| ACCREDITING | • accrediting v. Present participle of accredit. • ACCREDIT v. to accept as true. |
| ACHONDRITIC | • achondritic adj. (Geology) Of or pertaining to achondrites, a type of stony meteorite. • ACHONDRITIC adj. of or like an achondrite, a stony meteorite without rounded grains. |
| ACIDIMETRIC | • acidimetric adj. (Chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an acid. • ACIDIMETRIC adj. relating to acidimetry, the measurement of the strength of acids. |
| ARACHIDONIC | • arachidonic adj. Of or pertaining to arachidonic acid or its derivatives. • ARACHIDONIC adj. as in arachidonic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid occurring in animal cells. |
| BACTERICIDE | • bactericide n. Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless. • BACTERICIDE n. an agent that kills bacteria. |
| CANTHARIDIC | • cantharidic adj. Related to, composed of, or derived from cantharides. • CANTHARIDIC adj. of or like a cantharid, also CANTHARIDAL, CANTHARIDIAN. |
| CARDIOGENIC | • cardiogenic adj. Originating in the heart. • cardiogenic adj. Resulting from a disorder of the heart. • CARDIOGENIC adj. originating in the heart. |
| CARDIOTONIC | • cardiotonic adj. That has a favourable (tonic) effect on the action of the heart. • cardiotonic n. Any drug or substance having a tonic effect on the heart. • CARDIOTONIC n. a substance that tends to increase the tonus of heart muscle. |
| CHARACINOID | • CHARACINOID adj. of or like a characin. |
| CODICILLARY | • codicillary adj. Of or pertaining to a codicil. • CODICILLARY adj. relating to a codicil. |
| CROCODILIAN | • crocodilian n. Any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial. • crocodilian adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling crocodiles. • CROCODILIAN n. any of an order of reptiles including the crocodiles, alligators, caimans, gharials, and related extinct forms. |
| CYLINDRICAL | • cylindrical adj. Shaped like a cylinder. • cylindrical adj. (Cartography) Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped onto vertical lines and parallels… • CYLINDRICAL adj. shaped like a cylinder, also CYLINDRIC. |
| DECALCIFIER | • decalcifier n. A chemical or device that decalcifies. • DECALCIFIER n. an agent that decalcifies. |
| DIACRITICAL | • diacritical adj. Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction. • diacritical adj. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic. • diacritical n. A diacritic (mark). |
| DICHROMATIC | • dichromatic adj. Having two colors. • dichromatic adj. (Pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished. • dichromatic adj. (Zoology) having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye. |
| DICTATRICES | • dictatrices n. Plural of dictatrix. • DICTATRIX n. a female dictator, also DICTATRESS. |
| DISACCHARID | • DISACCHARID n. any of a class of sugars, such as maltose, lactose, and sucrose, having two linked monosaccharide units per molecule. |
| DISACCREDIT | • DISACCREDIT v. to remove accreditation from. |
| PERICARDIAC | • pericardiac adj. Alternative form of pericardial. • PERICARDIAC adj. relating to the pericardium, a membranous sac containing the heart, also PERICARDIAL, PERICARDIAN. |
| RADIOSCOPIC | • radioscopic adj. Of or pertaining to radioscopy. • RADIOSCOPIC adj. related to radioscopy, the examination of opaque bodies by X-rays. |