| AGRYPNOTICS | • agrypnotics n. Plural of agrypnotic. • AGRYPNOTIC n. a drug or agent that reduces insomnia. |
| ASTRINGENCY | • astringency n. An astringent taste. • astringency n. That which acts as an astringent, causing contraction of soft tissue to restrict the flow of blood. • ASTRINGENCY n. being astringent, also ASTRINGENCE. |
| CASTIGATORY | • castigatory adj. Serving or tending to castigate. • castigatory n. (Obsolete) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; the ducking stool or trebucket. • CASTIGATORY adj. tending to castigate. |
| CERARGYRITE | • cerargyrite n. (Mineralogy) A mineral form of silver chloride, AgCl, that is a rare ore of silver; horn silver. • CERARGYRITE n. a mineral consisting of silver chloride in crystalline form, aka horn silver. |
| CONTRARYING | • contrarying v. Present participle of contrary. • CONTRARY v. to oppose, contradict. |
| COSIGNATORY | • cosignatory adj. Signed or signing jointly. • cosignatory n. Any of several people who sign a document together (especially a treaty). • COSIGNATORY n. a joint signer, also CONSIGNATORY. |
| CRYPTOGAMIC | • cryptogamic adj. Of or pertaining to the cryptogams. • CRYPTOGAMIC adj. of or like a cryptogam, also CRYPTOGAMIAN. |
| CYBERNATING | • cybernating v. Present participle of cybernate. • CYBERNATE v. to control by means of a computer. |
| GLYCERINATE | • glycerinate v. (Transitive) To react or treat with glycerine. • GLYCERINATE v. to treat with or preserve in glycerin. |
| GYROSTATICS | • gyrostatics n. (Physics) The study of rotating bodies. • GYROSTATICS n. the study of rotating bodies. |
| HYPOGASTRIC | • hypogastric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium. • HYPOGASTRIC adj. pertaining to lower middle abdominal region. |
| INTERAGENCY | • interagency adj. Between or among agencies. • interagency n. Intermediate agency. • inter-agency adj. Alternative spelling of interagency. |
| OCTINGENARY | • OCTINGENARY n. an eight-hundredth anniversary, also OCTINGENTENARY, OCTOCENTENARY. |
| PHARYNGITIC | • pharyngitic adj. Of or relating to pharyngitis. • PHARYNGITIC adj. relating to pharyngitis, inflammation of the pharynx. |
| PICTOGRAPHY | • pictography n. Writing in pictographs; hieroglyphics. • PICTOGRAPHY n. the use of pictographs. |
| TRACKLAYING | • tracklaying n. (Rail transport) The work that involves putting the track in place. • TRACKLAYING n. the laying of tracks on a railway line. |
| TRADUCINGLY | • traducingly adv. By traduction; slanderously. • TRADUCING adv. maligning. |
| TRAGICOMEDY | • tragicomedy n. (Uncountable) The genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy. • tragicomedy n. (Countable) A drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy. • TRAGICOMEDY n. a drama or a situation blending tragic and comic elements. |
| TYPOGRAPHIC | • typographic adj. Relating to typography. • TYPOGRAPHIC adj. relating to typography, the art of printing or using type, also TYPOGRAPHICAL. |