| AUTOTROPHIC | • autotrophic adj. (Biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using… • AUTOTROPHIC adj. capable of building up food materials from inorganic matter. |
| CATAPHRACTS | • cataphracts n. Plural of cataphract. • CATAPHRACT n. a suit of mail; a soldier in full armour. |
| CATASTROPHE | • catastrophe n. Any large and disastrous event of great significance. • catastrophe n. (Insurance) A disaster beyond expectations. • catastrophe n. (Narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement. |
| CRYPTARITHM | • cryptarithm n. Synonym of alphametic (“type of puzzle”). • CRYPTARITHM n. an arithmetic problem in which letters have been substituted for numbers and which is solved by finding all possible pairings of digits with letters that produce a numerically correct answer. |
| 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. |
| HEPTARCHIST | • heptarchist n. A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. • HEPTARCHIST n. a ruler in a heptarchy. |
| HYPERSTATIC | • hyperstatic adj. (Physics) statically indeterminate. • HYPERSTATIC adj. excessively static. |
| PARACHUTIST | • parachutist n. Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport. • PARACHUTIST n. one that parachutes. |
| PARENTHETIC | • parenthetic adj. Of, pertaining to, or as if using parentheses. • parenthetic adj. (Of speech) That digresses; discursive or rambling. • PARENTHETIC adj. relating to parenthesis, also PARENTHETICAL. |
| PARESTHETIC | • paresthetic adj. Of or pertaining to paresthesia. • PARESTHETIC adj. relating to paresthesia. |
| 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. |
| THERAPEUTIC | • therapeutic adj. Of, or relating to therapy. • therapeutic adj. Having a positive effect on the body or mind. • therapeutic n. (Medicine) A therapeutic agent. |
| WATCHSTRAPS | • watchstraps n. Plural of watchstrap. • watch␣straps n. Plural of watch strap. • WATCHSTRAP n. the strap of a watch. |