| ACRONYCHAL | • acronychal adj. Alternative form of acronycal. • acronychal adj. Alternative form of acronical. • ACRONYCHAL adj. occurring at nightfall or sunset (esp. of the rising or setting of stars), also ACRONIC, ACRONICAL, ACRONYCAL. |
| CACOGRAPHY | • cacography n. Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect. • cacography n. Poor or illegible handwriting. • CACOGRAPHY n. bad handwriting (the antithesis of calligraphy) or orthography. |
| CACOTROPHY | • cacotrophy n. (Medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition. • CACOTROPHY n. bad or inadequate diet. |
| CHIROMANCY | • chiromancy n. Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another’s hand. • CHIROMANCY n. divination by means of palmistry, also CHEIROMANCY. |
| CHOLERICLY | • cholericly adv. In a choleric manner; angrily. • CHOLERIC adv. bad-tempered. |
| CHRONICITY | • chronicity n. The condition of being chronic. • CHRONICITY n. the quality of being chronic. |
| CRYOPHILIC | • cryophilic adj. (Microbiology) growing best at low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees Celsius. • CRYOPHILIC adj. cold-loving. |
| CYCLOGRAPH | • cyclograph n. Arcograph. • cyclograph n. Cyclogram. • CYCLOGRAPH n. an instrument for describing arcs of circles without compasses. |
| CYMOTRICHY | • cymotrichy n. (Anthropology) The state of having wavy hair. • CYMOTRICHY n. the state of being cymotrichous, having wavy hair. |
| CYTOCHROME | • cytochrome n. Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part… • CYTOCHROME n. any of a group of substances in living cells, of great importance in cell oxidation. |
| HAGIOCRACY | • hagiocracy n. Government by a priesthood; hierarchy. • HAGIOCRACY n. government by holy persons, also HAGIARCHY. |
| HIEROCRACY | • hierocracy n. Government by ecclesiastics. • hierocracy n. (Historical, Middle Ages) The doctrine that the pope held supreme temporal, and not just spiritual, power. • HIEROCRACY n. government by priests or religious ministers. |
| HYDROCRACK | • hydrocrack v. (Organic chemistry) To convert hydrocarbons by hydrocracking. • HYDROCRACK v. to crack hydrocarbons in the presence of hydrogen. |
| HYPOCRITIC | • hypocritic adj. Synonym of hypocritical. • hypocritic n. A hypocrite. • HYPOCRITIC adj. characterized by hypocrisy, also HYPOCRITICAL. |
| OCHLOCRACY | • ochlocracy n. Mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy. • OCHLOCRACY n. government by the mob. |
| POLYCHROIC | • polychroic adj. Having many colours. • POLYCHROIC adj. displaying different colours when seen from different directions, also PLEOCHROIC. |
| SYNCHRONIC | • synchronic adj. Occurring at a specific point in time. • synchronic adj. (Linguistics) Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history. • SYNCHRONIC adj. concerned with the study of a subject (esp. a language) at a particular period, without considering the past or the future, also SYNCHRONICAL. |
| TRICHOCYST | • trichocyst n. A threadlike organ in certain protozoans that can be discharged suddenly in order to grasp or sting. • TRICHOCYST n. a lasso cell. |