| ACIDIFY | • acidify v. To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid. • acidify v. To neutralize alkalis. • acidify v. (Figurative) To sour; to embitter. |
| ACIDITY | • acidity n. The quality or state of being acid. • acidity n. Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste. • acidity n. (Pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions. |
| ACRIDLY | • acridly adv. In a harsh or corrosive manner. • ACRID adv. sharp to the taste or smell. |
| CYANIDE | • cyanide n. (Chemistry, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN− anion. • cyanide n. (Uncountable) Sodium or potassium cyanide, used in the extraction of gold and silver or as a poison. • cyanide n. (Uncountable) Hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas, a poisonous gas. |
| CYANIDS | • cyanids n. Plural of cyanid. • CYANID n. a direct compound of cyanogen with a metal. |
| DACOITY | • dacoity n. (Chiefly India, Myanmar) Violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits. • DACOITY n. (Hindi) robbery by dacoits, also DACOITAGE, DAKOITI, DAKOITY. |
| DACTYLI | • dactyli n. Plural of dactylus. • DACTYLUS n. (Greek) the leg joint of certain insects. |
| DIARCHY | • diarchy n. Rule by two people. • diarchy n. A state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state. • DIARCHY n. government by two powers, also DINARCHY, DUARCHY, DYARCHY. |
| DIPTYCA | • DIPTYCA n. a pair of pictures on hinged panels, also DIPTYCH. |
| DRYADIC | • dryadic adj. Relating to dryads. • DRYADIC adj. like a dryad. |
| DYADICS | • dyadics n. Plural of dyadic. • DYADIC n. a sum of mathematical dyads. |
| DYNAMIC | • dynamic adj. Changing; active; in motion. • dynamic adj. Powerful; energetic. • dynamic adj. Able to change and adapt. |
| EDACITY | • edacity n. (Archaic) Greediness; voracity; rapacity. • EDACITY n. ravenousness, voracity. |
| MEDIACY | • mediacy n. Mediation; presence of an intermediary. • mediacy n. The facility to work with words and numbers. • mediacy n. The facility to work with media. |
| OXYACID | • oxyacid n. (Chemistry) An acid containing oxygen, as opposed to a hydracid. • OXYACID n. an acid that contains oxygen. |