| AMERICIUM | • americium n. The chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95. • AMERICIUM n. a white metallic transuranic element of the actinide series. |
| ANTICRIME | • anticrime adj. Opposed to or aimed at preventing or punishing crime. • ANTICRIME adj. opposed to crime. |
| ANTIMERIC | • antimeric adj. (Biology) Of or pertaining to antimeres. • ANTIMERIC adj. of or like an antimere, one of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals. |
| ARMISTICE | • armistice n. A (short) cessation of combat; a cease-fire, a truce. • armistice n. A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat. • armistice prop.n. Alternative letter-case form of Armistice (“the armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany… |
| CASIMIRES | • casimires n. Plural of casimire. • CASIMIRE n. a twilled cloth of the finest wool, also CASHMERE, CASIMERE, CASSIMERE, KASHMIR, KERSEYMERE. |
| CHIMAERIC | • chimaeric adj. Alternative form of chimeric. • chimæric adj. Obsolete form of chimaeric. • CHIMAERIC adj. of the nature of a chimaera; imaginary, fanciful, visionary, also CHIMERIC, CHIMERICAL. |
| CIMMERIAN | • cimmerian adj. (Poetic) perpetually dark or gloomy. • cimmerian adj. (Figuratively) mentally dark; ignorant. • Cimmerian n. (Greek mythology) Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness. |
| CINERAMIC | • CINERAMIC adj. relating to Cinerama, a method of film projection used in the cinema. |
| CRAMOISIE | • cramoisie adj. (Obsolete) crimson. • cramoisie n. (Obsolete) crimson. • CRAMOISIE n. (archaic) crimson, also CRAMESY, CRAMOISY, CREMOSIN, CREMSIN, CRIMSON. |
| CRIMINATE | • criminate v. (Transitive) To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate. • criminate v. (Transitive, now rare) To rebuke or censure (someone). • CRIMINATE v. to accuse. |
| DIAMETRIC | • diametric adj. Directly opposing. • diametric adj. Of or relating to a diameter; diametral. • DIAMETRIC adj. pertaining to a diameter, also DIAMETRAL, DIAMETRICAL. |
| EMPIRICAL | • empirical adj. Pertaining to or based on experience (often, in contrast with having a basis in theoretical explanation). • empirical adj. Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments… • empirical adj. (Philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation. |
| FIREMANIC | • firemanic adj. (Dated) Relating to firemen. • FIREMANIC adj. of or relating to firemen or firefighting. |
| HIERACIUM | • Hieracium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – hawkweed. • HIERACIUM n. any plant of the genus Hieracium, the hawkweeds. |
| IMBRICATE | • imbricate adj. Alternative form of imbricated (“overlapping”). • imbricate v. (Transitive or intransitive) To overlap in a regular pattern. • imbricate v. (Linguistics) To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication. |
| MATRICIDE | • matricide n. The killing of one’s mother. • matricide n. A person who kills his or her mother. • MATRICIDE n. the killing of a mother. |
| METRICIAN | • metrician n. (Obsolete) A composer of verses. • METRICIAN n. a composer of verses. |
| PRIMACIES | • primacies n. Plural of primacy. • PRIMACY n. the state of being first. |