| ACANTHACEOUS | • acanthaceous adj. (Botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family. • acanthaceous adj. Armed with prickles, as a plant. • ACANTHACEOUS adj. prickly; of the Acanthaceae. |
| ACIDANTHERAS | • acidantheras n. Plural of acidanthera. • ACIDANTHERA n. a plant of the genus Acidanthera of white-flowered plants of NE Africa. |
| AGAPANTHUSES | • agapanthuses n. Plural of agapanthus. • AGAPANTHUS n. a genus of lily native to South Africa. |
| ANACATHARSES | • ANACATHARSIS n. vomiting. |
| ANAESTHESIAS | • anaesthesias n. Plural of anaesthesia. • anæsthesias n. Plural of anæsthesia. • ANAESTHESIA n. lack of sensation, also ANESTHESIA. |
| ANALPHABETES | • analphabetes n. Plural of analphabete. • ANALPHABETE n. an illiterate; one who doesn't know the alphabet or the basics of something, also ANALPHABET. |
| ANALPHABETIC | • analphabetic adj. (Not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic. • analphabetic adj. (Comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write. • analphabetic n. An illiterate person. |
| ANATHEMATISE | • anathematise v. Alternative spelling of anathematize. • ANATHEMATISE v. to subject to anathema, pronounce a curse upon, also ANATHEMATIZE. |
| ANATHEMATIZE | • anathematize v. (Transitive) To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil. • ANATHEMATIZE v. to subject to anathema, pronounce a curse upon, also ANATHEMATISE. |
| ANTHRANILATE | • anthranilate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of anthranilic acid. • ANTHRANILATE n. a salt or ester of anthranilic acid. |
| BREATHARIANS | • breatharians n. Plural of breatharian. • BREATHARIAN n. a person who believes that it is possible, through meditation, to reach a level of consciousness where one can exist on air alone. |
| EUTHANASIAST | • EUTHANASIAST n. a supporter of euthanasia. |
| HAMANTASCHEN | • hamantaschen n. Traditional Ashkenazi three-cornered cookies eaten during the Jewish holiday of Purim. The filling may… • HAMANTASCH n. (Yiddish) a three-cornered pastry traditionally eaten during the Jewish festival Purim. |
| HEMANGIOMATA | • hemangiomata n. Plural of hemangioma. • HEMANGIOMA n. a usually benign tumour made up of blood vessels, also HAEMANGIOMA. |
| NAPRAPATHIES | • NAPRAPATHY n. (Czech) medical treatment by manipulation of spine, thorax or pelvis. |
| PANAESTHESIA | • panaesthesia n. Alternative form of panesthesia. • PANAESTHESIA n. totality of perception; general awareness, also PANAESTHETISM. |
| PARASYNTHETA | • parasyntheta n. Plural of parasyntheton. • PARASYNTHETON n. a word derived from a compound, e.g. come-at-able. |
| PARENCHYMATA | • parenchymata n. Plural of parenchyma. • PARENCHYMA n. the ordinary soft thin-walled tissue of plants, not differentiated into conducting or mechanical tissue. |
| THEATROMANIA | • theatromania n. An excessive love of the theatre. • THEATROMANIA n. a craze for going to plays. |
| TRACHEARIANS | • TRACHEARIAN n. a member of the Trachearia. |