alkannin
A natural dye and naphthoquinone derivative obtained from the borage plant Alkanna tinctoria, used as a food colouring and in cosmetics.

alkannins
plural of alkannin

alkermes
The desiccated bodies of certain insects (female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio), which live on the kermes oak, formerly much used as a material for dye and a medicinal ingredient; also a given mixture, preparation etc. containing such insects.
A red Italian alcoholic liqueur.

allantiasis
Food poisoning (especially botulism) as a result of eating poorly cooked sausages.

allotroph
Synonym of heterotroph.

allotrophs
plural of allotroph

almeries
plural of almery

almery
Alternative form of ambry.

alphitomancy
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.

alphoscerate
3-glycerophosphate

alphoscerates
plural of alphoscerate

altarer
A member of a monastic community responsible for providing food and drink; cellarer.

altarers
plural of altarer

amala
A thick paste made from yam or cassava flour, eaten chiefly in Yoruba cuisine.

amalgam
An alloy containing mercury.
A combination of different things.
One of the ingredients in an alloy.
An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.

amalgama
Archaic form of amalgam.

amalgams
plural of amalgam

amanori
Porphyra seaweed used as food in Japan; laver.

amaretti
plural of amaretto

amaretto
A sweet-bitter liqueur originating from Italy (but also produced in Turkey), flavored with almonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as the pits from apricots, peaches, cherries or other stone fruits.
A serving of that liqueur.
A light Italian cookie made with almonds.

amarettos
plural of amaretto

amarone
Alternative letter-case form of Amarone.

amatriciana
A traditional Italian pasta sauce based on guanciale, pecorino, and tomato.

amatungula
Carissa macrocarpa, a shrub native to Southern Africa.
The edible fruit of this plant.

amatungulas
plural of amatungula

amba
A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.

ambas
plural of amba

amberies
plural of ambery

ambery
Like or resembling amber.

ambivore
An animal that feeds on two varieties of food.

ambivores
plural of ambivore

ambries
plural of ambry

ambry
A bookcase; a library or archive.
A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.
A pantry, or place to store food.
A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc.; an armarium.

americano
A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.

americanos
plural of americano

aminotriazole
The heterocyclic organic compound 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole (3-AT), sometimes used as a herbicide (but not, because of its carcinogenic properties, on food crops).

amitrole
The heterocyclic amine 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole that is used as a nonselective systemic triazole herbicide on nonfood croplands

amlet
Obsolete form of omelette.

amlets
plural of amlet

ampao
Alternative spelling of ampaw.

ampaos
plural of ampao

ampaw
A Filipino sweet puffed rice cake.

ampaws
plural of ampaw

ampo
A Javan snack food consisting of thin sticks of baked earth.

amvis
An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative of nitrobenzene, chlorated naphthalene, and woodmeal.

amylopectin
A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)

amylopectins
plural of amylopectin

anack
A kind of bread prepared using oatmeal.

anacks
plural of anack

anagraph
An inventory; a record.
A physician's prescription or recipe.
A kind of anagram.

anagraphs
plural of anagraph

anandamide
A derivative of arachidonic acid that occurs naturally in the brain and in some foods (such as chocolate) and that binds to the same brain receptors as the cannabinoids (such as tetrahydrocannabinol) derived from cannabis.

anandamides
plural of anandamide

anba
Alternative form of amba (“type of mango pickle”).

anchusin
alkannin

anchusine
Alternative form of anchusin.

angkak
Food coloring from rice fermentation by Monascus purpureus.

angkhak
Alternative form of angkak.

anijsmelk
A Dutch drink consisting of hot milk flavored with anise seed and sweetened with sugar.

animelles
A type of offal, the testicles of animals when used as food.

anisaldehyde
The aromatic aldehyde 4-methoxybenzaldehyde that has a strong aroma or anise or licorice; it is used in flavourings and in organic synthesis

aniseed
The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo.

aniseeds
plural of aniseed

aniseseed
Alternative form of aniseed.

aniseseeds
plural of aniseseed

anju
Korean food consumed with alcohol.

ankee
A variety of the grass species Echinochloa crus-galli, used as a crop and its seeds for food.

ankimo
A Japanese dish of monkfish liver prepared with salt and saké, shaped into a cylinder, and steamed.

anmitsu
A Japanese dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly and served in a bowl with anko, boiled peas, often gyūhi and a variety of fruits such as peach slices, mikan, pieces of pineapples, and cherries, usually coming with a small pot of sweet black syrup which one pours onto the jelly before eating.

annaprasan
Alternative form of annaprashana.

annaprashana
A Hindu rite of passage marking an infant's first intake of food other than milk.

anniseed
Misspelling of aniseed.

annonin
An active ingredient present in extracts of seed kernels of the genus Annona, used as an insecticide.

annuli
plural of annulus

annulus
A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
A ring of fibrous tissue; specifically (cardiology), such a ring around an opening of a heart valve, to which the valve leaflets and muscle fibres of the atria and ventricles are attached; an annulus fibrosus cordis.
A ring of light in a celestial body, especially when caused by an annular eclipse (for example, when the Sun and Moon are in line with the Earth, but the Moon does not completely cover the Sun's disc).
A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.
The membranous remnants of a partial veil which leaves a ring on the stem of a mushroom.
A dark ring on a fish's scale that is formed when a fish's growth rate slows down in the winter due to low food intake and the scale's circuli move closer to one another. The dark ring is used to estimate the fish's age, approximately one year per annulus.
The region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii.
Any topological space homeomorphic to the region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii.
In a well such as an oil well or water well: the space between a pipe or tube and any pipe, tube, casing, or sides of a hole surrounding it.

annuluses
plural of annulus

antestomach
A cavity that leads into the stomach, as in birds.
The first stomach of a ruminant.
The lower portion of the esophagus in an animal that has a sphincter controlling the entrance of food from the esophagus into the stomach, especially when that portion of the esophagus is distended or dilated.

antestomachs
plural of antestomach

anthotyros
A Greek cheese made from goat or ewe milk.

antifoamer
An antifoaming agent.

antifoamers
plural of antifoamer

antipasta
Misspelling of antipasto.

antipasti
plural of antipasto

antipasto
An Italian starter for a meal; normally a cold assortment of salami, cheese, seafood, and vegetables.