| ACIDOPHIL | • acidophil n. (Immunology) An eosinophil; a white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body. • acidophil n. One of the endocrine acidophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including somatotrophs and lactotrophs. • ACIDOPHIL n. a substance, tissue or organism that stains readily with acid stains, also ACIDOPHILE. |
| COALIFIED | • coalified v. Simple past tense and past participle of coalify. • COALIFY v. to convert into coal. |
| CRINOIDAL | • crinoidal adj. (Zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids. • CRINOIDAL adj. of or like a crinoid, a family of marine creatures. |
| DIASTOLIC | • diastolic adj. Pertaining to a diastole. • diastolic n. (Medicine, colloquial) Short for diastolic blood pressure. • DIASTOLIC adj. of or pertaining to diastole, the rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries. |
| DICTIONAL | • dictional adj. Relating to diction. • DICTIONAL adj. relating to diction. |
| DISCOIDAL | • discoidal adj. Having the flat, circular shape of a disc or a quoit. • DISCOIDAL adj. disk-shaped. |
| DISSOCIAL | • dissocial adj. Unfriendly to society; selfish. • DISSOCIAL adj. (archaic) not social. |
| DOMINICAL | • dominical adj. Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord. • dominical adj. (Archaic) Of or pertaining to the Lord’s Day, Sunday. • dominical adj. (Historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient system of dominical letters, used for determining Sundays… |
| GADOLINIC | • gadolinic adj. Relating to or containing gadolinium. • GADOLINIC adj. of or like gadolinium. |
| GLOCHIDIA | • glochidia n. Plural of glochidium. • GLOCHIDIUM n. (Latin) the larva of a freshwater mussel that develops as a parasite on fish. |
| GOLIARDIC | • goliardic adj. Of or pertaining to Goliards, wandering medieval students who earned money by singing and reciting poetry. • goliardic adj. Of or pertaining to a form of medieval lyric poetry that typically celebrated licentiousness and drinking. • GOLIARDIC adj. of or like a goliard, a wandering scholar in the Middle Ages. |
| HAPLOIDIC | • haploidic adj. Of or pertaining to a call having a single set of unpaired chromosomes. • HAPLOIDIC adj. denoting a cell or organism with unpaired chromosomes. |
| HOMICIDAL | • homicidal adj. Of or pertaining to homicide. • HOMICIDAL adj. related to homicide. |
| IDIOTICAL | • idiotical adj. (Archaic) simple, unlearned. • IDIOTICAL adj. relating to or like an idiot, also IDIOTIC. |
| LIDOCAINE | • lidocaine n. (Pharmacology) A crystalline compound C14H22N2O that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local… • LIDOCAINE n. the US name for lignocaine, a local anaesthetic used in dentistry. |
| PICADILLO | • picadillo n. Any of various Spanish or South American dishes made with chopped vegetables and sometimes ground beef. • PICADILLO n. (Spanish) a traditional Mexican dish of ground meat, tomatoes etc., also PICCADILLO, PICKADILLO. |
| VISCOIDAL | • viscoidal adj. Somewhat viscous. • VISCOIDAL adj. somewhat viscid, also VISCOID. |