Academic Words

aftergrowth

afterheat

afterburning

aftercast

aftereffect

noun

a delayed effect of a drug or therapy

afterdamp

noun

a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbo...

afterpains

noun

pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated wit...

afterpiece

noun

a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a pla...

afterpain

afterguard

afterimage

noun

an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stim...

aftershafted

adjective

having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some fe...

aftershaft

noun

a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of...

aftermost

adjective

located closest to the stern or tail

aftertime

afterpeak

aftersensation

noun

an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stim...

agelessness

noun

the quality of being timeless and eternal

aftertreatment

afteryears

agalwood

agrigento

noun

a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the s...

agateware

noun

pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate

agatizing

agelong

adjective

lasting through all time

agacles

agassiz

noun

United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied f...

agatized

agalmatolite

agamedes

agatize

agamogenetically

agamogenesis

noun

reproduction without the fusion of gametes

agatelike

agalite

agabus

aganus

agamous

adjective

(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and femal...

agapanthuses

agamid

noun

a lizard of the family Agamidae

agamede

aganippe

agamogenetic

adjective

(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and femal...

agatharchides

agathyrsus

agarita

agaric

noun

fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses

agapanthus

noun

any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels...

aggadic

aggada