| ACHROMATICITY | • achromaticity n. (Optics) The state or quality of being achromatic. • ACHROMATICITY n. the state of being achromatic. |
| ANTIPSYCHOTIC | • antipsychotic adj. (Pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting psychosis. • antipsychotic n. (Pharmacology) Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis. • ANTIPSYCHOTIC adj. alleviating psychosis. |
| ARCHITECTONIC | • architectonic adj. Relating to or characteristic of architecture, design and construction. • architectonic adj. (Figuratively) Foundational, fundamental; supporting the structure of a morality, society, or culture. • architectonic adj. Relating to the scientific systematization of the totality of knowledge. |
| CATECHISATION | • CATECHISATION n. the act of catechising, also CATECHIZATION. |
| CATECHIZATION | • catechization n. The act of catechizing. • CATECHIZATION n. the act of catechizing, also CATECHISATION. |
| CATHOLICITIES | • catholicities n. Plural of catholicity. • CATHOLICITY n. broad-mindedness; inclusiveness. |
| CHRESTOMATHIC | • chrestomathic adj. (Of teaching or learning) That has a practical use. • chrestomathic n. A practical handbook. • CHRESTOMATHIC adj. of or like a chrestomathy, a selection of passages compiled as an aid to learning a language, also CHRESTOMATHICAL. |
| CHROMATOLYTIC | • chromatolytic adj. Relating to chromatolysis. • CHROMATOLYTIC adj. relating to chromatolysis. |
| COSMOTHETICAL | • cosmothetical adj. Synonym of cosmothetic. • COSMOTHETICAL adj. assuming an external world, also COSMOTHETIC. |
| INTRATHORACIC | • intrathoracic adj. (Anatomy) Within the thorax. • INTRATHORACIC adj. situated or occurring within the thorax. |
| METACHROMATIC | • metachromatic adj. Exhibiting, or pertaining to, metachromasia. • METACHROMATIC adj. of dyes, capable of staining cells so that they turn a different colour to that of the dye. |
| NONARCHITECTS | • nonarchitects n. Plural of nonarchitect. • NONARCHITECT n. one who is not an architect. |
| OYSTERCATCHER | • oystercatcher n. Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange… • OYSTERCATCHER n. a black and white wading bird, with red bill and feet, feeding on limpets and mussels (not oysters). |
| PLECTOGNATHIC | • plectognathic adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the plectognaths. • PLECTOGNATHIC adj. belonging to an order of bony fishes including filefishes, also PLECTOGNATHOUS. |
| SCHOLASTICATE | • scholasticate n. A college for Roman Catholic scholastics planning to enter a religious order or seminary; The studies… • SCHOLASTICATE n. a preparatory college for those intending to enter Catholic order. |
| TACHISTOSCOPE | • tachistoscope n. A device that displays a series of brief images; used by psychologists to investigate perception, memory and learning. • TACHISTOSCOPE n. an instrument for rapidly showing images on a screen to test perception. |
| TACHOMETRICAL | • TACHOMETRICAL adj. relating to measurement by tachometer, also TACHOMETRIC. |
| THALATTOCRACY | • thalattocracy n. (Rare) Thalassocracy. • THALATTOCRACY n. sovereignty of the seas, also THALASSOCRACY. |
| TRANSTHORACIC | • transthoracic adj. (Anatomy) Across the thorax. • TRANSTHORACIC adj. done or made by way of the thoracic cavity. |
| TROPHALLACTIC | • trophallactic adj. Relating to trophallaxis. • TROPHALLACTIC adj. relating to trophallaxis, mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |