| ANCHORETIC | • anchoretic adj. Relating to an anchoret or hermit. • ANCHORETIC adj. of or like an anchoret, also ANCHORETICAL. |
| ANCHORITIC | • anchoritic adj. Of or pertaining to an anchorite. • ANCHORITIC adj. of or like an anchorite, also ANCHORITICAL. |
| ANCHYLOTIC | • anchylotic adj. Of or pertaining to anchylosis. • ANCHYLOTIC adj. relating to anchylosis, the joining together of bones or hard parts, also ANKYLOTIC. |
| ANTICHOICE | • antichoice adj. Alternative form of anti-choice. • anti-choice adj. (Derogatory, dysphemistic) Not pro-choice; opposed to the individual’s choice, especially of abortion or euthanasia. • ANTICHOICE adj. opposed to abortion. |
| CATAPHONIC | • cataphonic adj. Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic. • CATAPHONIC adj. of or relating to cataphonics, the area of the science of acoustics that deals with echoes or reflected sounds. |
| CATHOLICON | • catholicon n. (Medicine) A supposed universal remedy. • catholicon n. (Orthodox Christianity) A large urban church used for large gatherings. • Catholicon prop.n. An early Latin dictionary, the Summa grammaticalis quae vocatur Catholicon. |
| CENOTAPHIC | • cenotaphic adj. Pertaining to or of the nature of a cenotaph. • CENOTAPHIC adj. like a cenotaph. |
| CHATOYANCE | • chatoyance n. Chatoyancy. • CHATOYANCE n. the quality of being chatoyant, having a changing lustre, also CHATOYANCY. |
| CHATOYANCY | • chatoyancy n. The state or condition of being chatoyant. • CHATOYANCY n. the quality of being chatoyant, having a changing lustre, also CHATOYANCE. |
| CHECKLATON | • checklaton n. Alternative form of ciclatoun. • CHECKLATON n. (Spenser) a kind of gilt leather, also SCHECKLATON, SHECKLATON. |
| CHOANOCYTE | • choanocyte n. (Cytology) any of the cells in sponges that contain a flagellum, and are used to control the movement of water. • CHOANOCYTE n. a cell in which the flagellum is surrounded by a sheath of protoplasm. |
| COELACANTH | • coelacanth n. Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis… • coelacanth n. Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years. • cœlacanth n. Obsolete form of coelacanth. |
| CORNSTARCH | • cornstarch n. A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from… • corn␣starch n. Alternative form of cornstarch. • CORNSTARCH n. starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc. |
| NOTCHBACKS | • notchbacks n. Plural of notchback. • NOTCHBACK n. a car whose roof does not slope continuously from the roof to the bumper, but juts out from the bottom of the rear window. |
| STRACCHINO | • stracchino n. A type of Italian cow’s-milk cheese, typical of Lombardy. • STRACCHINO n. (Italian) a type of soft whole-milk Italian cheese. |
| TECHNOCRAT | • technocrat n. An advocate of technocracy. • technocrat n. An expert in some technology, especially one in a managerial or administrative role. • technocrat n. An individual who makes decisions based solely on technical information and not personal or public opinion. |
| THIOCYANIC | • thiocyanic adj. Sulfocyanic. • THIOCYANIC adj. as in thiocyanic acid, the parent acid of thiocyanates. |