| AUTOCATALYTIC | • autocatalytic adj. (Chemistry, of a reaction) catalyzed by one of its own products. • AUTOCATALYTIC adj. relating to the catalysis of a reaction by a product of that reaction. |
| BACTERIOSTATIC | • bacteriostatic adj. Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them. • BACTERIOSTATIC adj. of or like a bacteriostat, an agent that causes bacteriostasis. |
| CHEMOATTRACTANT | • chemoattractant n. A substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. • CHEMOATTRACTANT n. a chemical which provokes a chemotactic movement of e.g. cells or bacteria towards its area of highest concentration. |
| CONTRACTABILITY | • contractability n. The ability for something to be contracted. • CONTRACTABILITY n. the quality of being contractable. |
| COUNTERATTACK | • counterattack n. Alternative form of counter-attack. • counterattack v. Alternative form of counter-attack. • counter-attack n. An attack made in response to an attack by the opponents. |
| COUNTERATTACKED | • counterattacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterattack. • counter-attacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of counter-attack. • COUNTERATTACK v. to attack in response to an attack. |
| COUNTERATTACKER | • counterattacker n. One who carries out a counterattack. • counter-attacker n. Alternative spelling of counterattacker. • COUNTERATTACK v. to attack in response to an attack. |
| COUNTERATTACKS | • counterattacks n. Plural of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks. • counterattacks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks. • counter-attacks n. Plural of counter-attack. |
| CYTOSTATICALLY | • cytostatically adv. In a cytostatic manner. • CYTOSTATIC adv. tending to retard cellular activity and multiplication. |
| PHOTOCATALYTIC | • photocatalytic adj. Of, pertaining to, or obtained by photocatalysis. • PHOTOCATALYTIC adj. relating to photocatalysis. |
| PHOTOTACTICALLY | • phototactically adv. In terms of or by means of phototaxis. • PHOTOTACTIC adv. exhibiting phototaxis. |
| STEREOTACTICAL | • stereotactical adj. Stereotactic. • STEREOTACTICAL adj. involving or used in a surgical technique for directing the tip of a delicate instrument or beam of radiation using coordinates provided by medical imaging, also STEREOTACTIC. |
| STRATOCRATIC | • stratocratic adj. Relating to stratocracy. • STRATOCRATIC adj. relating to a stratocracy, government by the military. |
| THALATTOCRACIES | • thalattocracies n. Plural of thalattocracy. • THALATTOCRACY n. sovereignty of the seas, also THALASSOCRACY. |
| THALATTOCRACY | • thalattocracy n. (Rare) Thalassocracy. • THALATTOCRACY n. sovereignty of the seas, also THALASSOCRACY. |