment or sentence.
The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
alalcomeneus
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
allocthonous
allocthonous
adj
Misspelling of allochthonous.
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
amygdaloncus
anacoluthons
anacoluthons
noun
plural of anacoluthon
anacrogynous
anacrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from cells other than the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
ancylocladus
ancylostomum
androclinium
anemochorous
anemochorous
adj
(botany) Adapted for dispersal via wind.
angiocarpous
angiocarpous
adj
describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx
animalculous
animalculous
adj
(archaic) Relating to animalcules.
anisocarpous
anisostichus
announceable
announceable
adj
Able to be announced.
noun
(informal) A positive-sounding news item suitable for public announcement; a sound bite.
announcement
announcement
noun
An act of announcing, or giving notice.
That which conveys what is announced.
The content which is announced.
annunciation
annunciation
noun
The act of annunciating.
annunciators
annunciators
noun
plural of annunciator
annunciatory
annunciatory
adj
In the nature of an announcement
anomocarpous
anomocarpous
adj
(botany) Having anomalous fruits
anonymuncule
anonymuncule
noun
(obsolete) an insignificant anonymous writer.
anthocarpous
anthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.
anthoclinium
anthracitous
anthropurgic
anticausotic
anticausotic
adj
(medicine) which works well against an inflammatory fever
anticoagulan
anticoagulin
anticoagulin
noun
An anticoagulant material in the venom of a bloodsucking insect or a snake
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
anticourtier
anticourtier
adj
Opposing courtiers.
antinucleons
antinucleons
noun
plural of antinucleon
antiscabious
apocynaceous
apocynaceous
adj
(botany) Of the family Apocynaceae, which contains the periwinkle and oleander.
appendicious
aquocarbonic
archosaurian
archosaurian
noun
An archosaur.
archturncoat
arcocentrous
armeniaceous
armeniaceous
adj
(zoology) Apricot-colored.
articulation
articulation
noun
(accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
(countable or uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
(countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
(education) The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.
(linguistics) The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced.
(music, uncountable) The manner in which something is articulated (tongued, slurred or bowed).
(uncountable) The quality, clarity or sharpness of speech.
ascogonidium
assecuration
assecuration
noun
(obsolete) assurance; certainty
assuefaction
assuefaction
noun
(obsolete) habituation
astronautics
astronautics
noun
Navigation through space.
The science and technology of space flight.
asynchronous
asynchronous
adj
(computing, communication) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.
(computing, of a request or a message) Allowing the client to continue during processing.
Not synchronous; occurring at different times.
attouchement
audubonistic
aurification
aurification
noun
Any of several processes, especially in dentistry, that involve working with gold.
auscultation
auscultation
noun
(medicine) Diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.
autoanalytic
autoanalytic
adj
Relating to autoanalysis.
autochthonal
autochthonal
adj
existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous
autochthones
autochthones
noun
plural of autochthon
autochthonic
autochthonic
Adjective
existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous
autohypnotic
autohypnotic
adj
Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
autolimnetic
autolimnetic
adj
Living at the surface of a body of water.
averruncator
averruncator
noun
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
azosulphonic
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
baculiticone
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
bifunctional
bifunctional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites.
(chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
Having two functions.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
binucleolate
binucleolate
adj
(biology) Having two nucleoli.
bleachground
blepharoncus
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
borotungstic
branchiosaur
branchiosaur
noun
Any prehistoric amphibian of the genus Branchiosaurus
branchiurous
bronchiloquy
broncobuster
broncobuster
noun
(chiefly US) A person who breaks horses so that they can be ridden with a saddle.
brunoniaceae
buccolingual
buccolingual
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cheek and the tongue.
(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and lingual vectors.
(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and lingual aspect (of a tooth or its socket).
bulbocapnine
bulbocapnine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid that inhibits acetylcholinesterase.
bulbonuclear
cacumination
calculations
calculations
noun
plural of calculation
californicus
californiums
caliginously
caliginously
adv
In a caliginous manner.
calumniation
calumniation
noun
A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
calumniators
calumniators
noun
plural of calumniator
calumniatory
calumniatory
adj
Containing calumny; slanderous.
calumniously
calumniously
adv
In the manner of a falsification intended to discredit another.
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
canaliferous
canaliferous
adj
(zoology, of the shell of a mollusc) Having a canal.
cancrivorous
cancrivorous
adj
That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans
canellaceous
canellaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Canellaceae.
canorousness
canorousness
noun
The quality of being musical.
cantankerous
cantankerous
adj
Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
caoutchoucin
caoutchoucin
noun
Alternative form of caoutchin
capitulation
capitulation
noun
A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
captiousness
captiousness
noun
captious behaviour
the state of being captious
carbonaceous
carbonaceous
adj
of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon, or a compound of carbon.
carburetions
carburetions
noun
plural of carburetion
cardioneural
carillonneur
carillonneur
noun
Synonym of carillonist
catamountain
catamountain
noun
(also attributively) A leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus); also, an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis).
(by extension) A man living in the mountains.
causationism
causationism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a first cause.
causationist
causationist
noun
(philosophy) One who believes in a first cause.
cautionaries
cautionaries
noun
(US, historical, World War II) Those who air on the side of caution regarding military engagement.
cautiousness
cautiousness
noun
The state of being cautious; wariness
cecidogenous
cellulomonas
cementitious
cementitious
adj
Resembling or having some properties of cement.
censoriously
censoriously
adv
In a censorious manner.
centifolious
centifolious
adj
Having a hundred leaves.
centrodesmus
centuriation
centuriation
noun
A method of land measurement used in Ancient Rome, characterised by the regular layout of a square grid traced using surveyors' instruments.
ceraunograph
ceraunograph
noun
A device for measuring lightning discharges.
ceraunomancy
ceraunomancy
noun
(uncommon) Divination by thunder; the use of thunder or lightning to supernaturally gain information.
(uncommon) The magical power of conjuring or controlling thunder or lightning.
ceraunophone
ceraunoscope
ceraunoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient Greek mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.
ceraunoscopy
ceraunoscopy
noun
Divination by interpreting thunder and lightning.
cetiosaurian
chalcedonous
chaunoprockt
chiastoneury
chiastoneury
noun
streptoneury
chimonanthus
chimonanthus
noun
Any Asian shrub of the genus Chimonanthus, especially a form of allspice
chincoteague
chirurgeonly
chirurgeonly
adj
(archaic) having the characteristics of a chirurgeon (doctor or surgeon)