| AMMONITIC | • ammonitic adj. Relating to, or containing, ammonites. • AMMONITIC adj. of or like an ammonite, a type of fossil. |
| AMORISTIC | • amoristic adj. Pertaining or devoted to love; amatory. • AMORISTIC adj. amorous. |
| ANTIMONIC | • antimonic adj. Of or containing antimony. • antimonic adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Containing pentavalent antimony. • ANTIMONIC adj. containing pentavalent antimony. |
| ANTINOMIC | • antinomic adj. Exhibiting or pertaining to antinomy; contradictory. • ANTINOMIC adj. relating to, or of the nature of, an antinomy, a contradiction between two logical conclusions, also ANTINOMICAL. |
| APOMICTIC | • apomictic adj. (Botany, zoology) Of, pertaining to, or characterised by apomixis. • APOMICTIC adj. relating to apomixis, nonsexual reproduction, from an unfertilized ovum, also APOMICTICAL. |
| ATOMICITY | • atomicity n. (Uncountable) The quality or state of being atomic. • atomicity n. (Chemistry) The number of atoms in a molecule. • atomicity n. (Computing) The state of a system (often a database system) in which either all stages complete or none complete. |
| ATOMISTIC | • atomistic adj. Of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism. • atomistic adj. Divided into separate elements; not holistic. • atomistic adj. (Economics) Of a market: divided such that no single actor can noticeably affect market-wide values… |
| AXIOMATIC | • axiomatic adj. Self-evident or unquestionable. • axiomatic adj. (Mathematics) Relating to or containing axioms. • AXIOMATIC adj. indisputably true, self-evident, also AXIOMATICAL. |
| COMITADJI | • comitadji n. (Historical) A member of a unit of irregular soldiers or resistance fighters; a partisan. • COMITADJI n. (Turkish) a member of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Committee in Macedonia; any Balkan guerilla, also KOMITAJI. |
| EMICATION | • emication n. A flying off in small particles, like heated iron or fermenting liquors; a scintillation. • EMICATION n. a sparkling. |
| IDIOMATIC | • idiomatic adj. Pertaining or conforming to idiom, the natural mode of expression of a language. • idiomatic adj. Resembling or characteristic of an idiom. • idiomatic adj. (Music) Relating to parts or pieces which are written both within the natural physical limitations of… |
| IMPACTION | • impaction n. Compression; the packing together of loose matter. • impaction n. Something packed together tightly; a mass of densely-packed matter. • impaction n. (Medicine) A solid, immobile bulk of stool. |
| IOTACISMS | • iotacisms n. Plural of iotacism. • IOTACISM n. excessive use of the letter iota. |
| MANICOTTI | • manicotti n. Wide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven. • MANICOTTI n. (Italian) tubular pasta shells stuffed with ricotta or a meat mixture. |
| MORTICIAN | • mortician n. (US) An undertaker or funeral director. • MORTICIAN n. (US) an undertaker. |
| MOSAICIST | • mosaicist n. A person who designs or builds mosaics. • MOSAICIST n. a worker in mosaic. |
| PTOMAINIC | • PTOMAINIC adj. of or like ptomaine, a poisonous alkaloid found in decaying matter. |
| SIMPATICO | • simpatico adj. (Of a person) Having a compatible temperament or pleasing qualities. • simpatico adj. Compatible (with a person, thing, etc). • SIMPATICO adj. (Italian) of like mind, compatible, also SYMPATICO. |
| TRIATOMIC | • triatomic adj. (Chemistry, of a molecule etc.) Consisting of three atoms. • TRIATOMIC adj. having three atoms. |