acarophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms | - |
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acousticophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice | Synonyms: phonophobia |
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acrophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of great heights | - |
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acrophobic | (adjective) suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places | - |
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acrophony | (noun) naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter | - |
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actinomorphous | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphic |
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adiaphoron | (noun) (Stoic philosophy) a matter having no moral merit or demerit. | - |
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(noun) a religious ceremonial or ritual observance that is held to be an affair of the individual conscience because it is neither forbidden nor enjoined by the scriptures. | - |
agoraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) | - |
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agoraphobic | (adjective) suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places | - |
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agraphon | (noun) (usually plural) a saying of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings. | - |
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ailurophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of cats | - |
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algophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of pain | - |
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algophobic | (adjective) suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain | - |
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allophone | (noun) (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme | - |
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allophonic | (adjective) pertaining to allophones | - |
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amorphophallus | (noun) any plant of the genus Amorphophallus | - |
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amorphous | (adjective) lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies | Synonyms: unstructured |
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(adjective) without real or apparent crystalline form | Synonyms: uncrystallised, uncrystallized |
(adjective) unclear because vague or badly organized | - |
(adjective) having no definite form or distinct shape | Synonyms: formless, shapeless |
(adjective) (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused | - |
ampholyte | (noun) A substance that acts as a base or an acid, depending on the pH of the solution into which it is introduced. | Synonyms: amphoteric electrolyte |
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amphora | (noun) an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine | - |
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amphoric | (adjective) the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle | - |
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amphoteric | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphiprotic |
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amphotericin | (noun) an antibiotic and antifungal agent | - |
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anamorphosis | (noun) a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner | Synonyms: anamorphism |
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(noun) the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes | Synonyms: anamorphism |
anaphor | (noun) a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent | - |
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anaphora | (noun) using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier | - |
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(noun) repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | Synonyms: epanaphora |
anaphoric | (adjective) relating to anaphora | - |
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androphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of men | - |
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anglophobe | (noun) a person who hates England and everything English | - |
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antheridiophore | (noun) gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts | - |
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anthropomorphous | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, humanlike |
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antiphon | (noun) a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | Synonyms: antiphony |
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antiphonal | (adjective) containing or using responses; alternating | Synonyms: responsive |
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(adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonary |
(noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonary |
antiphonary | (adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonal |
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(noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonal |
antiphony | (noun) alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts | - |
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(noun) a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | Synonyms: antiphon |
aphonia | (noun) a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice | Synonyms: voicelessness |
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aphonic | (adjective) being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech | Synonyms: voiceless |
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aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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aphorism | (noun) a short pithy instructive saying | Synonyms: apophthegm, apothegm |
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aphorist | (noun) someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms | - |
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aphoristic | (adjective) containing aphorisms or maxims | Synonyms: axiomatic |
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(adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: apothegmatic, epigrammatic |
aphorize | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorise |
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aphotic | (adjective) lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight | - |
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aplacophoran | (noun) deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle | Synonyms: solenogaster |
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aquaphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of drowning | - |
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aquaphobic | (adjective) abnormally afraid of water | Synonyms: hydrophobic |
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arachnophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of spiders | - |
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asphodel | (noun) any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers | - |
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astraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of thunder and lightning | - |
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automysophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of being dirty | - |
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cacophonic | (adjective) having an unpleasant sound | Synonyms: cacophonous |
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cacophonous | (adjective) having an unpleasant sound | Synonyms: cacophonic |
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cacophony | (noun) loud confusing disagreeable sounds | - |
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(noun) a loud harsh or strident noise | Synonyms: blare, blaring, clamor, din |
camphor | (noun) a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment | - |
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camphoraceous | (adjective) being or having the properties of camphor | - |
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camphorate | (verb) treat with camphor | - |
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camphorated | (adjective) impregnated with camphor | - |
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camphoric | (adjective) relating to or derived from or containing camphor | - |
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camphorweed | (noun) aromatic plant of western United States | Synonyms: Trichostema lanceolatum, turpentine camphor weed, vinegarweed |
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carpophore | (noun) a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | - |
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cataphoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis |
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cataphoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: electrophoretic |
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cellphone | (noun) a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | Synonyms: cell, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone |
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chlamyphore | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago, pichiciego |
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chophouse | (noun) a restaurant that specializes in steaks | Synonyms: steakhouse |
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chordophone | (noun) a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers | - |
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chromophore | (noun) the chemical group that gives color to a molecule | - |
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ciliophoran | (noun) a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell | Synonyms: ciliate, ciliated protozoan |
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claustrophobe | (noun) a person suffering from claustrophobia | - |
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claustrophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space | - |
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claustrophobic | (adjective) suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places | - |
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(adjective) uncomfortably closed or hemmed in | - |
colophon | (noun) a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page) | - |
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colophony | (noun) translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments | - |
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conidiophore | (noun) a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia | - |
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cryophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of freezing | - |
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ctenophore | (noun) biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb | Synonyms: comb jelly |
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cyberphobia | (noun) irrational fear of computers or technology | - |
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cynophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of dogs | - |
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cytophotometer | (noun) a photometer that can be used to locate and identify chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of the light that passes through stained sections of the cytoplasm | - |
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cytophotometric | (adjective) of or relating to the study of cells by means of a cytophotometer | - |
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cytophotometrically | (adverb) by cytophotometric means | - |
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cytophotometry | (noun) the study of chemical compounds inside a cell by means of a cytophotometer | - |
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diaphone | (noun) a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones | - |
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diaphoresis | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating |
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diaphoretic | (adjective) inducing perspiration | Synonyms: sudorific |
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(noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
dimorphous | (adjective) occurring or existing in two different forms | Synonyms: dimorphic |
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dysphonia | (noun) speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation | - |
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dysphoria | (noun) abnormal depression and discontent | - |
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dysphoric | (adjective) generalized feeling of distress | Synonyms: distressed, unhappy |
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earphone | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | Synonyms: earpiece, headphone, phone |
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ecphonesis | (noun) an exclamatory rhetorical device | Synonyms: exclamation |
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edaphosaurus | (noun) heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic | - |
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electrophoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis |
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electrophoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: cataphoretic |
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electrophorus | (noun) a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity | - |
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entomophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of insects | - |
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entryphone | (noun) An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell. | - |
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epanaphora | (noun) repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | Synonyms: anaphora |
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epiphonema | (noun) a sentence that is an exclamation, a general or striking comment, or a succinct summary of what has previously been said. | - |
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epiphora | (noun) repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. | Synonyms: epistrophe |
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euphonic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by euphony | Synonyms: euphonical |
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