(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
acanthuridae
acaulescence
acaulescence
noun
The condition of being acaulescent
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accentuating
accentuating
verb
present participle of accentuate
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
accurateness
accurateness
noun
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy
accursedness
accursedness
noun
The quality of being accursed.
acquaintance
acquaintance
noun
(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
(uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
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.
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acroneurosis
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
acupunctuate
acupunctuate
verb
(rare) To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
acutenaculum
acutilinguae
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
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
albuginaceae
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.
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
amphinucleus
anemochorous
anemochorous
adj
(botany) Adapted for dispersal via wind.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
aneurilemmic
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
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
anilinctuses
animalculine
animalculine
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
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.
annunciative
annunciative
adj
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
anonymuncule
anonymuncule
noun
(obsolete) an insignificant anonymous writer.
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
anticourtier
anticourtier
adj
Opposing courtiers.
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
antidiuretic
antidiuretic
adj
preventing or counteracting diuresis, especially by the reduction of urination
noun
(physiology, medicine) an agent that prevents or counteracts diuresis
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antineuritic
antineuritic
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or acting against neuritis.
antinucleons
antinucleons
noun
plural of antinucleon
antireducing
apocynaceous
apocynaceous
adj
(botany) Of the family Apocynaceae, which contains the periwinkle and oleander.
appendicious
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
appurtenance
appurtenance
noun
(grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
(in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
(law) A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
The state or quality of being an appurtenance.
aquapuncture
aquapuncture
noun
(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
arcocentrous
armeniaceous
armeniaceous
adj
(zoology) Apricot-colored.
assecuration
assecuration
noun
(obsolete) assurance; certainty
assuefaction
assuefaction
noun
(obsolete) habituation
attouchement
aurantiaceae
auripuncture
authenticate
authenticate
adj
Synonym of authentic.
verb
(transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
authenticity
authenticity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
autochthones
autochthones
noun
plural of autochthon
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.
baccalaurean
baccalaurean
adj
Relating to a baccalaureate.
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
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bareknuckled
bathycurrent
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
becudgelling
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
berceaunette
binucleolate
binucleolate
adj
(biology) Having two nucleoli.
bleachground
blepharoncus
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.
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
brennschluss
brennschluss
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Brennschluss
broncobuster
broncobuster
noun
(chiefly US) A person who breaks horses so that they can be ridden with a saddle.
brunelleschi
brunoniaceae
buccaneering
buccaneering
adj
bold, reckless and unscrupulous
noun
robbery on the high seas; piracy
verb
present participle of buccaneer
buccaneerish
buccaneerish
adj
Like a buccaneer; piratical.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bulbocapnine
bulbocapnine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid that inhibits acetylcholinesterase.
bulbonuclear
bunchberries
bunchberries
noun
plural of bunchberry
bunchgrasses
bunchgrasses
noun
plural of bunchgrass
calistheneum
calistheneum
noun
(dated) A gymnasium, especially one for light physical exercise by women and children.
calumniative
campanulales
campanulatae
campanulated
campanulated
adj
Alternative form of campanulate (“bell-shaped”)
canaliculate
canaliculate
adj
(botany) Channeled lengthwise; grooved.
canaliferous
canaliferous
adj
(zoology, of the shell of a mollusc) Having a canal.
cancellarius
candelabrums
candidatures
candidatures
noun
plural of candidature
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.
canterburian
canterburies
cantharellus
caprimulgine
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
carburetting
cardianeuria
cardioneural
carillonneur
carillonneur
noun
Synonym of carillonist
carunculated
carunculated
adj
Alternative form of carunculate
casualnesses
casualnesses
noun
plural of casualness
casuarinales
catechumenal
catechumenal
adj
Of or pertaining to a catechumen, or to the process and preparation for baptism.
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
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
ceennacuelum
cellulomonas
cementitious
cementitious
adj
Resembling or having some properties of cement.
censoriously
censoriously
adv
In a censorious manner.
centauridium
centifolious
centifolious
adj
Having a hundred leaves.
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
centrifugate
centrifugate
noun
The material to be separated in a centrifuge.
verb
(transitive) To separate using centrifugation.
centrifuging
centrifuging
noun
The processing of material in a centrifuge.
verb
present participle of centrifuge
centrodesmus
centumvirate
centumvirate
noun
A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.
centuplicate
centuplicate
verb
To make a hundredfold; to repeat or multiply a hundred times.
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.
cephalanthus
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.