| ACARICIDE | • acaricide n. Any substance which kills acarids (mites and ticks). • ACARICIDE n. a substance that kills mites and ticks. |
| APODICTIC | • apodictic adj. Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain. • apodictic adj. Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if… • apodictic adj. (Theology, Biblical studies) Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!". |
| CALCIFIED | • calcified v. Simple past tense and past participle of calcify. • calcified adj. Hardened from the deposit of calcium salts. • calcified adj. Made unchanging or inflexible. |
| CARCINOID | • carcinoid n. (Medicine) A form of slow-growing tumour originating in the neuroendocrine system. • CARCINOID n. a benign or malignant tumour arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract. |
| CHILIADIC | • CHILIADIC adj. relating to a chiliad, also CHILIADAL. |
| CICHLIDAE | • Cichlidae prop.n. A taxonomic family within the order Cichliformes – cichlid fishes. • CICHLIDAE n. the cichlid family of fish. |
| CIRCADIAN | • circadian adj. (Biology) of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of 24 hours; especially of a… • CIRCADIAN adj. occurring every twenty-four hours. |
| CLADISTIC | • cladistic adj. Relating to a clade. • cladistic adj. Relating to cladistics. • CLADISTIC adj. relating to cladism, a method of taxonomy. |
| COCCIDIAN | • coccidian n. Any protozoan of the subclass Coccidia. • COCCIDIAN n. any of a group of parasitic protozoa. |
| DIACRITIC | • diacritic adj. Distinguishing. • diacritic adj. (Orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character. • diacritic n. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning. |
| DIACTINIC | • diactinic adj. (Physics) Capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light. • DIACTINIC adj. capable of transmitting actinic rays. |
| DIALECTIC | • dialectic n. Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments. • dialectic n. A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction. • dialectic n. (Marxism) Progress of conflict, especially class conflict. |
| DICACIOUS | • dicacious adj. (Rare) Talkative; pert; saucy. • DICACIOUS adj. talkative; pert; saucy. |
| DICALCIUM | • dicalcium n. (Chemistry) Two atoms of calcium in a compound. • DICALCIUM adj. as in dicalcium silicate, a calcium silicate that is an essential ingredient of portland cement. |
| DIDACTICS | • didactics n. Plural of didactic. • didactics n. The art and science of teaching. • DIDACTICS n. the art or science of teaching. |
| ISCHIADIC | • ischiadic adj. Obsolete form of ischiatic. • ISCHIADIC adj. of or pertaining to the ischium or hip, also ISCHIAL, ISCHIATIC. |
| MONACIDIC | • monacidic adj. Alternative form of monoacidic. • MONACIDIC adj. designating a compound having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical. |
| NONACIDIC | • nonacidic adj. Not acidic. • NONACIDIC adj. not acidic. |
| PICCADILL | • piccadill n. (Historical) A large, broad lace collar from the 17th century. • PICCADILL n. (obsolete) a cut or vandyked edging, esp. to a woman's collar, also PICCADILLO, PICKADIL, PICKADILL, PICKADILLO. |
| RADICCHIO | • radicchio n. A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste… • RADICCHIO n. (Italian) a purple-leaved variety of chicory from Italy. |