(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
acmispon
acupress
acupress
verb
(transitive) To apply acupressure to.
adapters
adapters
noun
plural of adapter
adaptors
adaptors
noun
plural of adaptor
adeptest
adeptest
adj
(archaic) superlative form of adept: most adept
adespota
adespota
noun
(bibliography) Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.)
adiposes
adiposes
noun
plural of adiposis
adiposis
adiposis
noun
(medicine) A condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue.
adipsous
adipsous
adj
(medicine) thirst-quenching
adolphus
adoptees
adoptees
noun
plural of adoptee
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
adscript
adscript
adj
Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
noun
(typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
verb
(transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
aegilops
aegilops
noun
(obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
aegyptus
aesopian
aglaspis
airdrops
airdrops
noun
plural of airdrop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airdrop
airparks
airparks
noun
plural of airpark
airplays
airplays
noun
plural of airplay
airports
airports
noun
plural of airport
airposts
airscape
airscape
noun
The view of the sky, or an artistic work that visually represents it.
airships
airships
noun
plural of airship
airspace
airspace
noun
(aviation) that part of the sky designated for the sole use of aircraft.
(broadcasting) Space (i.e. a few neighboring frequencies) available for broadcasting within a particular frequency band.
(construction) The cavity in a cavity wall containing air for insulation.
(politics, aviation) A specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.
The portion of an enclosed area which contains air, especially breathable air.
airspeed
airspeed
noun
(aviation) The speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it is flying.
airstrip
airstrip
noun
An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.
aistopod
aistopod
noun
(paleontology) A snake-like amphibian from the order Aistopoda.
akepiros
akepiros
noun
plural of akepiro
aleiptes
allspice
allspice
noun
(countable) Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.
(uncountable) A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
alopecus
alphonsa
alphonse
alphonso
alphonso
Proper noun
name, variant of Alfonso.
alphorns
alphorns
noun
plural of alphorn
alphosis
alphosis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Albinism.
alpinism
alpinism
noun
(sometimes capitalized) Mountain climbing.
alpinist
alpinist
adj
(skiing) Pertaining to alpine skiing or downhill skiing.
Of or pertaining to alpinism.
noun
(skiing) Synonym of alpine skier
(skiing, sometimes capitalized) A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.
(sometimes capitalized) A mountain climber, especially in the European Alps or in ranges of similar ruggedness and elevation.
amidship
amidship
adv
In the middle of a ship (as opposed to bow or stern).
amirship
amirship
noun
Alternative form of emirship
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
amphissa
amphoras
amplexus
amplexus
noun
A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.
ampoules
ampoules
noun
plural of ampoule
amputees
amputees
noun
plural of amputee
anableps
anableps
noun
Any of the genus Anableps of "four-eyed" fishes (having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided into two parts) found in brackish waters in northern South America and Trinidad.
analepsy
analepsy
noun
(medicine) analepsis
anapaest
anapaest
noun
(UK) Alternative form of anapest
anapests
anapests
noun
plural of anapest
anaphase
anaphase
noun
(cytology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate; the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell.
anaplasm
anapolis
anapsida
anaspida
anisopia
anisopod
anoopsia
anoopsia
noun
(medicine) A condition in which one eye gazes upward while the other looks straight ahead.
anopsias
anopsias
noun
plural of anopsia
anoscope
anoscope
noun
The instrument used in anoscopy.
anoscopy
anoscopy
noun
(medicine) An examination using a small, rigid, tubular instrument called an anoscope which is inserted into the anal canal
antepast
antepast
noun
A foretaste.
antipass
antiphas
antiphus
antiship
antiship
adj
(fandom slang) Pertaining to the activities of antishippers
(military) Designed to attack a naval ship.
verb
(fandom slang) To participate in the activities of anti-shippers
antislip
antislip
adj
Preventing slipping.
apachism
apagoges
apagoges
noun
plural of apagoge
apanages
apanages
noun
plural of apanage
aparejos
aparejos
noun
plural of aparejo
apastron
apastron
noun
(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
apasttra
apathies
apathies
noun
plural of apathy
apathism
apathist
apathist
noun
One who has no feeling towards anything, or more specifically religion.
apatites
apatites
noun
plural of apatite
apellous
apellous
adj
(anatomy) Not covered by skin. Said of a circumcised penis, which has had its prepuce (foreskin) removed.
aphagias
aphagias
noun
plural of aphagia
aphareus
aphasiac
aphasiac
noun
Alternative form of aphasic
aphasias
aphasias
noun
plural of aphasia
aphasics
aphasics
noun
plural of aphasic
aphelops
aphesius
aphetism
aphetism
noun
Aphesis.
The aphetized form of a word, i.e. a word which has dropped its initial vowel or syllable, such as squire.
aphidius
aphodius
aphonias
aphonias
noun
plural of aphonia
aphonics
aphonics
noun
plural of aphonic
aphonous
aphonous
adj
Without a voice; voiceless; aphonic.
aphorise
aphorise
verb
(intransitive) To use aphorisms.
(transitive) To create an aphorism from.
aphorism
aphorism
noun
A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
verb
To speak or write aphorisms.
aphorist
aphorist
noun
A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
aphrasia
aphrasia
noun
(pathology) Condition of being unable to speak.
aphthous
aphthous
adj
(pathology) Of, or relating to aphtha.
apiaries
apiaries
noun
plural of apiary
apiarist
apiarist
noun
beekeeper
apicitis
apicitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the apex of an anatomical part
apiculus
apiculus
Noun
The part of a spore which attaches to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium.
apikores
apikoros
apikoros
noun
A Jewish skeptic or apostate.
apiosoma
aplasias
aplasias
noun
plural of aplasia
aplastic
aplastic
adj
(pathology) Relating to aplasia.
(pathology) Relating to the inability of the body to create new cells, such that tissue cannot grow or regenerate.
aplustra
aplustre
aplustre
noun
(historical, nautical) An ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
apneusis
apneusis
noun
(pathology) An abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by deep, gasping inspiration with a pause at full inspiration followed by a brief, insufficient release.
apoapsis
apoapsis
noun
(astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
apoblast
apocarps
apocopes
apocopes
noun
plural of apocope
apodemas
apodixis
apodixis
noun
(rhetoric) Supporting a proposition by reference to common knowledge.
apodoses
apodoses
noun
plural of apodosis
apodosis
apodosis
noun
(logic, grammar) The consequential clause in a conditional sentence.
apokreos
apolista
apolunes
apolunes
noun
plural of apolune
apolusis
apolysin
apolysis
apolysis
noun
(biology) The separation of the cuticula from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups.
(religion) A prayer of dismissal at the end of an Eastern Orthodox service
apomicts
apomicts
noun
plural of apomict
apomixes
apomixes
noun
plural of apomixis
apomixis
apomixis
noun
(botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization, meiosis, or the production of gametes.
(botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization.
(zoology) Animal reproduction in which the egg cell does not undergo meiosis or fertilization.
apomyius
apositia
apositic
apospory
apospory
noun
(biology) The ability of a plant's sporophytes to form a plant that looks like a gametophyte but has the ploidy level of the sporophyte.
apostacy
apostacy
noun
Archaic form of apostasy.
apostasy
apostasy
noun
Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith.
The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
apostate
apostate
adj
Guilty of apostasy.
noun
(Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
aposteme
aposteme
noun
(medicine) An abscess; a pustulent swelling.
aposthia
aposthia
noun
(medicine, pathology) Congenital absence of a foreskin.
apostils
apostils
noun
plural of apostil
apostles
apostles
noun
(law) Letters dismissory.
plural of apostle
apostoli
apostume
apostume
noun
Obsolete form of aposteme.
apothems
apothems
noun
plural of apothem
apoxesis
apparats
apparats
noun
plural of apparat
apparels
apparels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apparel
apparens
appeased
appeased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appease
appeaser
appeaser
noun
A person who appeases.
appeases
appeases
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appease
appestat
appestat
noun
The area of the brain (possibly in the hypothalamus) supposed to control appetite and regulate food intake
applauds
applauds
noun
plural of applaud
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of applaud
applause
applause
noun
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.