| ASTROCYTIC | • astrocytic adj. Of or pertaining to the astrocytes. • ASTROCYTIC adj. relating to an astrocyte, a much-branched, star-shaped neuroglia cell. |
| ASYMPTOTIC | • asymptotic adj. (Mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity. • asymptotic adj. (Mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity. • ASYMPTOTIC adj. of a line, approaching a curve but meeting it only at infinity, also ASYMPTOTICAL. |
| AUTOPHYTIC | • AUTOPHYTIC adj. like an autophyte, an autotrophic plant, as any green plant. |
| CALOTYPIST | • calotypist n. A person who makes calotypes. • CALOTYPIST n. one who works with calotypes, an early kind of photograph. |
| COACTIVITY | • coactivity n. Acting together or in concert; unity of action. • COACTIVITY n. unity of action. |
| CRYOSTATIC | • cryostatic adj. Of or pertaining to a cryostat or to cryostasis. • cryostatic adj. (Geology) of or pertaining to the pressure exerted on soil or rocks by the freezing of water. • CRYOSTATIC adj. relating to the use of a cryostat, an apparatus for achieving or demonstrating cooling by evaporation; any apparatus for obtaining a low temperature. |
| CYTOPATHIC | • cytopathic adj. That damages or destroys cells. • CYTOPATHIC adj. producing pathological changes in cells. |
| CYTOSTATIC | • cytostatic adj. Tending to inhibit the growth and multiplication of cells. • cytostatic n. Any substance which inhibits cell growth and multiplication. • CYTOSTATIC adj. tending to retard cellular activity and multiplication. |
| EXCITATORY | • excitatory adj. Stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative. • EXCITATORY adj. tending to excite. |
| GYROSTATIC | • gyrostatic adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing a gyrostat. • gyrostatic adj. (Physics) Of or pertaining to gyrostatics. • GYROSTATIC adj. of or pertaining to the gyrostat or to gyrostatics. |
| HYPOSTATIC | • hypostatic adj. (Theology) Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union. • hypostatic adj. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances. • hypostatic adj. (Medicine) Pertaining to hypostasis; depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting. |
| HYPOTACTIC | • hypotactic adj. Of or relating to hypotaxis. • HYPOTACTIC adj. relating to hypotaxis, a dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with conjunctions. |
| OSCITANTLY | • oscitantly adv. In an oscitant manner. • OSCITANT adv. yawning; gaping. |
| PYROSTATIC | • PYROSTATIC adj. relating to a pyrostat, a thermostat used at high temperatures. |
| STAYCATION | • staycation n. (Informal) A vacation spent at or close to home. • staycation v. (Intransitive, informal) To spend a vacation at or close to home. • stay-cation n. Alternative form of staycation. |
| TAUTONYMIC | • TAUTONYMIC adj. like a tautonym, a taxonomic name in which genus and species are the same. |
| TOPICALITY | • topicality n. The condition of being topical. • TOPICALITY n. the state of being topical. |
| TRACHYTOID | • trachytoid adj. (Mineralogy) Resembling trachyte. • TRACHYTOID adj. resembling trachyte. |