| APPROPRIACY | • appropriacy n. The extent to which something is suitable or appropriate for a certain circumstance, occasion, etc; appropriateness. • APPROPRIACY n. the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms. |
| BRACHYPRISM | • BRACHYPRISM n. a prism parallel to the brachydiagonal. |
| CARYOPTERIS | • caryopteris n. Any Asian shrub of the genus Caryopteris. • CARYOPTERIS n. any of several deciduous subshrubs of the genus Caryopteris, having small, blue flowers. |
| CHIROGRAPHY | • chirography n. Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one’s personal skill at writing. • chirography n. Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing. • chirography n. Synonym of autograph, writing in one’s own hand. |
| CORPORALITY | • corporality n. (Obsolete) The state of being or having a body (being corporal/corporeal); bodily existence. • corporality n. (Obsolete) A confraternity; a guild. • CORPORALITY n. the state of being or having a body or a material or physical existence. |
| 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. |
| CRYPTOMERIA | • cryptomeria n. A Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica. • Cryptomeria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – one species, the Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)… • Cryptomeria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – a genus of moths. |
| GRANOPHYRIC | • granophyric adj. (Petrology) Having a texture resembling that of classic granophyre. • GRANOPHYRIC adj. of or like a granophyre. |
| HYPERCARBIA | • hypercarbia n. (Medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood. • HYPERCARBIA n. hypercapnia, also HYPERCAPNIA. |
| IMPRECATORY | • imprecatory adj. That imprecates or invokes evil. • IMPRECATORY adj. of or like an imprecation. |
| MICROGRAPHY | • micrography n. The description of microscopic objects. • micrography n. An ancient Jewish form of calligram, using tiny Hebrew letters to form designs. • micrography n. Examination or study by means of the microscope, as of an etched surface of metal to determine its structure. |
| PARTURIENCY | • parturiency n. Parturition. • PARTURIENCY n. the condition of being ready to give birth. |
| PREDICATORY | • predicatory adj. Affirmative; positive. • PREDICATORY adj. pertaining to preaching or a preacher. |
| PRELITERACY | • preliteracy n. The period before literacy, when a person or culture has not yet learned to read and write. • PRELITERACY n. the state of being preliterate, not having developed a written language. |
| PROCARYOTIC | • procaryotic adj. Misspelling of prokaryotic. • PROCARYOTIC adj. like a procaryote. |
| PROKARYOTIC | • prokaryotic adj. Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria. • prokaryotic adj. Of cells, lacking a nucleus. • PROKARYOTIC adj. of or like a prokaryote. |
| PYROGRAPHIC | • pyrographic adj. Relating to pyrography. • PYROGRAPHIC adj. relating to pyrography. |