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- ABIOTROPHICRelating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
- ABIOTROPHYPremature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
- ACRIFLAVINEAn antimicrobial flavonoid dye derived from acridine
- ACRIFLAVINESplural of acriflavine
- ACRIMONIOUSLYIn an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.
- ACTABLEAble to be acted, as by an actor.
- ADMINISTRABLEAble to be administered
- ADUMBRATIVELYIn an adumbrative manner
- AGRYPNIAPersistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.
- AGRYPNIASPersistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.
- ALBEDOThe fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
- ALLANTOICOf, pertaining to or derived from the allantois.
- AMIDOGENSplural of amidogen
- AMPHIOXIplural of amphioxus
- ANIMADVERTTo criticise, to censure.
- ANIMADVERTSthird-person singular simple present indicative of animadvert
- ANISOMETROPIAA condition in which the two eyes of an individual have different refractive power.
- ANISOMETROPICRelating to anisometropia
- ARABINOSIDEA glycoside which yields arabinose after being split by hydrolysis.
- ARCHAISINGpresent participle and gerund of archaise
- ARCHEGONIAplural of archegonium
- ARCHEGONIATERelating to or possessing archegonia.
- ARCHEGONIATESplural of archegoniate
- ARCHIPLASM
- AROUSABLEThat can be aroused
- ATAVISMThe reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
- AUDIOPHILESplural of audiophile
- AUTACOIDA hormone or similar compound that has a short-term, local effect
- AUXOTROPHICDescribing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
- AUXOTROPHIESplural of auxotrophy
- AUXOTROPHYThe inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
- AZONALOf a soil, remaining immature and mainly composed of the parent material, as for example where sloping land causes fine-grained material to slide away.
- BADMENplural of badman
- BALKIERcomparative form of balky: more balky
- BALKYRefusing to proceed or cooperate.
- BARMIESTsuperlative form of barmy: most barmy
- BASICRANIALOf or pertaining to the basicranium
- BATRACHIA
- BATRACHIANAny frog or toad.
- BATRACHIANSplural of batrachian
- BICEPHALOUSHaving two heads.
- BIGHTEDsimple past and past participle of bight
- BILIOUSLYIn a bilious way.
- BILKINGpresent participle and gerund of bilk
- BLOWIERcomparative form of blowy: more blowy
- BLOWSIERcomparative form of blowsy: more blowsy
- BOOFYOf hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.
- BOOKISHLYIn a bookish manner.
- BOTCHYFull of botches or mistakes; poorly done.
- BRADYKINESIA
- BRAINSICKDisordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
- BRANGLEDsimple past and past participle of brangle
- BRANGLESplural of brangle
- BRANKSA punishment device, especially for scolding women, consisting of a cage to enclose the head, with a metal gag for the mouth; a scold's bridle.
- BRAWNILYIn a brawny manner.
- BROADISHSomewhat broad.
- BROCHA type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
- BROGSthird-person singular simple present indicative of brog
- BRUTEDsimple past and past participle of brute
- BUCKISHLYIn a buckish manner.
- BUFTY
- BUMFUseless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.
- BUMFSUseless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.
- BUMPHAlternative form of bumf.
- BUMPHSAlternative form of bumf.
- BURCH
- BUSINE
- BUSMANA person employed to drive a bus.
- BUSMENplural of busman
- BYPATHAn unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway.
- CAFTANEDAlternative form of kaftaned.
- CAGILYIn a cagy manner.
- CAKIESTsuperlative form of caky: most caky
- CALTROPA metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heral
- CAMEOINGpresent participle and gerund of cameo
- CAMPHANEBornane.
- CAMPHANESplural of camphane
- CAMPHENEBicyclic monoterpene, a minor constituent of many essential oils.
- CAMPHENESplural of camphene
- CANALISETo convert (a river or other waterway) into a canal.
- CANALISEDsimple past and past participle of canalise
- CANITIESThe condition of having gray hair.
- CANTHARIDALOf, made of, or pertaining to cantharides.
- CANTILYIn a canty manner.
- CAPTIOUSLYIn a captious manner.
- CARDIESplural of cardie
- CARMANA person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.
- CARNIESplural of carny
- CARTABLEAble to be carted or carried.
- CARTMAN
- CARTOONISHLYIn a cartoonish manner; thus, in a comical or exaggerated way.
- CARTOONYHaving the style of a cartoon.
- CAUDALPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
- CHALDRONAn old English dry measure, containing four quarters. At London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for
- CHARIESTsuperlative form of chary: most chary
- CHARILYIn a chary manner.
- CHARTABLECapable of being plotted on a chart.
- CHEATABLECapable of being cheated
- CHEMURGYA branch of applied chemistry that is concerned with preparing industrial products from agricultural raw materials.
- CHEWABLECapable of being chewed.