amalaka
A segmented or notched stone disk, usually with ridges on the rim, that sits on the top of a Hindu temple's shikhara or main tower.

amalakas
plural of amalaka

ambulancer
A medic working in a mobile field hospital.

ambulancers
plural of ambulancer

amentia
Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped.

amentias
plural of amentia

amirspasalar
the commander-in-chief of the medieval Georgian army and one of the highest officials of the Kingdom of Georgia

amirspasalari
Alternative form of amirspasalar.

amirspasalaris
plural of amirspasalari

amirspasalars
plural of amirspasalar

amnioscopies
plural of amnioscopy

amnioscopy
Examination of a foetus and the amniotic fluid in the lowest part of the amniotic sac using an amnioscope introduced through the cervical canal.

amoebazoan
Misspelling of amoebozoan.

amoebozoa
plural of amoebozoan
plural of amoebozoon

amoebozoan
Any protozoa of the kingdom (or phylum) Amoebozoa

amoebozoans
plural of amoebozoan

amphictyonies
plural of amphictyony

amphictyony
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.

amphitheater
American form of amphitheatre.

amphitheaters
plural of amphitheater

amphitheatre
An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design.
A natural formation of a similar shape, where a steep mountain or slope or particular rock formation forms a partial or complete bowl, especially one used as a performance space (and possibly modified by carving out seats, etc) because the slopes naturally amplify or echo sound.

amphitheatres
plural of amphitheatre

amphoe
An administrative subdivision of Thailand, smaller than a changwat.

amphoes
plural of amphoe

amphur
Alternative spelling of amphoe.

amphurs
plural of amphur

ampitheater
Misspelling of amphitheater.

ampitheaters
Misspelling of amphitheaters.

ampitheatre
Misspelling of amphitheatre.

ampitheatres
Misspelling of amphitheatres.

amsar
plural of misr

anabranch
A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.

anabranches
plural of anabranch

anachorism
Something that is incongruous with the spirit of the country.

anachorisms
plural of anachorism

anaicut
Alternative form of anicut.

anaicuts
plural of anaicut

anaktora
plural of anaktoron

anaktoron
A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

analvos
Part of the habit of a senior monk in the Eastern Orthodox Church, similar to a scapular.

anangeons
plural of anangeon

anaptyxes
plural of anaptyxis

anaptyxis
The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.

anarchism
A political and philosophical belief that all forms of government are undesirable, unnecessary, or unethical, and as such that society would function without a state.
A political and philosophical belief that proposes the establishment of a stateless society as well as the abolition of authority and hierarchy in most or all forms.
The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.

anarchisms
plural of anarchism

anarithmia
A pathological inability to count

ancestrula
The initial zooid of a bryozoan colony

ancestrulas
plural of ancestrula

anconies
plural of ancony

ancony
A piece of malleable iron that is wrought into the shape of a flat bar, about three feet long, with a square rough unwrought knob on each end.

anderoon
Obsolete form of anderun.

anderoons
plural of anderoon

anderuns
plural of anderun

andron
the room reserved for males and their activities, often in the lower part of the house.

androns
plural of andron

anenthemonean
Any sea anemone of the suborder Anenthemonae

anenthemoneans
plural of anenthemonean

anfractuosities
plural of anfractuosity

anfractuosity
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.

angaries
plural of angary

angary
The right of one belligerent (government) in a conflict to seize, use or destroy the property of another belligerent or neutral state, or the private citizens thereof, provided compensation is paid.

angelage
The existence or state of angels.

anglaise
A kind of English country dance.

anglaises
plural of anglaise.

anglophilia
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophilia.

anhydromuropeptide
A muropeptide containing a (normally terminal) anhydrosugar

anhydromuropeptides
plural of anhydromuropeptide

anicut
A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.

anicuts
plural of anicut

annicut
Alternative form of anicut.

annicuts
plural of annicut

annoybot
A bot within an IRC channel that sends annoying messages to online participants.

annoybots
plural of annoybot

anodynia
The absence of pain in a previously painful region.

anoikism
The splitting up of a town into smaller units

anta
A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.

antapex
The point opposite the solar apex

antapices
plural of antapex

antas
plural of anta

antechamber
A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
The space immediately below the guard cells of a stoma.

antechambers
plural of antechamber

antechapel
The outer part of the west end of a chapel.

antechapels
plural of antechapel

antechoir
The part of a church in front of the choir, often reserved for the clergy and choristers.
The division of a choir, that is divided as in some Spanish churches, that is further away from the sanctuary.

antechoirs
plural of antechoir

antefix
The vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple.
Any decoration serving to cover the ends of roofing tiles.

antefixa
Alternative form of antefix.

antefixae
plural of antefixa

antefixes
plural of antefix

antefixum
Alternative form of antefix.

antemural
An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

antemurals
plural of antemural

anteroseptum
An area in front of the interventricular septum

antetemple
The portico or narthex in an ancient temple or church.

antetemples
plural of antetemple

antheap
anthill

anthill
A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.

anthills
plural of anthill

anthropobiome
An anthropogenic biome (human-generated vegetation type)

anthropobiomes
plural of anthropobiome

anthropocentricism
Alternative form of anthropocentrism.

anthropocentricisms
plural of anthropocentricism

anthropocentrism
A viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of everything, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.

anthropocentrisms
plural of anthropocentrism

anthrostate
A political unit that is defined by its population and ideas rather than geographical borders.

anthrostates
plural of anthrostate

anticenter
The point in the sky opposite to that of the centre of the galaxy (when viewed from Earth)
antiepicenter
The point of concurrence of the four maltitudes of a cyclic quadrilateral

anticenters
plural of anticenter

anticentre
Alternative spelling of anticenter.

anticentres
plural of anticentre

antichamber
Obsolete form of antechamber.

antichambers
plural of antichamber

anticinema
Any form of cinema that defies cinematic conventions.