Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In zoology, remote from the actinal or oral area; hence, devoid of rays; aboral. The abactinal surface may be either the upper or lower surface, according to the position of the mouth.
Wiktionary
- adj. zoology Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to
actinal .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated
Etymologies
- ab- + actinal (Wiktionary)
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A to abominator (Chambers)
aa gets over 40 hits
aardvark 49 hits
abbatoir 103 hits
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Just 'cause I like 'em, A
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Zoological Terms
Terms used in Zoology
papilionaceous, actinost, gressorial, exuviate, nitid, trochal, demiss, loculus, crebrity, limes, pachytrichous, pachydactyl and 319 more...
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
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Out of Gormenghast
Words from Mervyn Peake's books.
recrudescent, propinquital, circumfusion, roisterer, calid, poissonnier, rôtier, légumier, saucier, cretinous, palliative, spindrift and 48 more...
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Fishful thinking
"It was then that Delirium noticed that she had absent-mindedly transformed into a hundred and eleven perfect, tiny multicolored fish."
Assortment of fishy or somehow entertaining fish...piscary, fishery, hatchery, pisces, piscine, piscation, piscatorial, pescetarian, piscivorous, expiscate, expiscatory, fishmonger and 81 more...
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Gormenghastocabulary
Words I especially enjoyed while reading Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake.
recrudescent, propinquital, calid, rissoles, stenching, crapulous, pullulation, spilths, lambent, rabous, byre, lapsury and 33 more...
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space
space, voids, shapes
interstice, abactinal, iliac, welkin, chine, lineament, abysm, ullage, spilth, sulcus
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