| ADIAPHORIST | • adiaphorist n. One who believes in adiaphorism. • Adiaphorist prop.n. One of the German Protestants, condemned as heretics by Luther, who held some religious doctrines and… • ADIAPHORIST n. an adherent of adiaphorism, the doctrine of theological indifference or latitudinarianism. |
| AMPHIPATHIC | • amphipathic adj. (Chemistry) Describing a molecule, such as a detergent, which has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups. • amphipathic adj. (Biochemistry) Of the surface(s) on a protein, particularly an alpha helix, where one surface of the… • AMPHIPATHIC adj. of an unsymmetrical molecular group of which one end is hydrophilic and the other end hydrophobic. |
| AMPHITHECIA | • AMPHITHECIUM n. the outer layer of cells of the embryo of mosses and liverworts that develops into the outer parts of the spore-bearing capsule. |
| AMPHITRICHA | • AMPHITRICHA n. bacteria that have flagella at both ends. |
| ANTIPATHIES | • antipathies n. Plural of antipathy. • ANTIPATHY n. aversion, dislike. |
| ANTIPATHIST | • antipathist n. An enemy or opponent. • ANTIPATHIST n. a person possessed by an antipathy. |
| ANTIPHRASIS | • antiphrasis n. (Rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for… • ANTIPHRASIS n. the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning. |
| ARCTOPHILIA | • arctophilia n. Love of bears. • arctophilia n. Zoophilia with bears. • arctophilia n. Collecting teddy bears (arctophily). |
| ARTISANSHIP | • artisanship n. The property of being an artisan. • ARTISANSHIP n. the state of being an artisan. |
| CAPTAINSHIP | • captainship n. Captaincy. • CAPTAINSHIP n. the office of captain. |
| DIAPHANEITY | • diaphaneity n. (Mineralogy) transparency. • DIAPHANEITY n. the quality of transmitting light. |
| EPITHALAMIA | • epithalamia n. Plural of epithalamium. • EPITHALAMION n. a poem or song in honor of a bride and bridegroom, also EPITHALAMIUM. |
| EPITHALAMIC | • epithalamic adj. Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium. • epithalamic adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the epithalamus. • EPITHALAMIC adj. of or like an epithalamium. |
| PERICHAETIA | • perichaetia n. Plural of perichaetium. • PERICHAETIUM n. a sheath or cluster of leaves around the archegonia in mosses and liverworts. |