| ABECEDARIAN | • abecedarian n. Someone who is learning the alphabet. • abecedarian n. An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning. • abecedarian n. (Archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods… |
| ABRANCHIATE | • abranchiate adj. (Zoology) Without gills. • abranchiate n. (Zoology) An organism that does not have gills. • ABRANCHIATE adj. lacking gills, also ABRANCHIAL. |
| ACADEMICIAN | • academician n. (Now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. • academician n. A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the… • Academician n. The title for someone who is an academician. |
| ACETONAEMIA | • acetonaemia n. Alternative form of acetonemia. • acetonæmia n. Obsolete spelling of acetonemia. • ACETONAEMIA n. an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood, also ACETONEMIA. |
| ACIDANTHERA | • acidanthera n. Any of the gladioli previously placed in the genus Acidanthera. • ACIDANTHERA n. a plant of the genus Acidanthera of white-flowered plants of NE Africa. |
| ANACHARISES | • ANACHARIS n. a freshwater weed of the frogbit family, native to America. |
| ANAEMICALLY | • anaemically adv. Alternative spelling of anemically. • anæmically adv. Archaic form of anemically. • ANAEMIC adv. suffering from anaemia, also ANEMIC. |
| ANALEMMATIC | • analemmatic adj. Relating to an analemma. • ANALEMMATIC adj. relating to the seasonal difference between time as shown by clocks and by the sun. |
| CAPACITANCE | • capacitance n. (Physics, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge… • capacitance n. (Physics, countable) An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance. • CAPACITANCE n. in electricity, the ability to store an electric charge; measure of such ability. |
| CARDINALATE | • cardinalate n. The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal. • cardinalate n. Collective term for the cardinals. • CARDINALATE n. the office or dignity of cardinal; the cardinals collectively. |
| CARPENTARIA | • Carpentaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – a palm native to tropical coastal regions in northern Australia. • CARPENTARIA n. an evergreen shrub of the hydrangea family, cultivated for its glossy foliage and yellow-centred white flowers. |
| CARYATIDEAN | • caryatidean adj. Of or relating to a caryatid. • CARYATIDEAN adj. of or like a caryatid, a draped female figure supporting an entablature, also CARYATIC, CARYATIDAL, CARYATIDIC. |
| EGOMANIACAL | • egomaniacal adj. Having the psychological condition of egomania. • EGOMANIACAL adj. of or like an egomaniac. |
| GALLINACEAN | • gallinacean n. (Zoology) One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds. • GALLINACEAN n. any gallinaceous bird, such as a pheasant. |
| IPECACUANHA | • ipecacuanha n. (Medicine, pharmaceutics) The root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation… • ipecacuanha n. (Medicine, pharmaceutics) The flowering plant Carapichea ipecacuanha. • IPECACUANHA n. (Portuguese) the dried root of various South American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic, also IPECAC. |
| METAVANADIC | • METAVANADIC adj. as in metavanadic acid, an acid of vanadium. |
| PARACASEINS | • PARACASEIN n. another name for casein. |
| PESCATARIAN | • pescatarian n. Alternative spelling of pescetarian. • PESCATARIAN n. one whose diet includes fish but no other meat, also PESCETARIAN. |
| SARRACENIAS | • sarracenias n. Plural of sarracenia. • SARRACENIA n. a genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant. |
| TRACHEARIAN | • TRACHEARIAN adj. belonging to the Trachearia, mites and ticks. • TRACHEARIAN n. a member of the Trachearia. |