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Words starting with acanth

7 letter words starting with acanth

  • acantha — a pointed, projecting structure, such as a thorn or prickle
  • acanthi — Irregular plural form of acanthus.

8 letter words starting with 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
  • acanthus family — the plant family Acanthaceae, typified by tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple opposite leaves, clusters of tubular bracted flowers, and seeds sometimes dispersed by exploding fruit, including the acanthus, caricature, and shrimp plant.

9 letter words starting with acanth

10 letter words starting with 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.).

11 letter words starting with 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.

12 letter words starting with acanth

  • acanthaceous — of or relating to the Acanthaceae, a mainly tropical and subtropical family of flowering plants that includes the acanthus

14 letter words starting with acanth

  • acanthocytosis — a condition characterized by large numbers of acanthocytes in the blood.

15 letter words starting with 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

16 letter words starting with 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

17 letter words starting with acanth

On this page, we collect all words starting with ACANTH. To make easier to find the right word we have divided all 20 words to groups according to their length. So you should go to appropriate page if can’t find the word that beginning with ACANTH. that you are searching. Also you can use this page in Scrabble.

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