English dictionary: words starting with acro

Meanings of Acroama:

noun

Oral teaching heard only by initiated disciples; esoteric doctrines.

Meanings of Acroamatic:

adjective

Of or relating to hearing.

Meanings of Acroamatical:

adjective

= acroamatic .

Meanings of Acroamatics:

noun

Frequently with capital initial. (the name of) lectures given by aristotle to intimate friends and scholars on the esoteric parts of his philosophy.

Meanings of Acroasis:

noun

An oral discourse; a discourse listened to rather than read.

Meanings of Acroatic:

adjective

= acroamatic .

Meanings of Acrobacies:

noun

Acrobatics; an acrobatic feat.

Meanings of Acrobacy:

noun

Acrobatics; an acrobatic feat.

Meanings of Acrobat:

noun

An entertainer who performs spectacular gymnastic feats.

Usage examples:

The moscow state circus is famous worldwide thanks to its spectacular displays from acrobats, clown…

Meanings of Acrobatic:

adjective

Performing, involving, or adept at spectacular gymnastic feats.

Usage examples:

An acrobatic dive

Meanings of Acrobatically:

adverb

In a way that involves performing skilful, difficult body movements that are attractive to watch

Usage examples:

She jumped acrobatically from boulder to boulder., the goalkeeper leapt through the air to acrobati…

Meanings of Acrobatics:

plural noun

Spectacular gymnastic feats.

Usage examples:

She sealed the title with a powerful display of acrobatics and tumbling

noun

The skills of an acrobat

Usage examples:

He had spent the last ten years in a peking opera school, studying martial arts and acrobatics.

Meanings of Acrobats:

noun

An entertainer who performs spectacular gymnastic feats.

Usage examples:

The moscow state circus is famous worldwide thanks to its spectacular displays from acrobats, clown…

Meanings of Acroblast:

noun

A precursor of the acrosome in a maturing spermatid.

Meanings of Acrocarpous:

adjective

Of a moss: bearing archegonia or capsules at the end or top of the primary axis; terminal-fruited.

Meanings of Acrocentric:

adjective

Of a chromosome: having the centromere close to one end, so that one arm is much shorter than the other compare "metacentric", "telocentric".

noun

An acrocentric chromosome.

Meanings of Acrocephalic:

adjective

Of a skull: having a relatively or abnormally large ratio of height to breadth.

Meanings of Acrocephaly:

noun

The condition or quality of being acrocephalic.

Meanings of Acrochordon:

noun

A small, benign, usually pedunculated growth on the skin; specifically = skin tag .

Meanings of Acroclinium:

noun

A plant of the former genus acroclinium (now included in rhodanthe), of the family asteraceae (compositae), which comprises herbaceous annuals native chiefly to australia; especially a plant of one of the numerous cultivated varieties grown widely for their persistent flowers (everlastings), which are typically red, pink or white, and often used dried in arrangements. also (in form acroclinium): the former genus itself.

Meanings of Acrocyanosis:

noun

A condition marked by bluish or purple colouring of the hands and feet, caused by slow circulation.

Usage examples:

In addition to bradycardia, cardiac findings may include acrocyanosis and decrease in overall heart…

Meanings of Acrodermatitis:

noun

Inflammation of the skin of the extremities; (with distinguishing english or scientific latin word or words) any of various forms of this.

Meanings of Acrodont:

noun

An animal, especially a reptile, whose teeth lack sockets and are permanently attached to the summit of the alveolar ridge of the jaw.

adjective

Designating teeth which are permanently attached to the summit of the alveolar ridge of the jaw, as in many squamate reptiles and some teleost fish; of, relating to, or characterized by such teeth.

Meanings of Acrodonts:

noun

An animal, especially a reptile, whose teeth lack sockets and are permanently attached to the summit of the alveolar ridge of the jaw.

adjective

Designating teeth which are permanently attached to the summit of the alveolar ridge of the jaw, as in many squamate reptiles and some teleost fish; of, relating to, or characterized by such teeth.

Meanings of Acrodynia:

noun

A disorder characterized by swelling and pain or paraesthesia of the hands and feet, with gastrointestinal and various other symptoms, probably resulting from mercury poisoning but originally also attributed to ergotism or arsenic poisoning; (in later use) specifically = pink disease .