acroanaesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanesthesia |
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acroanesthesia | (noun) loss of sensation in the extremities | Synonyms: acroanaesthesia |
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actinozoan | (noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed | Synonyms: anthozoan |
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alloantibody | (noun) an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species | Synonyms: isoantibody |
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anthozoan | (noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed | Synonyms: actinozoan |
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autoantibody | (noun) an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it | - |
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bemoan | (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bewail, deplore, lament |
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bryozoan | (noun) sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding | Synonyms: moss animal, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss |
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choana | (noun) either one of the two posterior openings at the back of the nasal cavity leading to the nasopharynx | Synonyms: internal nostril, posterior nasal aperture |
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choanocyte | (noun) any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body | Synonyms: collar cell |
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cocoanut | (noun) large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk | Synonyms: coconut |
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cryoanaesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanesthesia |
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cryoanesthesia | (noun) insensibility resulting from cold | Synonyms: cryoanaesthesia |
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ectozoan | (adjective) of or relating to epizoa | Synonyms: epizoan |
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(noun) any external parasitic organism (as fleas) | Synonyms: ectoparasite, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon |
endozoan | (adjective) of or relating to entozoa | Synonyms: entozoan |
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(noun) any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) | Synonyms: endoparasite, entoparasite, entozoan, entozoon |
entozoan | (adjective) living within a living animal usually as a parasite | Synonyms: endozoic, entozoic |
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(adjective) of or relating to entozoa | Synonyms: endozoan |
(noun) any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) | Synonyms: endoparasite, endozoan, entoparasite, entozoon |
epizoan | (adjective) of or relating to epizoa | Synonyms: ectozoan |
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(noun) any external parasitic organism (as fleas) | Synonyms: ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoon |
groan | (noun) an utterance expressing pain or disapproval | Synonyms: moan |
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(verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure | Synonyms: moan |
groaner | (noun) a person who groans | - |
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heliozoan | (noun) protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods | - |
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hydrozoan | (noun) colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant | Synonyms: hydroid |
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hypnoanalysis | (noun) the use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis | - |
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isoantibody | (noun) an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species | Synonyms: alloantibody |
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koan | (noun) a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning | - |
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leucocytozoan | (noun) parasitic in birds | Synonyms: leucocytozoon |
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loan | (noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | Synonyms: loanword |
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(noun) the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) | - |
(verb) give temporarily; let have for a limited time | Synonyms: lend |
loanblend | (noun) a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) | Synonyms: hybrid, loan-blend |
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loaner | (noun) a car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair | - |
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(noun) someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters | Synonyms: lender |
loaning | (noun) disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned | Synonyms: lending |
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loanword | (noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | Synonyms: loan |
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metazoan | (noun) any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges | - |
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moan | (noun) an utterance expressing pain or disapproval | Synonyms: groan |
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(verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure | Synonyms: groan |
moaner | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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mysoandry | (noun) hatred for men or boys | - |
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nephroangiosclerosis | (noun) kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure | Synonyms: nephrosclerosis |
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neuroanatomic | (adjective) of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system | Synonyms: neuroanatomical |
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neuroanatomical | (adjective) of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system | Synonyms: neuroanatomic |
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neuroanatomy | (noun) the anatomy of the nervous system | - |
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palaeoanthropology | (noun) the scientific study of human fossils | Synonyms: human palaeontology, human paleontology, paleoanthropology |
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paleoanthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the scientific study of human fossils | - |
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paleoanthropology | (noun) the scientific study of human fossils | Synonyms: human palaeontology, human paleontology, palaeoanthropology |
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parazoan | (noun) primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | Synonyms: poriferan, sponge |
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polyzoan | (noun) sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding | Synonyms: bryozoan, moss animal, sea mat, sea moss |
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protoanthropology | (noun) the study of humans prior to the invention of writing | Synonyms: protohistory |
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protozoan | (adjective) of or relating to the Protozoa | Synonyms: protozoal, protozoic |
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(noun) any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | Synonyms: protozoon |
psychoanalyse | (verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, psychoanalyze |
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psychoanalysis | (noun) a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: analysis, depth psychology |
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psychoanalyst | (noun) a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis | Synonyms: analyst |
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psychoanalytic | (adjective) of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: psychoanalytical |
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psychoanalytical | (adjective) of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: psychoanalytic |
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psychoanalyze | (verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, psychoanalyse |
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roan | (adjective) (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey | - |
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(noun) a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray | - |
(noun) a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding | - |
scyphozoan | (noun) any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle | - |
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spermatozoan | (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon |
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sporozoan | (noun) parasitic spore-forming protozoan | - |
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zoanthropy | (noun) the delusion that you have assumed the form of an animal | - |
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