Nouns

anabaptist

noun

adherent of Anabaptism

anabiosis

noun

suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme d...

anacoluthia

noun

an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic struct...

anaclisis

noun

(psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on...

anacoluthon

noun

an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic struct...

anadiplosis

noun

repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the b...

anagoge

noun

a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scri...

anaglyph

noun

anything carved in low relief

analects

noun

a collection of excerpts from a literary work

analeptic

noun

a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous syst...

analecta

noun

a collection of excerpts from a literary work

analyser

noun

an instrument that performs analyses

anamorphosis

noun

the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long...

ananias

noun

a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was str...

anamorphism

noun

the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long...

anaplasty

noun

surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation o...

anapaest

noun

a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllable...

anasarca

noun

generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous...

anaplasmosis

noun

a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; sim...

anapest

noun

a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllable...

anaplasia

noun

loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of...

ancestress

noun

a woman ancestor

anchylosis

noun

abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint

anchusa

noun

any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having o...

anchorite

noun

one retired from society for religious reasons

ancientness

noun

extreme oldness

ancohuma

noun

a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,960 feet high)

andesite

noun

a dark grey volcanic rock

andradite

noun

a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any...

androsterone

noun

an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone

androecium

noun

a male gametoecium

androgyne

noun

one having both male and female sexual characteristics and o...

anecdotist

noun

a person skilled in telling anecdotes

anergy

noun

inactivity and lack of energy

anencephalia

noun

a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing...

aneroid

noun

a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids

anemography

noun

recording anemometrical measurements

aneurin

noun

a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and g...

anemometry

noun

measuring wind speed and direction

anemometer

noun

a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind

anestrus

noun

applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual i...

angelology

noun

the branch of theology that is concerned with angels

angevine

noun

a resident of Anjou

angiology

noun

the branch of medical science that studies the blood and lym...

angevin

noun

a resident of Anjou

angiocarp

noun

tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk

angioma

noun

a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels

angiotonin

noun

any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypert...

anglesey

noun

an island to the northwest of Wales

angiosperm

noun

plants having seeds in a closed ovary