(very rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
acanthaceous
acanthaceous
adj
(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
acanthocephalous
acanthocephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acanthocereus
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
accentuation
accentuation
noun
(ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
accentuations
accentuations
noun
plural of accentuation
accentuator
accentuator
noun
An agent that accentuates.
accouchement
accouchement
noun
Delivery in childbed; parturition
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
accounsel
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountable
accountable
adj
(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
Liable to be called on to render an account.
Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
accountableness
accountableness
noun
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
accountancies
accountancies
noun
plural of accountancy
accounted
accounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of account
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accountment
accountment
noun
Responsibility.
accountrement
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
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.
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accoutrement
accoutrement
noun
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
aceanthrenequinone
acensuador
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acesodynous
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
acetonurometer
acetotoluidine
achenodium
achesoun
acidulousness
acidulousness
noun
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acounter
acrimoniousness
acrimoniousness
noun
The quality of being acrimonious.
acroceraunian
acroceraunian
Adjective
Of or relating to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Albania and Macedonia.
acrocontracture
acrocontracture
noun
(pathology) contracture of the joints of the hands or feet
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acroneurosis
acrotrophoneurosis
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
actinologue
actinologue
noun
(biology) Part of an actinomere
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinoneuritis
actinopterous
actinopterygious
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutic
actinotherapeutic
adj
Relating to actinotherapy.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
acuminose
acuminose
adj
Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
acusection
acutonodose
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenocystomatous
adenoncus
aeronautic
aeronautic
adj
Having to do with aerial navigation
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
aeronautically
aeronautically
adv
In a aeronautical manner; with respect to aeronautics or aviation.
aeronautics
aeronautics
noun
The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation
aeschynomenous
agammaglobulinemic
agammaglobulinemic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting agammaglobulinemia.
noun
An individual with agammaglobulinemia.
agglutinogenic
agglutinogenic
adj
Relating to an agglutinogen
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
aglucone
aglucone
noun
The aglycone of a glucoside
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
alalcomeneus
albocinereous
albuminoscope
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
alcyoneus
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
alsinaceous
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
altingiaceous
aluconidae
aluconinae
aluminoferric
aluminosilicate
aluminosilicate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
amarantaceous
amarantaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, of which the amaranth is the type.
amaranthaceous
amaranthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
americanumancestors
amicronucleate
amphicarpogenous
amyelencephalous
anacardiaceous
anacardiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.
ancistrocladaceous
anconeous
anconeus
anconeus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
androdioecious
androdioecious
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.
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
anelectrotonus
anelectrotonus
noun
The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.
anemochorous
anemochorous
adj
(botany) Adapted for dispersal via wind.
anencephalous
anencephalous
adj
(biology) Without a brain.
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuousness
anfractuousness
noun
The state or quality of being anfractuous.
angiocavernous
angioleucitis
angioneurotic
angioneurotic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting blood vessels and nerves
angletouch
anisocotyledonous
anisoleucocytosis
annonaceous
annonaceous
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to the soursop and other members of the Annonaceae family.
announce
announce
verb
(transitive) to give public notice, especially for the first time; to make known
(transitive) to pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence
announceable
announceable
adj
Able to be announced.
noun
(informal) A positive-sounding news item suitable for public announcement; a sound bite.
announced
announced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of announce
announcement
announcement
noun
An act of announcing, or giving notice.
That which conveys what is announced.
The content which is announced.
announcements
announcements
noun
plural of announcement
announcer
announcer
noun
One who makes announcements.
radio announcer
announcers
announcers
noun
plural of announcer
announces
announces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of announce
anomalocephalus
anonaceous
anonaceous
adj
Alternative form of annonaceous
anonymuncule
anonymuncule
noun
(obsolete) an insignificant anonymous writer.
anorectous
anorectous
adj
(archaic) anorectic; lacking appetite
antecedaneous
antecedaneous
adj
(obsolete) antecedent; coming earlier in time
antecedaneously
antecedaneously
adv
(rare, archaic or obsolete) In an antecedaneous way: precedingly.
antecommunion
antecommunion
noun
The part of the Anglican communion liturgy that precedes the consecration of the elements.