| CATATONIC | • catatonic adj. (Medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state… • catatonic adj. (Figuratively) Motionless and unresponsive, as from shock; withdrawn. • catatonic n. (Medicine) A patient in a state of catatonia. |
| CATOPTRIC | • catoptric adj. Of, relating to, or produced by mirrors or reflections. • CATOPTRIC adj. relating to reflection, also CATOPTRICAL. |
| COARCTATE | • coarctate adj. (Medicine) Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed. • coarctate adj. (Entomology) (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium. • coarctate v. (Obsolete) To press together; to crowd. |
| CONTACTED | • contacted v. Simple past tense and past participle of contact. • CONTACT v. to communicate with. |
| CONTACTEE | • contactee n. A person who is contacted by someone. • contactee n. (Ufology, dated) A person who has been contacted by alien beings from outer space. • CONTACTEE n. a person contacted by aliens. |
| CONTACTOR | • contactor n. (Electrical engineering) A relay used to control an electrical power circuit. • CONTACTOR n. a device for repeatedly making or breaking an electric circuit. |
| CONTRACTS | • contracts n. Plural of contract. • contracts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contract. • CONTRACT v. to decrease in size. |
| CORTICATE | • corticate adj. Sheathed in bark or in a cortex. • corticate n. Any of the common ancestors of Plantae and Chromista (or chromalveolates or other grouping of similar organisms). • CORTICATE adj. having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part, e.g. bark, also CORTICATED. |
| CUNCTATOR | • cunctator n. One who delays or lingers. • CUNCTATOR n. (Latin) someone who delays or procrastinates. |
| GEOTACTIC | • geotactic adj. Of or pertaining to geotaxis. • GEOTACTIC adj. relating to geotaxis, the response of an organism to gravity, also GEOTACTICAL. |
| ISOTACTIC | • isotactic adj. (Chemistry, of a polymer) Having substituents arranged in the same (rather than random) configuration… • ISOTACTIC adj. of a polymer, with its attached groups of atoms in a regular order on one side of the chain. |
| OCTASTICH | • octastich n. A poem or strophe of eight verses or lines. • OCTASTICH n. a poem or stanza of eight lines, also OCTASTICHON. |
| RECONTACT | • recontact v. To contact again. • RECONTACT v. to contact again. |
| STACCATOS | • staccatos n. Plural of staccato. • STACCATO n. (Italian) a musical passage with each note detached. |
| STICCATOS | • STICCATO n. (Italian) an instrument like a xylophone, also STICCADO. |
| STOCCATAS | • stoccatas n. Plural of stoccata. • STOCCATA n. (Italian) a straight thrust with a rapier, also STOCCADO. |
| TOCCATINA | • toccatina n. (Music) A short or simple toccata. • TOCCATINA n. a short toccata, a quick, fantasia-like musical composition. |