| ACTINIANS | • actinians n. Plural of actinian. • ACTINIAN n. a sea-anemone, also ACTINIA. |
| AILANTHIC | • AILANTHIC adj. of or like the ailanthus tree. |
| ANABIOTIC | • anabiotic adj. Relating to, or recovering from, anabiosis. • anabiotic adj. (Medicine, archaic) Serving to resuscitate; restorative. • anabiotic n. (Medicine, archaic) A restorative remedy; a powerful stimulant. |
| ANACLITIC | • anaclitic adj. (Psychoanalysis) Denoting a person whose choice of love-interest arises from the dependence of the libido… • anaclitic adj. Pertaining to an acute emotional dependence on another person or persons. • ANACLITIC adj. characterised by anaclisis, strong emotional dependence on others. |
| ANCIPITAL | • ancipital adj. (Botany) Two-edged instead of round; said of certain flattened stems, such as those of bluegrass, and… • ancipital adj. Double; doubtful or ambiguous. • ANCIPITAL adj. two-edged and flattened, also ANCIPITOUS. |
| ANIMATICS | • animatics n. Plural of animatic. • ANIMATIC n. a section of animation in a TV commercial. |
| ANTISCIAN | • Antiscian n. (Obsolete, chiefly in the plural) One of the inhabitants of the Earth, living on different sides of… • ANTISCIAN n. a dweller on the exact opposite side of the world. |
| APHANITIC | • aphanitic adj. (Geology, petrology) Pertaining to aphanites, igneous rocks composed of microscopic mineral crystals… • APHANITIC adj. of igneous rocks, like aphanite, fine-grained. |
| DIACTINAL | • diactinal adj. Having two rays. • diactinal adj. Relating to, or composed of diactines. • DIACTINAL adj. having two rays, also DIACT, DIACTINE. |
| LACINIATE | • laciniate adj. Bordered with a fringe. • LACINIATE adj. cut into narrow lobes; finely fringed, also LACINIATED. |
| MATACHINI | • matachini n. A male dancer of the matachin dance. • MATACHIN n. (Spanish) a masked sword-dancer; the sword-dance itself. |
| NICOTIANA | • nicotiana n. (Horticulture) Any ornamental plant of the genus Nicotiana. • nicotiana n. Literature dealing with tobacco-smoking. • Nicotiana prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the tobacco plants. |
| PATRICIAN | • patrician n. (Ancient Rome) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens… • patrician n. A person of high birth; a nobleman. • patrician n. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life. |
| RACIATION | • raciation n. The division of people or other organisms into races. • RACIATION n. the formation locally of new biological groups smaller than species. |
| TACTICIAN | • tactician n. A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics. • TACTICIAN n. one skilled in tactics. |
| VATICINAL | • vaticinal adj. Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic. • VATICINAL adj. of or pertaining to prophecy. |
| VICARIANT | • vicariant adj. Of, relating to, or as a result of vicariance. • vicariant n. Any of a set of species, in separate geographical locations, that have arisen through vicariance. • VICARIANT n. a species, variety, etc., of plant or animal forming the counterpart in one area or on one soil to a closely related form native to another area. |