| ACETYLATE | • acetylate v. (Chemistry) To react with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; to introduce one or more acetyl groups… • ACETYLATE v. to introduce the acetyl radical into (a compound). |
| ASTROCYTE | • astrocyte n. (Neurology) A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain. • ASTROCYTE n. a much-branched, star-shaped neuroglia cell. |
| ATHROCYTE | • athrocyte n. (Biology) A cell that ingests foreign particles. • ATHROCYTE n. a cell having the ability to move and store foreign matter. |
| CATHOLYTE | • catholyte n. The portion of an electrolyte near a cathode, especially in a cell in which the cathode and anode are… • catholyte n. (Flow batteries) The liquid cathode. • CATHOLYTE n. the part of the electrode that surrounds the cathode in an electrolytic cell, also CATOLYTE. |
| CATOLYTES | • CATOLYTE n. the electrolyte near the cathode, also CATHOLYTE. |
| CATTLEYAS | • cattleyas n. Plural of cattleya. • CATTLEYA n. a tropical orchid. |
| CERTAINTY | • certainty n. The state of being certain. • certainty n. An instance of being certain. • certainty n. A fact or truth unquestionably established. |
| CYTASTERS | • CYTASTER n. a structure formed in a cell. |
| CYTOTAXES | • CYTOTAXIS n. movement of cells due to external stimulus. |
| ECTHYMATA | • ecthymata n. Plural of ecthyma. • ECTHYMA n. (Greek) a skin disease with large round pustules. |
| FRATCHETY | • fratchety adj. (UK, dialect) argumentative. • FRATCHETY adj. quarrelsome, also FRATCHING, FRATCHY. |
| INTESTACY | • intestacy n. (Law) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will. • INTESTACY n. the condition or fact of dying without having made a will. |
| OCTASTYLE | • octastyle adj. (Architecture) Having eight columns in the front row (Of a portico etc.). • octastyle n. A portico with eight columns. • OCTASTYLE adj. having eight columns at the end. |
| TACHYLITE | • tachylite n. Alternative form of tachylyte. • TACHYLITE n. a vitreous form of basalt, also TACHYLYTE. |
| TACHYLYTE | • tachylyte n. (Geology) A black, vitreous basalt of volcanic origin. • TACHYLYTE n. a vitreous form of basalt, also TACHYLITE. |
| TACTILELY | • tactilely adv. In a tactile manner; by, or relating to, the sense of touch. • TACTILE adv. pertaining to the sense of touch, also TACTUAL. |
| TETRARCHY | • tetrarchy n. (Politics) A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy… • tetrarchy n. (Geography) The land ruled by such a government, either together or separately. • TETRARCHY n. government by four people. |
| TRACHYTES | • trachytes n. Plural of trachyte. • TRACHYTE n. a light-coloured igneous rock. |
| TYCOONATE | • tycoonate n. The shogunate. • TYCOONATE n. the shogunate, the office or dignity of a shogun, a hereditary military governor of Japan. |
| TYPECASTS | • typecasts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of typecast. • TYPECAST v. to cast continually as the same type of character. |