| ACHROMATICITY | • achromaticity n. (Optics) The state or quality of being achromatic. • ACHROMATICITY n. the state of being achromatic. |
| BACTERIOLYTIC | • bacteriolytic adj. Of, relating to, or causing bacteriolysis. • bacteriolytic adj. Antibiotic. • BACTERIOLYTIC adj. relating to bacteriolysis. |
| CATHARTICALLY | • cathartically adv. In a cathartic way. • CATHARTICAL adv. cleansing, purifying, also CATHARTIC. |
| CERTIFICATORY | • certificatory adj. Serving to certify something. • certificatory n. (Archaic) A certificate. • CERTIFICATORY n. a certificate. |
| CHROMATOLYTIC | • chromatolytic adj. Relating to chromatolysis. • CHROMATOLYTIC adj. relating to chromatolysis. |
| CONTRACTILITY | • contractility n. The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles). • contractility n. The extent to which something contracts or shrinks. • contractility n. (Physiology) The performance of cardiac muscle. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| CONTRACTIVELY | • CONTRACTIVE adv. tending to contract. |
| CONTRACTUALLY | • contractually adv. By means of a contract. • CONTRACTUAL adv. of, relating to, or constituting a contract. |
| CONTRADICTORY | • contradictory adj. That contradicts something, such as an argument. • contradictory adj. That is itself a contradiction. • contradictory adj. That is diametrically opposed to something. |
| CRYPTANALYTIC | • cryptanalytic adj. Of or pertaining to cryptanalysis or cryptanalytics. • CRYPTANALYTIC adj. relating to cryptanalysis, the decipherment of code, also CRYPTANALYTICAL. |
| CRYPTOCLASTIC | • CRYPTOCLASTIC adj. of minerals and rocks, composed of microscopic fragments. |
| CYBERATTACKER | • cyberattacker n. (Internet) The perpetrator of a cyberattack. |
| OCTOCENTENARY | • octocentenary n. An eight-hundredth anniversary. • OCTOCENTENARY n. an eight-hundredth anniversary, also OCTINGENARY, OCTINGENTENARY. |
| 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). |
| SACROSANCTITY | • sacrosanctity n. The quality of being sacrosanct. • SACROSANCTITY n. the state of being sacrosanct. |
| TACHYMETRICAL | • TACHYMETRICAL adj. relating to measurement by tachymeter, also TACHYMETRIC. |
| TETRACYCLINES | • tetracyclines n. Plural of tetracycline. • TETRACYCLINE n. a yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by streptomyces or synthetically. |
| THALATTOCRACY | • thalattocracy n. (Rare) Thalassocracy. • THALATTOCRACY n. sovereignty of the seas, also THALASSOCRACY. |