| ACHROMATOUS | • achromatous adj. Lacking normal colour; colourless. • ACHROMATOUS adj. having little or no colour. |
| ACOLOUTHITE | • ACOLOUTHITE n. (obsolete) an acolyte. |
| ANACOLUTHON | • anacoluthon n. (Grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type… • anacoluthon n. (Rhetoric) Intentional use of such a structure. • ANACOLUTHON n. a sentence or construction lacking grammatical sequence. |
| AUTOCHTHONS | • autochthons n. Plural of autochthon. • AUTOCHTHON n. one sprung from the ground he inhabits, aborigine, native. |
| AUTOCHTHONY | • autochthony n. An aboriginal condition or state. • AUTOCHTHONY n. the state of being aboriginal. |
| AUTOMORPHIC | • automorphic adj. (Geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular. • automorphic adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism. |
| AUTOTROPHIC | • autotrophic adj. (Biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using… • AUTOTROPHIC adj. capable of building up food materials from inorganic matter. |
| AUXOTROPHIC | • auxotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent… • AUXOTROPHIC adj. requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| CAOUTCHOUCS | • caoutchoucs n. Plural of caoutchouc. • CAOUTCHOUC n. (Quechua) un-vulcanized natural rubber. |
| COAUTHORING | • coauthoring v. Present participle of coauthor. • co-authoring v. Present participle of co-author. • COAUTHOR v. to write together. |
| HOLOCAUSTAL | • holocaustal adj. Of or relating to a holocaust. • HOLOCAUSTAL adj. relating to a holocaust, also HOLOCAUSTIC. |
| HOLOCAUSTIC | • holocaustic adj. Of or relating to a holocaust. • HOLOCAUSTIC adj. relating to a holocaust, also HOLOCAUSTAL. |
| MOUSTACHIOS | • moustachios n. Plural of moustachio. • moustachios v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moustachio. • MOUSTACHIO n. (Spanish) a large, elegantly curling moustache, also MUSTACHIO. |
| OUTCOACHING | • outcoaching v. Present participle of outcoach. • OUTCOACH v. to surpass in coaching. |
| TAUTOCHRONE | • tautochrone n. (Mathematics) A curve, such that a heavy body, descending along it by the action of gravity, will always… • TAUTOCHRONE n. a curve such that a particle travelling along it under gravity reaches a fixed point in the same time, no matter where it starts. |
| TAUTOPHONIC | • tautophonic adj. Alternative form of tautophonical. • TAUTOPHONIC adj. relating to tautophony, also TAUTOPHONICAL. |
| UROCHORDATE | • urochordate n. (Zoology) Any marine invertebrate of the subphylum Urochordata; the sea squirts. • UROCHORDATE n. a member of the Urochordata, tunicates. |