| ANTISECRECY | • antisecrecy adj. Opposing or countering secrecy. • ANTISECRECY adj. against secrecy. |
| BARYCENTRIC | • barycentric adj. Of or pertaining to a centre of gravity. • BARYCENTRIC adj. relating to the centre of gravity. |
| CALEFACTORY | • calefactory adj. Warming. • calefactory n. (Architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room. • calefactory n. A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands. |
| CENTRICALLY | • centrically adv. In a centric manner or direction; centrally. • CENTRICAL adv. placed in the center or middle; central, also CENTRIC. |
| CIRCINATELY | • circinately adv. In a circinate fashion. • CIRCINATE adv. rolled up with its apex in the centre, like a young fern. |
| CLEPTOCRACY | • cleptocracy n. Alternative form of kleptocracy. • CLEPTOCRACY n. rule by thieves, also KLEPTOCRACY. |
| CRANIECTOMY | • craniectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, to relieve intracranial… • CRANIECTOMY n. surgical opening of the cranium. |
| CYBERATTACK | • cyberattack n. An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying. • cyberattack v. To launch a cyberattack. • cyber-attack n. Alternative form of cyberattack. |
| ERGATOCRACY | • ergatocracy n. Government by the workers. • ERGATOCRACY n. government by the workers or the working class. |
| FLYCATCHERS | • flycatchers n. Plural of flycatcher. • FLYCATCHER n. one of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. |
| KLEPTOCRACY | • kleptocracy n. A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by greed. • KLEPTOCRACY n. a government by the corrupt in which rulers use their official positions for personal gain. |
| MERITOCRACY | • meritocracy n. Rule by merit and talent. • meritocracy n. A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition. • MERITOCRACY n. government by the meritorious. |
| METHACRYLIC | • methacrylic adj. Of or pertaining to methacrylic acid or its derivatives. • METHACRYLIC adj. denoting a type of acid. |
| PERVICACITY | • pervicacity n. (Obsolete) obstinacy; pervicaciousness. • PERVICACITY n. the state of being pervicacious, stubborn, also PERVICACY. |
| PHYLACTERIC | • phylacteric adj. Of or relating to phylacteries. • PHYLACTERIC adj. of or like a phylactery, a slip of parchment inscribed with certain passages of Scripture, worn in a box on the left arm or forehead by Jewish men, also PHYLACTERICAL. |
| SPYCATCHERS | • spycatchers n. Plural of spycatcher. • SPYCATCHER n. a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities. |
| TACHYMETRIC | • tachymetric adj. Relating to tachymetry. • TACHYMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by tachymeter, also TACHYMETRICAL. |
| TECHNOCRACY | • technocracy n. A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise. • TECHNOCRACY n. government by technical experts. |
| TETRACYCLIC | • tetracyclic adj. (Organic chemistry) Having four rings. • tetracyclic adj. (Medicine) Describing any pharmaceutical based upon tetracycline. • tetracyclic n. Any drug derived from tetracycline. |