(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.
acanthuses
acanthuses
noun
plural of acanthus
acaudelescent
acaulescence
acaulescence
noun
The condition of being acaulescent
acaulescent
acaulescent
adj
(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
accentuates
accentuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accentuate
accentuations
accentuations
noun
plural of accentuation
accentus
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
accounsel
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountableness
accountableness
noun
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
accountancies
accountancies
noun
plural of accountancy
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
accurateness
accurateness
noun
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy
accuratenesses
accursedness
accursedness
noun
The quality of being accursed.
accusativeness
accusativeness
noun
(linguistics) The characteristics of the accusative case of a noun or pronoun.
The condition of tending to accuse.
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
acensuada
acensuador
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acesodynous
acessamenus
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.
acquaintances
acquaintances
noun
plural of acquaintance
acquaintanceship
acquaintanceship
noun
(countable) A relationship as acquaintances.
(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
acquaintanceships
acquaintanceships
noun
plural of acquaintanceship
acquaintedness
acquaintedness
noun
(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquiescement
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescences
acquiescences
noun
plural of acquiescence
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquiescent
acquiescent
adj
resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquiescing
acquiescing
verb
present participle of acquiesce
acquiescingly
acquiescingly
adv
in an acquiescing manner
acquiesence
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquisitiveness
acquisitiveness
noun
(phrenology) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
acrimoniousness
acrimoniousness
noun
The quality of being acrimonious.
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
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinoneuritis
actinopterous
actinopterygious
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
actualness
actualness
noun
The state or quality of being actual.
acubens
acumens
acumens
noun
plural of acumen
acuminose
acuminose
adj
Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
acusection
acushnet
acutances
acutances
noun
plural of acutance
acuteness
acuteness
noun
(medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
(of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness
Shrewdness, quickness of mind
Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
The quality of being acute or pointed
acutenesses
acutenesses
noun
plural of acuteness
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
adjutancies
adjutancies
noun
plural of adjutancy
adularescence
adularescence
noun
The optical phenomenon, exhibited by some specimens (moonstones) of the mineral adularia, of exhibiting a white to pale bluish or rarely pale orange sheen along crystal faces.
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
aeronautics
aeronautics
noun
The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation
aeschynanthus
aeschynomenous
aesculapian
aesculetin
aesculetin
noun
A derivative of coumarin found in chicory and many other plants.
aesculin
aesculin
noun
Alternative form of esculin
affluences
affluences
noun
plural of affluence
affluencies
affluencies
noun
plural of affluency
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
aguascalientes
aguascalientes
Proper noun
A state of Mexico.
Its capital city.
alalcomeneus
albocinereous
albuminoscope
alcyoneus
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alsinaceous
altingiaceous
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.
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.
amarynceus
ambulances
ambulances
noun
plural of ambulance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulance
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
americanumancestors
amphicarpogenous
amphinucleus
amphipneustic
amyelencephalous
anacardiaceous
anacardiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.
anacletus
anacruses
anacruses
noun
plural of anacrusis
ancaeus
anchesmius
anchusine
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.
androdioecious
androdioecious
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.
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.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuousness
anfractuousness
noun
The state or quality of being anfractuous.
angiocavernous
angioleucitis
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
anicetus
anicetus
Proper noun
One of the twin sons of Heracles and Hebe, his twin brother is Alexiares. Along with their father, Anicetus and Alexiares are the guardians and gatekeepers of the gates of Mount Olympus.
anilinctuses
animalcules
animalcules
noun
plural of animalcule
anisocotyledonous
anisoleucocytosis
annonaceous
annonaceous
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to the soursop and other members of the Annonaceae family.
announcements
announcements
noun
plural of announcement
announcers
announcers
noun
plural of announcer
announces
announces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of announce
annuisance
annunciates
annunciates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annunciate
anomalocephalus
anonaceous
anonaceous
adj
Alternative form of annonaceous
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.