| ACTION | • action n. The effort of performing or doing something. • action n. Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose. • action n. A way of motion or functioning. |
| AORTIC | • aortic adj. Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve. • AORTIC adj. relating to the aorta, the main artery into the heart, also AORTAL. |
| ATOCIA | • atocia n. (Rare) Of a woman, infertility (inability to conceive and give birth to children). • ATOCIA n. sterility in a female. |
| ATOMIC | • atomic adj. (Physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic. • atomic adj. Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes. • atomic adj. Infinitesimally small. |
| ATONIC | • atonic adj. (Of a sound or syllable) unstressed. • atonic adj. (Linguistics) not having tone (pitch). • atonic adj. (Pathology) Lacking muscle tone. |
| ATOPIC | • atopic adj. (Medicine) Pertaining to or suffering from atopy. • ATOPIC adj. relating to atopy. |
| AZOTIC | • azotic adj. (Chemistry, obsolete) Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote. • azotic adj. (Obsolete) Fatal to animal life. • AZOTIC adj. nitric. |
| CATION | • cation n. (Physical chemistry) a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis. • CATION n. a positively charged ion, also KATION. |
| CITOLA | • citola n. Cittern. • CITOLA n. a pear-shaped guitar, also CITHER, CITHERN, CITHREN, CITOLE, CITTERN. |
| COAITA | • coaita n. (Dated) Any of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, especially Ateles paniscus. • COAITA n. (Tupi) a type of spider monkey. |
| COATIS | • coatis n. Plural of coati. • COATI n. (Tupi) a tropical American carnivorous mammal related to the raccoon, also COATIMUNDI. |
| COITAL | • coital adj. Of or relating to the sex act or coitus. • COITAL adj. relating to coitus, also COITIONAL. |
| COPITA | • copita n. A sherry glass with a tapering bowl. • COPITA n. (Spanish) a tulip-shaped sherry glass. |
| COTIJA | • cotija n. A hard, dry cheese from Mexico. • COTIJA n. a kind of Mexican cheese. |
| DACOIT | • dacoit n. (Chiefly India, Myanmar, Pakistan) A bandit or armed robber, especially former parts of British India. • dacoit v. (Chiefly India) To commit armed robbery. • DACOIT n. (Hindi) a member of an Indian robber gang, also DAKOIT. |
| MATICO | • matico n. A Peruvian plant (Piper aduncum) allied to the pepper, whose leaves are used as a styptic and astringent. • MATICO n. (Spanish) a Peruvian plant, allied to the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent. |
| OCICAT | • Ocicat n. A domestic cat of a breed that is spotted like a wild cat, established from Siamese and Abyssinian stock. • OCICAT n. a large shorthaired cat with a spotted coat. |
| SCOTIA | • scotia n. (Architecture) A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top. • Scotia prop.n. (Poetic) Scotland. • Scotia prop.n. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. |