| 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. |
| 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. |
| ANTHOMANIAC | • anthomaniac n. Someone who has anthomania. • ANTHOMANIAC n. one suffering from anthomania, an obsession with flowers. |
| APATHETICAL | • apathetical adj. Synonym of apathetic. • APATHETICAL adj. lacking feeling or passion, also APATHETIC. |
| APPARATCHIK | • apparatchik n. (Historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. • apparatchik n. A blindly loyal bureaucrat. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| ASTHMATICAL | • asthmatical adj. Dated form of asthmatic. • ASTHMATICAL adj. suffering from asthma. |
| AUTARCHICAL | • autarchical adj. Autarchic. • AUTARCHICAL adj. relating to autarchy, absolute sovereignty, also AUTARCHIC, AUTARKIC, AUTARKICAL. |
| 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. |
| CATHARTICAL | • cathartical adj. Cathartic. • cathartical n. A laxative. • CATHARTICAL adj. cleansing, purifying, also CATHARTIC. |
| 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. |
| MARCHANTIAS | • MARCHANTIA n. a liverwort of the Marchantia genus. |
| MATRIARCHAL | • matriarchal adj. Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch. • matriarchal adj. Governed by females, rather than by males. • MATRIARCHAL adj. of or like a matriarch. |
| PATRIARCHAL | • patriarchal adj. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable. • patriarchal adj. Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy. • PATRIARCHAL adj. of, relating to, or being a patriarch or patriarchy. |
| SACAHUISTAS | • SACAHUISTA n. (Nahuatl) a bear grass that may cause poisoning in livestock, also SACAHUISTE. |
| TACHYCARDIA | • tachycardia n. A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute. • TACHYCARDIA n. quick heart-rate. |
| TACHYPHASIA | • TACHYPHASIA n. abnormally rapid or voluble speech, also TACHYPHRASIA. |
| TRACHEARIAN | • TRACHEARIAN adj. belonging to the Trachearia, mites and ticks. • TRACHEARIAN n. a member of the Trachearia. |