| ACCRETION | • accretion n. The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession… • accretion n. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition. • accretion n. Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item. |
| ACROBATIC | • acrobatic adj. Of or pertaining to an acrobat. • acrobatic adj. Vigorously active (Can we add an example for this sense?). • ACROBATIC adj. like an acrobat, agile. |
| ACROSTICS | • acrostics n. Plural of acrostic. • ACROSTIC n. a poem in acronym form. |
| ANORECTIC | • anorectic adj. Characterised by a lack of appetite, especially as suffering from anorexia nervosa; anorexic. • anorectic adj. Causing a loss of appetite. • anorectic n. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa; an anorexic. |
| ARCHONTIC | • archontic adj. Of or relating to an archon. • Archontic adj. (Historical) Pertaining to a Gnostic group or sect prominent in late antique Egypt. • Archontic n. (Historical) A member of this group. |
| CACTIFORM | • cactiform adj. Resembling a cactus. • CACTIFORM adj. cactus-shaped. |
| CAPACITOR | • capacitor n. (Electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially… • CAPACITOR n. an electrical device capable of storing electric charge. |
| CATEGORIC | • categoric adj. Categorical. • CATEGORIC adj. positive; absolute, also CATEGORICAL. |
| CATOPTRIC | • catoptric adj. Of, relating to, or produced by mirrors or reflections. • CATOPTRIC adj. relating to reflection, also CATOPTRICAL. |
| CHOREATIC | • choreatic adj. Of or relating to chorea. • CHOREATIC adj. of or like chorea. |
| CHROMATIC | • chromatic adj. Uses relating to colour. • chromatic adj. (Not comparable, music). • chromatic adj. (Biology) Relating to chromatin (“a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of… |
| CORTICATE | • corticate adj. Sheathed in bark or in a cortex. • corticate n. Any of the common ancestors of Plantae and Chromista (or chromalveolates or other grouping of similar organisms). • CORTICATE adj. having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part, e.g. bark, also CORTICATED. |
| COTICULAR | • coticular adj. Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones. • COTICULAR adj. (obsolete) of or pertaining to whetstones. |
| DRACONTIC | • dracontic adj. Alternative form of draconic (“suggestive of dragons”). • DRACONTIC adj. unusually harsh, also DRACONIAN, DRACONIC. |
| ISOCRATIC | • isocratic adj. Of or relating to isocracy. • isocratic adj. (Chemistry, of an HPLC system) which resolves a solute using a solvent system that does not change composition… • Isocratic adj. Of or relating to Isocrates (Greek: Ἰσοκράτης; 436–338 BC), an Ancient Greek rhetorician. |
| NARCOTICS | • narcotics n. Plural of narcotic. • narcotics adj. Alternative form of narcotic; Pertaining to narcotic drugs. • narcotics adj. (Law enforcement, law, politics) Pertaining to illicit drugs, especially psychoactive ones. |
| PROCACITY | • procacity n. (Dated) forwardness; pertness; petulance; an instance of such. • PROCACITY n. forwardness, insolence, pertness. |
| SARCOPTIC | • sarcoptic adj. Pertaining to, or caused by mites of the genus Sarcoptes. • SARCOPTIC adj. relating to a genus of small mites. |
| TIMOCRACY | • timocracy n. (Platonism) A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers. • timocracy n. (Aristotelianism) A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount… • TIMOCRACY n. a state in which possession of property is required for participation in government. |
| TROCHAICS | • trochaics n. Plural of trochaic. • TROCHAIC n. a trochaic verse. |