Words containing acanth
7 letter words containing acanth
8 letter words containing acanth
- acanthin — an organic chemical used in medicine as a treatment for snake venom
- acantho- — indicating a spine or thorn
- acanthus — any shrub or herbaceous plant of the genus Acanthus, native to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated as ornamental plants, having large spiny leaves and spikes of white or purplish flowers: family Acanthaceae
9 letter words containing acanth
10 letter words containing acanth
- acanthosis — (medicine) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.(First attested in the late 19th century.).
- coelacanth — a primitive marine bony fish of the genus Latimeria (subclass Crossopterygii), having fleshy limblike pectoral fins and occurring off the coast of E Africa: thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938
- pyracantha — firethorn.
- tragacanth — a gummy substance derived from various low, spiny, Asian shrubs belonging to the genus Astragalus, of the legume family, especially A. gummifer: used to impart firmness to pills and lozenges, stiffen calicoes, etc.
11 letter words containing acanth
- acanthocyte — an abnormal red blood cell having spiny projections, found in the blood of persons with abetalipoproteinemia and certain malabsorption disorders.
- acanthodian — any small, spiny-finned, sharklike fish of the extinct order Acanthodii, from the Paleozoic Era.
- acanthology — the study of spines, as in sea urchins or certain spiny-headed worms, particularly as they relate to taxonomic classification.
- anacanthous — having no spines or thorns.
- coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
12 letter words containing acanth
- acanthaceous — of or relating to the Acanthaceae, a mainly tropical and subtropical family of flowering plants that includes the acanthus
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
14 letter words containing acanth
- acanthocytosis — a condition characterized by large numbers of acanthocytes in the blood.
15 letter words containing acanth
- acanthocephalan — any of the parasitic wormlike invertebrates of the phylum Acanthocephala, the adults of which have a spiny proboscis and live in the intestines of vertebrates
- keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
16 letter words containing acanth
- acanthocephalans — Plural form of acanthocephalan.
- acanthopterygian — of, relating to, or belonging to the Acanthopterygii, a large group of teleost fishes having spiny fin rays. The group includes most saltwater bony fishes
- keratoacanthomas — Plural form of keratoacanthoma.
17 letter words containing acanth
- acanthopterygians — Plural form of acanthopterygian.
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