| AILUROPHILIA | • ailurophilia n. A fondness or love for cats or other felines. • AILUROPHILIA n. the love of cats, also AILOUROPHILIA. |
| ANIMALCULISM | • animalculism n. (Biology, archaic) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms… • animalculism n. (Biology, archaic) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism. • ANIMALCULISM n. the former biological theory that the spermatozoon contains all future generations in germ. |
| ANIMALCULIST | • animalculist n. (Historical) A believer in the theory that the embryo exists preformed within the spermatozoon; a proponent… • animalculist n. (Obsolete) Someone who studies animalcules. • animalculist adj. (Historical) Pertaining to animalculism. |
| ANTEDILUVIAL | • antediluvial adj. (Biblical) Of or pertaining to a time before Noah’s flood. • antediluvial adj. (Rare) Antiquated. • ANTEDILUVIAL adj. pertaining to the period before the Biblical flood or any great flood, also ANTEDILUVIAN. |
| AUDIOLOGICAL | • audiological adj. Of or pertaining to audiology, or the study of hearing. • AUDIOLOGICAL adj. relating to the study of hearing, also AUDIOLOGIC. |
| AUTISTICALLY | • autistically adv. In an autistic way. • AUTISTIC adv. relating to autism. |
| AUTODIALLING | • autodialling v. Simple past tense of autodial. • AUTODIAL v. to dial a telephone number automatically. |
| ILLAQUEATING | • illaqueating v. Present participle of illaqueate. • ILLAQUEATE v. to ensnare. |
| ILLAQUEATION | • illaqueation n. (Obsolete) Trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging. • illaqueation n. A snare; a trap. • illaqueation n. The process of pulling away an inverted eyelash by passing a loop of thread behind it. |
| PLATITUDINAL | • platitudinal adj. Characterized by banality or triteness. • PLATITUDINAL adj. of or like platitude, also PLATITUDINOUS. |
| SINUPALLIATE | • sinupalliate adj. (Zoology) In molluscs, having an indented pallial line or sinus. • sinupalliate n. (Zoology) A mollusc with an indented pallial line or sinus. • SINUPALLIATE adj. of certain bivalve molluscs, having an indented pallial line for the retraction and expansion of the pallial siphons, also SINUPALLIAL. |
| SUPRALIMINAL | • supraliminal adj. Being above the threshold of consciousness or of sensation. Used of stimuli. • SUPRALIMINAL adj. conscious. |
| UNAVAILINGLY | • unavailingly adv. In an unavailing manner; without successful results; to no avail. • UNAVAILING adv. not availing. |
| UNFAMILIARLY | • unfamiliarly adv. In an unfamiliar manner. • UNFAMILIAR adv. not familiar. |
| UNSALABILITY | • unsalability n. Alternative form of unsaleability. • UNSALABILITY n. the quality of being unsalable. |
| VAUDEVILLIAN | • vaudevillian n. (US) Someone who performs in vaudeville. • vaudevillian adj. Pertaining to vaudeville. • VAUDEVILLIAN n. a performer or writer of vaudeville, also VAUDEVILLEAN. |