| ACCIDENTLY | • accidently adv. (Now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally. • ACCIDENTLY adv. by chance. |
| ACETYLENIC | • acetylenic adj. (Organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives; having a carbon-to-carbon triple bond. • ACETYLENIC adj. of or like acetylene, a colourless toxic inflammable gas formed by the action of water on calcium carbide. |
| ANAPTYCTIC | • anaptyctic adj. (Phonology) Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word. • ANAPTYCTIC adj. relating to anaptyxis, the insertion of a vowel between two consonants for ease of pronunciation, also ANAPTYCTICAL. |
| ANCHYLOTIC | • anchylotic adj. Of or pertaining to anchylosis. • ANCHYLOTIC adj. relating to anchylosis, the joining together of bones or hard parts, also ANKYLOTIC. |
| ASYNTACTIC | • asyntactic adj. Not syntactic. • ASYNTACTIC adj. loosely put together, irregular, ungrammatical. |
| CANONICITY | • canonicity n. The degree to which something is canonical. • CANONICITY n. the state of being canonical. |
| CANTICOYED | • CANTICOY v. (Native American) to dance as an act of worship, also KANTIKOY, CANTICO. |
| CORYBANTIC | • corybantic adj. Frenetic, ecstatic and orgiastic. • corybantic adj. Of or pertaining to a Corybant. • CORYBANTIC adj. wild; frenzied; uncontrolled. |
| GYNOCRATIC | • gynocratic adj. Pertaining to government by women. • GYNOCRATIC adj. relating to gynocracy, female rule. |
| INCAPACITY | • incapacity n. The lack of a capacity; an inability. • incapacity n. Legal disqualification. • INCAPACITY n. the state of being incapable. |
| NYCTALOPIC | • nyctalopic adj. (Medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia. • NYCTALOPIC adj. suffering from nyctalopia, night blindness. |
| SYNCLASTIC | • synclastic adj. (Of a surface) curved toward the same side in all directions. • synclastic adj. (Mathematics) of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is positive at all points. • SYNCLASTIC adj. curved in all directions towards a single point. |
| SYNTACTICS | • syntactics n. (Relatively rare) syntax. • SYNTACTICS n. the branch of semiotics that deals with the formal properties of signs and symbols. |
| TACHYPNEIC | • tachypneic adj. Alternative form of tachypnoeic. |
| THIOCYANIC | • thiocyanic adj. Sulfocyanic. • THIOCYANIC adj. as in thiocyanic acid, the parent acid of thiocyanates. |