| ABRANCHIATE | • abranchiate adj. (Zoology) Without gills. • abranchiate n. (Zoology) An organism that does not have gills. • ABRANCHIATE adj. lacking gills, also ABRANCHIAL. |
| 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. |
| ANACOLUTHIA | • anacoluthia n. (Grammar) A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly. • ANACOLUTHIA n. a nonsequential syntactic construction in which the latter part of a sentence does not grammatically fit the earlier. |
| ANAPHORICAL | • anaphorical adj. Synonym of anaphoric. • ANAPHORICAL adj. referring to a preceding word or group of words, also ANAPHORAL, ANAPHORIC. |
| ANTHOMANIAC | • anthomaniac n. Someone who has anthomania. • ANTHOMANIAC n. one suffering from anthomania, an obsession with flowers. |
| ARACHNIDANS | • arachnidans n. Plural of arachnidan. • ARACHNIDAN n. any member of class Arachnida. |
| ARACHNOIDAL | • arachnoidal adj. (Anatomy) Pertaining to the arachnoid mater; arachnoid. • ARACHNOIDAL adj. like a cobweb, covered with fine hairs. |
| AVALANCHING | • avalanching v. Present participle of avalanche. • AVALANCHE v. to descend as an avalanche. |
| BACCHANALIA | • bacchanalia n. Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration. • Bacchanalia n. (Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. • Bacchanalia n. (By extension) A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy. |
| BATRACHIANS | • batrachians n. Plural of batrachian. • BATRACHIAN n. a frog or toad. |
| CANTHARIDAL | • cantharidal adj. Of or pertaining to cantharides. • CANTHARIDAL adj. of or like a cantharid, also CANTHARIDIAN, CANTHARIDIC. |
| CHARLATANIC | • charlatanic adj. Charlatanical. • CHARLATANIC adj. of or like a charlatan, also CHARLATANICAL, CHARLATANISTIC. |
| HAPAXANTHIC | • hapaxanthic adj. Being or relating to a hapaxanth. • HAPAXANTHIC adj. monocarpous, also HAPAXANTHOUS. |
| 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. |
| MARCHANTIAS | • MARCHANTIA n. a liverwort of the Marchantia genus. |
| PHAGOMANIAC | • PHAGOMANIAC n. one who suffers from phagomania, a compulsive desire to eat. |
| TRACHEARIAN | • TRACHEARIAN adj. belonging to the Trachearia, mites and ticks. • TRACHEARIAN n. a member of the Trachearia. |