| BIOPIRACY | • biopiracy n. (Derogatory) The appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally… • BIOPIRACY n. the use of wild plants by international corporations to develop drugs without recompensing the countries from which they are taken. |
| CARIOSITY | • cariosity n. (Medicine) caries. • CARIOSITY n. the state of being cariose. |
| 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. |
| CHIRIMOYA | • chirimoya n. Alternative form of cherimoya. • CHIRIMOYA n. (Quechua) a Peruvian fruit resembling the custard apple, also CHERIMOYA, CHERIMOYER. |
| FIDUCIARY | • fiduciary adj. (Law) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the… • fiduciary adj. Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities. • fiduciary adj. (Nonstandard) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial. |
| GRACILITY | • gracility n. (Often anatomy, botany, zoology) The property or condition of being gracile. • GRACILITY n. slenderness. |
| INTRACITY | • intracity adj. Within a city. • INTRACITY adj. between cities. |
| INTRICACY | • intricacy n. The state or quality of being intricate or entangled. • intricacy n. Perplexity. • intricacy n. Something which is intricate or complex. |
| IRASCIBLY | • irascibly adv. In an irascible manner. • IRASCIBLE adv. easily angered, irritable. |
| IRRITANCY | • irritancy n. The quality of being irritant or irritating. • irritancy n. (Law, Scotland) The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity. • IRRITANCY n. the state of being null and void. |
| ITINERACY | • itineracy n. Alternative spelling of itinerancy. • ITINERACY n. making journeys from place to place, also ITINERANCY. |
| JUDICIARY | • judiciary n. The collective body of judges, justices, etc. • judiciary n. The court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc. • judiciary adj. Judicial. |
| MYDRIATIC | • mydriatic adj. (Biology, medicine) Pertaining to or causing mydriasis (the dilation of the pupil of the eye). • mydriatic n. (Pharmacology) A drug that causes mydriasis. • MYDRIATIC adj. causing dilatation of the pupil of the eye. |
| OFFICIARY | • officiary adj. Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official. • officiary n. (Historical) A Scottish land division, part of a large estate. • OFFICIARY n. a body of officers; an official body. |
| PYRAMIDIC | • pyramidic adj. Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form or imposing presence of a pyramid; pyramidal. • PYRAMIDIC adj. of or like a pyramid, also PYRAMIDICAL. |
| PYRITICAL | • pyritical adj. (Mineralogy) Relating to, resembling, or consisting of pyrites. • PYRITICAL adj. consisting of, or resembling, pyrites, also PYRITIC, PYRITOUS. |
| RANCIDITY | • rancidity n. The state of being rancid. • RANCIDITY n. the state of being rancid. |
| RIFAMYCIN | • rifamycin n. (Pharmacology) Any of a group of antibiotics, a subclass of the ansamycins, which are synthesized either… • RIFAMYCIN n. an antibiotic. |
| SYBARITIC | • sybaritic adj. Of or having the qualities of a sybarite (“a person devoted to luxury and pleasure”); dedicated to excessive… • Sybaritic adj. Of or relating to Sybaris or its inhabitants. • Sybaritic adj. Alternative letter-case form of sybaritic (“of or having the qualities of a sybarite (“a person devoted… |