| ACCLIVITY | • acclivity n. (Geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending… • ACCLIVITY n. an upward slope. |
| ALICYCLIC | • alicyclic adj. (Organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds having both aliphatic (chain) and cyclic (ring) structure. • alicyclic n. Such an organic compound. • ALICYCLIC adj. denoting organic compounds that are both aliphatic and cyclic, i.e. aliphatic in chemical behaviour but having their carbon atoms in a ring, also CYCLOALIPHATIC. |
| CALLIDITY | • callidity n. (Obsolete) craftiness, cunning. • CALLIDITY n. shrewdness. |
| CHIRALITY | • chirality n. The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other… • CHIRALITY n. the chemical property of structural handedness. |
| CILIATELY | • CILIATE adv. possessing cilia, also CILIATED. |
| CIVICALLY | • civically adv. In a civic manner. • CIVIC adv. pertaining to a city. |
| FINICALLY | • finically adv. In a finical manner. • FINICAL adv. particular about unimportant matters, also FINICKETY, FINICKIN, FINICKING, FINICKY, FINIKIN, FINIKING, FINNICKY. |
| GRACILITY | • gracility n. (Often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile. • GRACILITY n. slenderness. |
| INVIOLACY | • inviolacy n. The state or quality of being inviolate. • INVIOLACY n. the state of being inviolate. |
| IONICALLY | • ionically adv. (Chemistry) using ionic bonds. • IONIC adv. relating to a kind of chemical bond. |
| IRASCIBLY | • irascibly adv. In an irascible manner. • IRASCIBLE adv. easily angered, irritable. |
| MILITANCY | • militancy n. The quality of being militant. • MILITANCY n. the condition or fact of being militant, esp. in pursuing a political or social end, also MILITANCE. |
| PLACIDITY | • placidity n. The state of being placid; peacefulness. • PLACIDITY n. the state of being placid. |
| PYCNIDIAL | • pycnidial adj. Relating to the pycnidium. • PYCNIDIAL adj. relating to a pycnidium, a roundish fructification formed by many species of fungi. |
| PYRITICAL | • pyritical adj. (Mineralogy) Relating to, resembling, or consisting of pyrites. • PYRITICAL adj. consisting of, or resembling, pyrites, also PYRITIC, PYRITOUS. |
| SALICYLIC | • salicylic adj. Derived from salicin. • SALICYLIC adj. as in salicylic acid, a bitter-tasting derivative of phenol that is used in making aspirin and dyes and as a fungicide. |
| SIBILANCY | • sibilancy n. The state or property of being sibilant. • SIBILANCY n. pronunciation with a hissing sound, also SIBILANCE. |
| SOCIALITY | • sociality n. The character of being social; sociability. • sociality n. The quality of an animal kind of being social. • SOCIALITY n. the quality of being social. |
| TACTILITY | • tactility n. The condition of being tactile (relating to or able to be perceived by the sense of touch). • tactility n. The ability to feel pressure or pain through touch. • TACTILITY n. the state of being tactile. |