| ACRIDITY | • acridity n. Bitterness or acerbity. • acridity n. An acrid taste or smell. • acridity n. (Figurative) Bitterness in speech or behaviour; causticness. |
| ADUNCITY | • aduncity n. Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness. • ADUNCITY n. state of being hooked. |
| AUDACITY | • audacity n. Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional. • audacity n. Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional… • AUDACITY n. boldness. |
| CADUCITY | • caducity n. Dotage or senility. • caducity n. The state of being impermanent or transitory. • CADUCITY n. the quality of being transitory or perishable. |
| CALIDITY | • calidity n. (Obsolete) Heat. • CALIDITY n. the state of being warm. |
| CARYATID | • caryatid n. A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar… • CARYATID n. (Greek) a draped female figure supporting an entablature. |
| CITYWARD | • cityward adj. Directed toward cities. • cityward adv. Toward a city or cities. • CITYWARD adv. towards the city. |
| DACTYLIC | • dactylic adj. (Prosody) of or consisting of dactyls. • dactylic n. A dactylic verse. • DACTYLIC adj. consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls, also DACTYLAR. |
| DIACETYL | • diacetyl n. (Organic chemistry, in combination) Two acetyl groups in a compound. • diacetyl n. (Organic chemistry) Synonym of butanedione. • DIACETYL n. a chemical flavour enhancer. |
| DIALYTIC | • dialytic adj. Relating to, or producing dissolution. • dialytic adj. Relating to dialysis. • DIALYTIC adj. having the quality of unloosing or separating. |
| DICACITY | • dicacity n. (Obsolete) pertness; sauciness. • DICACITY n. (archaic) raillery, banter. |
| DIDACTYL | • didactyl adj. (Zoology) Having only two toes, fingers or claws. • didactyl n. A didactyl animal. • DIDACTYL n. a creature with two toes, fingers or claws. |
| DIPTYCAS | • DIPTYCA n. a pair of pictures on hinged panels, also DIPTYCH. |
| DYNASTIC | • dynastic adj. Pertaining to a dynasty. • DYNASTIC adj. relating to a dynasty, also DYNASTICAL. |
| DYSTAXIC | • DYSTAXIC adj. relating to or affected by dystaxia. |
| DYSTOCIA | • dystocia n. (Medicine, veterinary medicine) A slow or difficult labour or delivery. • DYSTOCIA n. difficult labour and delivery in childbirth. |