| AMPHIPROTIC | • amphiprotic adj. (Chemistry) Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric. • AMPHIPROTIC adj. having both protophilic (basic) and protogenic (acidic) properties. |
| APOSTROPHIC | • apostrophic adj. (Rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue). • apostrophic adj. (Orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ’). • APOSTROPHIC adj. relating to apostrophe. |
| APPARATCHIK | • apparatchik n. (Historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. • apparatchik n. A blindly loyal bureaucrat. • APPARATCHIK n. (Russian) a member of the (Soviet) bureaucracy; now extended to apply to any inflexible organisation man, particularly in a political party. |
| CRYPTOGRAPH | • cryptograph n. A cipher or cryptogram. • cryptograph n. A device used for encrypting or decrypting text. • cryptograph v. (Rare) To write text using a code or cipher. |
| HAPTOTROPIC | • haptotropic adj. Of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched. • haptotropic adj. (Chemistry) Describing the movement of clusters of atoms between two ligands or other groups. • HAPTOTROPIC adj. curving in response to touch. |
| HIPPIATRICS | • hippiatrics n. Synonym of hippiatry. • HIPPIATRICS n. the study of the diseases of horses. |
| PERIHEPATIC | • perihepatic adj. (Anatomy) Surrounding the liver. • PERIHEPATIC adj. surrounding the liver. |
| PICTOGRAPHS | • pictographs n. Plural of pictograph. • PICTOGRAPH n. a picture used as a symbol for a word or phrase. |
| PICTOGRAPHY | • pictography n. Writing in pictographs; hieroglyphics. • PICTOGRAPHY n. the use of pictographs. |
| PROPHETICAL | • prophetical adj. Prophetic. • PROPHETICAL adj. related to prophesy, also PROPHETIC. |
| PROTOPATHIC | • protopathic adj. Relating to a sensory nerve that detects the presence of a stimulus without determining its location. • protopathic adj. Relating to first symptoms of a disease, as in the sense of protopathic bias. • PROTOPATHIC adj. pertaining to reception by nerves, etc. of only coarse stimuli such as heat, pain, etc.; pertaining to such nerves. |
| SAPROPHYTIC | • saprophytic adj. Relating to saprophytes. • SAPROPHYTIC adj. relating to a saprophyte. |
| TOPOGRAPHIC | • topographic adj. Of or relating to topography. • TOPOGRAPHIC adj. relating to topography, also TOPOGRAPHICAL. |
| TOUCHPAPERS | • touchpapers n. Plural of touchpaper. • touch-papers n. Plural of touch-paper. • TOUCHPAPER n. paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder. |
| TYPOGRAPHIC | • typographic adj. Relating to typography. • TYPOGRAPHIC adj. relating to typography, the art of printing or using type, also TYPOGRAPHICAL. |