A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
acaridomatium
acarocecidium
acarocecidium
noun
A plant gall caused by an acarid mite
acclimature
acclimature
noun
(rare) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
aceratherium
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
achromatium
achromaturia
achromaturia
noun
(pathology) The lack of pigments (especially bile pigments) in the urine
achromophilous
achromophilous
adj
Not chromophilous.
acquirement
acquirement
noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acridinium
acridinium
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridium
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acrimonious
acrimonious
adj
(archaic) Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.
(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone.
acrimoniously
acrimoniously
adv
In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
acrimoniousness
acrimoniousness
noun
The quality of being acrimonious.
acroclinium
acroclinium
noun
Any Australian plant of the former genus Acroclinium (now named Rhodanthe)
acroconidium
acromioclavicular
acromioclavicular
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.
acromiohumeral
acromiohumeral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the acromion and the humerus
acromioscapular
acromioscapular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the acromion and the scapula
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
acrostichum
acrostolium
acrotarsium
acrotarsium
noun
(zoology) The instep of the foot (front of the tarsus)
acroterium
acroterium
noun
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
acrydium
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinosphaerium
actinotrichium
actinotrichium
noun
(zoology) Any of a group of hairlike fibres in the finfolds of fish larvae that develop into fin rays
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
alcicornium
alexipharmacum
alexipharmacum
noun
(obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
algiomuscular
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.
alphanumerical
alphanumerical
adj
Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
aluminoferric
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
amaryllidaceous
amaryllidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Amaryllidaceae of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous flowering plants.
amaurotic
amaurotic
adj
Pertaining to or suffering from amaurosis.
ambrosiaceous
ambulacriform
ambulacriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of ambulacra.
americanum
americanumancestors
americium
americium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95.
americus
americus
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
a CDP in Indiana, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
amicronucleate
aminoaciduria
aminoaciduria
noun
(medicine) The presence of amino acids in the urine.
aminobarbituric
aminoglutaric
aminoglutaric
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a glutaric group
amphicarpium
amphicarpogenous
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
amphicarpus
amphicyrtous
amphitrichous
amphitrichous
adj
(biology) (of bacteria) Having a single flagellum on each of two opposite ends. (Only one flagellum operates at a time, allowing the bacterium to reverse course rapidly by switching which flagellum is active.)
amurcosity
anacardium
anatomicochirurgical
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
anchtherium
androclinium
androconium
androconium
noun
A specialised, glandular scale, on the forewings of some butterflies, that emits pheromones
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andromonoecious
andromonoecious
adj
(botany) Producing both bisexual and male flowers on the same plant
aneurilemmic
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
animalcular
animalcular
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antecardium
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
anthracotherium
anticardium
anticardium
noun
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
anticeremonious
anticeremoniously
anticeremoniousness
anticlinorium
anticlinorium
noun
(geology) A series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline.
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
antirepublicanism
antirheumatic
antirheumatic
adj
(pharmacology) Serving to prevent or counter rheumatism.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that prevents or counters rheumatism.
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archesporium
archesporium
noun
(botany) Any of the cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archicerebrum
archichlamydeous
archichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.
archicleistogamous
archidamus
archidium
archimagus
archimagus
noun
Alternative form of archimage
archimorula
archipallium
archipallium
noun
(anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
archipterygium
archipterygium
noun
(anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
archisupreme
arcosolium
arcosolium
noun
(architecture) A tomb in an arched recess in a wall.
arctium
aristomachus
aristorepublicanism
armeniaceous
armeniaceous
adj
(zoology) Apricot-colored.
armouchiquois
arthrobacterium
atraumatic
atraumatic
adj
That minimises trauma
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
audiometrically
audiometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, audiometry.
aureocasidium
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
aurichalcum
aurichalcum
noun
Alternative form of orichalcum
auricomous
auricomous
adj
Having golden hair; yellow-haired.
auriculotemporal
auriculotemporal
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the external ear and the temporal region.
auriscalpium
auriscalpium
noun
Auriscalpium, a genus of mushrooms.
earpick
autallotriomorphic
autocatheterism
autocatheterism
noun
(medicine) The operation of introducing a catheter into one's own body.
autocollimator
autocollimator
noun
(physics) A device that uses a plane mirror to align or collimate optical devices
autocollimators
autocollimators
noun
plural of autocollimator
autocremation
autocremation
noun
self-immolation
autocriticism
autocriticism
noun
Self-criticism; criticism of what one has done, said or been.
autodermic
autodiagrammatic
autoeroticism
autoeroticism
noun
The practise of stimulating oneself sexually, masturbation
autoincrement
autoincrement
noun
(computing) An automatic increment.
verb
(computing) To increment automatically.
autoincremented
autoincremented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoincrement
autoincrements
autoincrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoincrement
autometric
autometric
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an autometry
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
automorphically
automorphically
adv
(mathematics) In terms of automorphisms
autopsychorhythmia
autoracemization
autorhythmic
autorhythmic
adj
That generates its own rhythm
auxochromic
auxochromic
adj
Relating to an auxochrome
auxochromism
avicularimorphae
avicularium
avicularium
noun
(biology) A modified zooid, in some colonial bryozoans, in the form of a beak, that prevents other organisms from settling on the colony