English dictionary: words starting with aco

Meanings of Acock:

adverb

In a cocked fashion; (figurative and in figurative contexts) defiantly. occasionally also as predicative adjective: cocked.

Meanings of Acoelomate:

adjective

Of an animal or animal phylum: having no coelom or principal body cavity; not coelomate.

noun

An acoelomate animal.

Meanings of Acoelous:

adjective

Lacking an intestinal cavity; specifically of or relating to the group acoela of simple flatworms having no distinct gut.

Meanings of Acoluthic:

adjective

In the terminology of the german biologist richard wolfgang semon (1859–1918): designating the phase following the initial excitation of a sensation; belonging or relating to such a phase.

Meanings of Acolyte:

noun

A person assisting a priest in a religious service or procession.

Usage examples:

There were scores of acolytes and priests, preparing to begin the ritual.

Meanings of Acolytes:

noun

A person assisting a priest in a religious service or procession.

Usage examples:

There were scores of acolytes and priests, preparing to begin the ritual.

Meanings of Acone:

adjective

Of the compound eye of certain insects: formed of ommatidia having transparent cells below the lens, rather than a crystalline cone or a pseudocone.

Meanings of Aconic:

adjective

"aconic acid" noun a crystalline carboxylic acid obtained by heating itaconic acid.

Meanings of Aconine:

noun

An amorphous alkaloid with a polycyclic molecule, obtained by hydrolysis of aconitine and possessing limited physiological activity; any of a group of compounds closely related to this.

Meanings of Aconite:

noun

A poisonous plant of the buttercup family, bearing hooded pink or purple flowers and found in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.

Usage examples:

This would allow for the use of a variety of familiar medicinal herbs, including poisonous plants l…

Meanings of Aconites:

noun

A poisonous plant of the buttercup family, bearing hooded pink or purple flowers and found in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.

Usage examples:

This would allow for the use of a variety of familiar medicinal herbs, including poisonous plants l…

Meanings of Aconitia:

noun

Aconitine.

Meanings of Aconitic:

adjective

Of or relating to aconite. chiefly in "aconitic acid" noun chemistry a crystalline tricarboxylic acid existing in monkshood, larkspur, and other plants, and also obtained by heating citric acid.

Meanings of Aconitine:

noun

A poisonous alkaloid obtained from monkshood and related plants.

Usage examples:

These herbs contain highly toxic alkaloids, including aconitine, which activate sodium channels and…

Meanings of Aconitum:

noun

A preparation or extract of the root of an aconite (genus aconitum), especially a. napellus, used as a drug (now mainly in alternative forms of medicine) or as a poison.

Meanings of Aconitums:

noun

A preparation or extract of the root of an aconite (genus aconitum), especially a. napellus, used as a drug (now mainly in alternative forms of medicine) or as a poison.

Meanings of Acorn:

noun

The fruit of the oak tree, a smooth oval nut in a rough cup-shaped base.

Usage examples:

Collect interesting bits of natural objects, such as bark, leaves, conkers and acorns to label and …

Meanings of Acorned:

adjective

Provided or decorated with acorns; bearing acorns. in early use chiefly heraldry.

Meanings of Acorns:

noun

The fruit of the oak tree, a smooth oval nut in a rough cup-shaped base.

Usage examples:

Collect interesting bits of natural objects, such as bark, leaves, conkers and acorns to label and …

Meanings of Acorus:

noun

Originally: the plant sweet flag, acorus calamus. in later use: any plant of the genus acorus (family acoraceae), the members of which are rushlike flowering plants with inconspicuous flowers, native chiefly to wetlands in europe and asia. also (in form acorus): the genus itself.

Meanings of Acosmic:

adjective

Not of the universe or cosmos; of, relating to, or characterized by acosmism.

Meanings of Acosmism:

noun

The doctrine that the universe does not exist, or that there is no universe distinct from god.

Meanings of Acosmist:

noun

A person who believes in or advocates acosmism.

Meanings of Acotyledon:

noun

A plant with no distinct seed leaves, especially a fern or moss.

Usage examples:

One of these determinables is number of cotyledons under which fall the determinates acotyledon, mo…

Meanings of Acouchi:

noun

A large forest rodent resembling an agouti, found in the amazon basin.

Usage examples:

The dental formula of agoutis and acouchis is 1 / 1, 0 / 0, 1 / 1, 3/3 = 20.