(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acronymous
acronymous
adj
Pertaining to the use of acronyms.
adactylous
adactylous
adj
Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Without fingers or without toes.
adjuratory
adjuratory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjuration.
agriotypus
agynarious
allonymous
allonymous
adj
Misattributed: appearing or (especially) knowingly published under the name of a different person from the true author.
allophylus
ambulatory
ambulatory
adj
(comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
(law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
(medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
noun
Any part of a building intended for walking in; a corridor.
The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.
amurcosity
amylaceous
amylaceous
adj
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, starch; starchy.
androgynus
androgynus
noun
A hermaphrodite.
anelytrous
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
angulosity
angulosity
noun
(obsolete) angularity
ankylosaur
ankylosaur
noun
Synonym of ankylosaurus
annoyously
antigyrous
antitypous
antitypous
adj
(obsolete) resistant to blows; hard
antonymous
antonymous
adj
Having an opposite or diametrically opposite meaning.
Of, or being an antonym; antonymic.
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
asperously
asperously
adv
In an asperous manner.
asphyctous
auctionary
auctionary
adj
Of or pertaining to an auction.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorily
auditorily
adv
With regard to hearing.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
autecology
autecology
noun
one of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species.
autochromy
autochromy
noun
The production of autochrome photographs.
autocolony
autocolony
noun
(botany) A daughter colony formed inside a cell of a parent colony.
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
autolysate
autolysate
noun
(chemistry) Any product of autolysis
autolyzate
autolyzate
noun
Alternative form of autolysate
autolyzing
autolyzing
verb
present participle of autolyze
autonomasy
autonomasy
noun
Archaic form of autonomasia.
autophytic
autoplasty
autoplasty
noun
(medicine, surgery, dated) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds. In present-day contexts likelier to be called autotransplantation or autografting.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
autostylic
autostylic
adj
(anatomy) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.
autothermy
autotrophy
autotrophy
noun
(biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
auxanology
auxanology
noun
auxology
auxotrophy
auxotrophy
noun
(biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
avidiously
avidiously
adv
(obsolete) eagerly; greedily.
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
bayougoula
benzofuryl
bibulosity
bibulosity
noun
A fondness for tippling.
bibulously
bibulously
adv
In a bibulous manner; drunkenly; as if intoxicated.
bigamously
bigamously
adv
In a bigamous manner.
bloomsbury
bloomsbury
Proper noun
An area of the London borough of Camden, known for its array of garden squares and its literary connections.
boastfully
boastfully
adv
In a boastful manner.
bodyguards
bodyguards
noun
plural of bodyguard
bodysurfed
bodysurfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodysurf
bodysurfer
bodysurfer
noun
One who bodysurfs.
boistously
bombylious
bombylious
adj
(obsolete) Buzzing like a bumblebee.
botrychium
bounceably
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
boundingly
boundingly
adv
With a bounding motion.
bountyless
bountyless
adj
Without bounty.
brachyoura
bradynosus
buddhology
buddhology
Noun
The study of the Buddha or Buddhahood.
buffoonery
buffoonery
noun
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
bunnymouth
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
bursectomy
bursectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a bursa
busybodied
busybodied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of busybody
busybodies
busybodies
noun
plural of busybody
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of busybody
butylation
butylation
noun
(organic chemistry) A reaction in which a butyl group is added to a molecule
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
byronesque
byronesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes.
byssaceous
byssaceous
adj
Like byssus; consisting of fine fibres or threads.
canorously
canorously
adv
In a canorous manner.
captiously
captiously
adv
In a captious manner.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
cautionary
cautionary
adj
(obsolete) Held as security or hostage
Serving to caution or warn; admonitory
Serving to ward off; preventive
cautiously
cautiously
adv
In a cautious manner.
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
chalybeous
chalybeous
adj
(zoology) steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.
chrysobull
chrysobull
noun
(religion) golden bull
chylaceous
chylaceous
adj
(physiology) Resembling or consisting of chyle.
chylocauly
chylocauly
noun
(botany) The condition of being chylocaulous
claybourne
cloudberry
cloudberry
noun
A species of slow-growing bramble, Rubus chamaemorus.
The fruit of these plants.
cloudology
cocksurely
cocksurely
adv
In a cocksure manner.
cocksurety
cocksurety
noun
The condition of being cocksure
coequality
coequality
noun
The condition of being coequal
coldturkey
colipyuria
collyriums
collyriums
noun
plural of collyrium
colorfully
colorfully
adv
In a colorful manner.
colourably
colourably
adv
Alternative form of colorably
colourtype
colourtype
noun
Alternative form of colortype
communally
communally
adv
affecting, by, or on behalf of, a community or group of people
compulsory
compulsory
adj
Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
Required; obligatory; mandatory.
noun
Something that is compulsory or required.
computably
computably
adv
In a computable manner
With regard to computability
conchylium
conclusory
conclusory
adj
(law) Offering a conclusion with seriously deficient support in fact or logic; begging the question.
Of or pertaining to a conclusion; conclusive.
conconully
conducibly
conducibly
adv
In a conducible manner; so as to promote.
conductory
conductory
adj
Able to conduct (electricity, etc.)
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
confusedly
confusedly
adv
In a confused manner.
congruency
congruency
noun
(mathematics) The state of being congruent
The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
conjugably
conjugally
conjugally
adv
In a conjugal manner; as husband and wife
conjunctly
conjunctly
adv
In a conjunct manner; jointly
consultary
consultary
adj
(law) Formed by consultation; resulting from conference.
consultory
consultory
adj
Alternative form of consultatory
consumedly
consumedly
adv
(dated, colloquial) deucedly; extremely
In a way that entirely consumes one
contiguity
contiguity
noun
A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
continuity
continuity
noun
(narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
(uncountable, film) Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
(uncountable, mathematics) A characteristic property of a continuous function.
(uncountable, radio, television) The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.
Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
conumerary
copulatory
copulatory
adj
Pertaining to copulation
copycutter
corduroyed
corduroyed
adj
Dressed in corduroy.
Having a ribbed pattern, like corduroy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corduroy
corpulency
corpulency
noun
Alternative form of corpulence
corybulbin
coryphaeus
coryphaeus
noun
The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
cotyliscus
cotylosaur
cotylosaur
noun
(paleontology, dated) A member of the Cotylosauria, a synonym of the family †Captorhinidae, the earliest group of true reptiles from the Carboniferous through the Permian.
couchantly
coulometry
coulometry
noun
(physics, chemistry) A technique in analytical chemistry in which the amount of substance released during electrolysis, and the amount of electricity used, are measured.
countercry
countercry
noun
A cry raised in opposition to another.
counterspy
counterspy
noun
A spy working in counterintelligence.
verb
(intransitive) To carry out counterespionage.
countryish
countryish
adj
(music) Having characteristics of country music
countryman
countryman
noun
(Ireland, traveller) A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.
A country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
Somebody from a certain country.
Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman; compatriot.
countrymen
countrymen
noun
plural of countryman
countywide
countywide
adj
Occurring or extending throughout a county
adv
Throughout a county.
courantyne
courtierly
courtierly
adj
Befitting a courtier.
courtyards
courtyards
noun
plural of courtyard
covetously
covetously
adv
In a covetous manner
covinously
covinously
adv
In a covinous manner.
creepmousy
crocodylus
crustalogy
cryophorus
cryophorus
noun
(chemistry) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs connected by a tube and containing only a quantity of water and water vapour, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below zero.
crystoleum
cubbyholes
cubbyholes
noun
plural of cubbyhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cubbyhole