| BIPHASIC | • biphasic adj. Having two phases. • BIPHASIC adj. having two phases. |
| CHIANTIS | • chiantis n. Plural of chianti. • Chiantis n. Plural of Chianti. • CHIANTI n. (Italian) a dry red Italian wine. |
| CHIASMIC | • chiasmic adj. Relating to chiasma. • chiasmic adj. Relating to chiasmus. • CHIASMIC adj. relating to chiasmus, the inversion of order of corresponding elements of two parallel phrases, also CHIASTIC. |
| CHIASTIC | • chiastic adj. Pertaining to chiasmus. • chiastic adj. (By extension) Pertaining to the position of two things relative to one another. • CHIASTIC adj. relating to chiasmus, the inversion of order of corresponding elements of two parallel phrases, also CHIASMIC. |
| CHILIADS | • chiliads n. Plural of chiliad. • CHILIAD n. (Greek) a group of one thousand. |
| CHILIASM | • chiliasm n. Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return… • CHILIASM n. (Greek) the doctrine that Christ will return and reign for a thousand years. |
| CHILIAST | • chiliast n. (Christianity, typically derogatory) Synonym of millenarian: a person who believes the Second Coming… • CHILIAST n. one who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years. |
| DICHASIA | • dichasia n. Plural of dichasium. • DICHASIUM n. a cymose inflorescence in which each axis in turn produces a pair of nearly equal branches. |
| DIPHASIC | • diphasic adj. Having, or occurring in, two phases. • DIPHASIC adj. having two phases, also DIPHASE. |
| HIBACHIS | • hibachis n. Plural of hibachi. • HIBACHI n. (Japanese) a portable barbecue for cooking food out of doors. |
| ISCHEMIA | • ischemia n. (Cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the… • ISCHEMIA n. an inadequate flow of blood to part of the body, also ISCHAEMIA. |
| ISCHURIA | • ischuria n. Ischury. • ISCHURIA n. retention of urine. |
| KAMICHIS | • kamichis n. Plural of kamichi. • KAMICHI n. (Caribbean) a South American bird, aka the horned screamer. |
| PACHISIS | • PACHISI n. (Hindi) an Indian board game, also PARCHESI, PARCHISI. |
| PARCHISI | • parchisi n. Alternative form of pachisi. • PARCHISI n. (Hindi) a game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India, also PACHISI, PARCHEESI, PARCHESI. |
| RACHITIS | • rachitis n. (Pathology) Rickets. • rachitis n. (Botany) A disease that produces abortion in the fruit. • RACHITIS n. inflammation of the spine, also RHACHITIS. |