| ANTIMONY | • antimony n. A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: a lustrous gray metalloid. • antimony n. The alloy stibnite. • ANTIMONY n. a brittle, bluish-white metallic element. |
| ANTINOMY | • antinomy n. (Archaic) A contradiction within a law, or between different laws; also, a contradiction between authorities. • antinomy n. (By extension) Any contradiction or paradox. • ANTINOMY n. a conflict of authority. |
| DYNAMIST | • dynamist n. A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism. • DYNAMIST n. one who accounts for material phenomena by a theory of dynamics. |
| DYNAMITE | • dynamite n. A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting. • dynamite n. (Informal, proscribed) A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT). • dynamite n. (Figuratively, slang, uncountable) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful. |
| HUMANITY | • humanity n. Humankind; human beings as a group. • humanity n. The human condition or nature. • humanity n. The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects. |
| IMITANCY | • imitancy n. Tendency to imitation. • IMITANCY n. (Caribbean) the tendency to imitate. |
| IMMANITY | • immanity n. (Obsolete) Great size; enormousness, hugeness. • immanity n. (Obsolete) Outrageous cruelty or savagery; enormity. • IMMANITY n. monstrous cruelty. |
| INTIMACY | • intimacy n. (Uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily… • intimacy n. (Countable) Intimate relationship. • intimacy n. (Countable, especially plural) Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information. |
| MAINSTAY | • mainstay n. A chief support. • mainstay n. Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution. • mainstay n. (Nautical) A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast. |
| MINACITY | • minacity n. Synonym of menace: The action or process of threatening or the tendancy to threaten. • MINACITY n. the state of being threatening. |
| MINATORY | • minatory adj. Threatening, menacing. • MINATORY adj. menacing, also MINATORIAL. |
| MYOTONIA | • myotonia n. A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary… • MYOTONIA n. muscular spasm or rigidity. |
| TAMMYING | • tammying v. Present participle of tammy. • TAMMY v. to strain soup through a tammy. |
| THINGAMY | • thingamy n. Alternative form of thingummy. • THINGAMY n. a term used for an object or person used when the correct name cannot come to mind. |
| TYMPANIC | • tympanic adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a drum. • tympanic adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the tympanum, eardrum or middle ear. • tympanic adj. (Music) Resonant. |
| TYRAMINE | • tyramine n. (Biochemistry) A compound which occurs naturally in cheese and other foods and can cause dangerously… • TYRAMINE n. a colourless crystalline amine found in cheese, ergot etc. |