| ACCELERATORY | • acceleratory adj. Accelerative. • ACCELERATORY adj. tending to cause acceleration, also ACCELERATIVE. |
| ACCRETIONARY | • accretionary adj. Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an accretion. • ACCRETIONARY adj. relating to accretion, also ACCRETIVE. |
| CIRCUMGYRATE | • circumgyrate v. (Intransitive) To move around something. • circumgyrate v. (Transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit. • circumgyrate v. (Intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point. |
| CONCURRENTLY | • concurrently adv. In a concurrent manner; at the same time. • CONCURRENT adv. operating or occurring at the same time. |
| CONSECRATORY | • consecratory adj. That consecrates. • consecratory adj. Of or pertaining to consecration. • CONSECRATORY adj. serving to consecrate, also CONSECRATIVE. |
| CORRECTIVELY | • correctively adv. In a corrective manner; so as to correct something. • CORRECTIVE adv. serving to correct. |
| CRYPTORCHIDS | • cryptorchids n. Plural of cryptorchid. • CRYPTORCHID n. a male human or animal in whom one or both testes fail to descend into the scrotum. |
| CRYPTORCHISM | • cryptorchism n. The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum. • CRYPTORCHISM n. a medical condition in which the testes fail to descend, also CRYPTORCHIDISM. |
| ERYTHROCYTIC | • erythrocytic adj. Of or pertaining to erythrocytes. • ERYTHROCYTIC adj. of or like an erythrocyte, a red blood corpuscle. |
| GERONTOCRACY | • gerontocracy n. Government by elders. • GERONTOCRACY n. government by the aged. |
| HYPERCORRECT | • hypercorrect adj. (Grammar) Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage. • hypercorrect v. (Transitive) To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage. • hyper-correct adj. Alternative form of hypercorrect. |
| HYPERCRITICS | • hypercritics n. Plural of hypercritic. • HYPERCRITIC n. one who is hypercritical. |
| MICROCRYSTAL | • microcrystal n. A microscopic crystal. • MICROCRYSTAL n. a microscopic crystal. |
| PYROELECTRIC | • pyroelectric adj. Of, relating to, or exhibiting pyroelectricity. • pyroelectric n. A pyroelectric substance. • PYROELECTRIC adj. of, concerned with, or exhibiting pyroelectricity. |