| ACHROMATOUS | • achromatous adj. Lacking normal colour; colourless. • ACHROMATOUS adj. having little or no colour. |
| ADENOMATOUS | • adenomatous adj. Of or pertaining to adenoma. • ADENOMATOUS adj. relating to an adenoma. |
| AMETABOLOUS | • ametabolous adj. Alternative form of ametabolic. • AMETABOLOUS adj. of insects, showing little or no metamorphosis, also AMETABOLIC. |
| ANAMORPHOUS | • anamorphous adj. Distorted, deformed. • ANAMORPHOUS adj. relating to anamorphosis, also ANAMORPHIC. |
| ANGIOMATOUS | • angiomatous adj. Relating to an angioma. • ANGIOMATOUS adj. having many angiomas. |
| ANISOGAMOUS | • anisogamous adj. Being married to someone whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one’s own. • anisogamous adj. Having a sexual partner whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one’s own. • ANISOGAMOUS adj. relating to anisogamy, union between markedly different gametes e.g. as egg and sperm, as in humans. |
| ANOMALOUSLY | • anomalously adv. In an anomalous manner. • ANOMALOUS adv. irregular; deviating from rule. |
| APOGAMOUSLY | • APOGAMOUS adv. engaging in apogamy, asexual reproduction. |
| AUTOMATIONS | • automations n. Plural of automation. • AUTOMATION n. the technique of making an apparatus, a process, or a system operate automatically. |
| AUTOMOBILIA | • automobilia n. Everything pertaining to automobiles, especially collectibles. • AUTOMOBILIA n. collectable items of motoring interest. |
| AUTONOMICAL | • autonomical adj. Alternative form of autonomic. • AUTONOMICAL adj. self-governing, also AUTONOMIC. |
| AUTOSOMALLY | • autosomally adv. In an autosomal way. • AUTOSOMAL adv. of or like an autosome, a chromosome other than a sex chromosome. |
| AUTOTOXEMIA | • autotoxemia n. Alternative form of autotoxaemia. • AUTOTOXEMIA n. self-poisoning caused by absorption of toxic products originating within the body, also AUTOTOXAEMIA. |
| CATADROMOUS | • catadromous adj. (Ichthyology, of a migratory fish) Living in fresh water as an adult, but breeding in the sea. • catadromous adj. (Botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the base of the frond. • CATADROMOUS adj. of fishes, descending periodically for spawning to the lower parts of a river or to the sea, also KATADROMOUS. |
| CHAULMOOGRA | • chaulmoogra n. A tree found in Southeast Asia, Hydnocarpus wightiana, which yields an oil that was formerly used as… • CHAULMOOGRA n. a kind of Asian tree, yielding an oil used in the treatment of leprosy, also CHAULMUGRA. |
| ENTOMOFAUNA | • entomofauna n. Insect fauna. • ENTOMOFAUNA n. (Latin) insect life. |
| KATADROMOUS | • katadromous adj. Alternative form of catadromous. • KATADROMOUS adj. of fishes, descending periodically for spawning to the lower parts of a river or to the sea, as opposed to anadromous, also CATADROMOUS. |
| SARCOMATOUS | • sarcomatous adj. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma. • SARCOMATOUS adj. of or like a sarcoma. |