| AUTOGENIC | • autogenic adj. Self-produced. • autogenic adj. Independent of a medium. • autogenic adj. (Specifically, of a process of soldering) Performed by fusing the parts to be joined without adding solder. |
| CALCIFUGE | • calcifuge n. Any plant that does not thrive in a soil rich in lime or chalk. • CALCIFUGE n. a plant that will not tolerate limy soil. |
| CIGUATERA | • ciguatera n. A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin. • CIGUATERA n. (Spanish) poisoning caused by the ingestion of various normally edible tropical fish in whose flesh a toxin has accumulated. |
| CINGULATE | • cingulate adj. (Anatomy) Pertaining to a cingulum. • cingulate n. Any mammal of the order Cingulata, the armadillos. • CINGULATE adj. having a girdle, also CINGULATED. |
| COUSINAGE | • cousinage n. (Obsolete) relationship; kinship. • COUSINAGE n. relationship; kinship. |
| CURTILAGE | • curtilage n. (Law) The area immediately surrounding a house, especially dooryard areas and sometimes including closely… • CURTILAGE n. an area of land encompassing a dwelling and its surrounding yard, considered as enclosed whether fenced or not. |
| EDUCATING | • educating v. Present participle of educate. • EDUCATE v. to teach. |
| EUGENICAL | • eugenical adj. (Dated) Relating to eugenics. • EUGENICAL adj. relating to genetic improvement of a race by judicious mating, also EUGENIC. |
| GAUCHERIE | • gaucherie n. (Countable) A socially tactless or awkward act. • gaucherie n. (Uncountable) Lack of tact; tactlessness; awkwardness. • GAUCHERIE n. (French) an awkward or socially unacceptable remark. |
| GENICULAR | • genicular adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the knee. • genicular adj. Relating to a geniculum. • GENICULAR adj. relating to the knee. |
| GRATICULE | • graticule n. A grid of horizontal and vertical lines. • graticule n. (Specifically, optics, Britain) A reticle. • graticule n. (Specifically, geography) The network of lines of latitude and longitude that make up a coordinate system… |
| GUIDANCES | • guidances n. Plural of guidance. • GUIDANCE n. advice. |
| GYNAECIUM | • gynaecium n. Alternative form of gynaeceum. • gynæcium n. Obsolete typography of gynaecium. • GYNAECIUM n. the pistil of a flower, also GYNECIUM, GYNAECEUM. |
| MEGACURIE | • megacurie n. The unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies. • MEGACURIE n. a unit of radiation, a million curies. |
| MUCILAGES | • mucilages n. Plural of mucilage. • MUCILAGE n. an adhesive substance. |
| MUTAGENIC | • mutagenic adj. Capable of causing mutation. • mutagenic adj. Relating to mutagenesis. • MUTAGENIC adj. inducing mutations. |
| NEURALGIC | • neuralgic adj. (Neurology, pathology) Pertaining to or affected by neuralgia. • neuralgic n. A person afflicted by neuralgia. • NEURALGIC adj. of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia. |
| UNCEASING | • unceasing adj. Continuous; continuing indefinitely without stopping. • UNCEASING adj. not ceasing. |
| ZEUGMATIC | • zeugmatic adj. Involving zeugma. • ZEUGMATIC adj. of or pertaining to zeugma, the literary device of using word to modify two other words with only one of which it is correctly used. |