| CENTOIST | • centoist n. One who compiles a cento, or collection of writings by various authors. • CENTOIST n. one who composes centos, poems manufactured by putting together passages of other poems, also CENTONIST. |
| CITATION | • citation n. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear. • citation n. The paper containing such summons or notice. • citation n. The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original… |
| CLOTTING | • clotting v. Present participle of clot. • clotting n. Clotted material. • CLOTTING n. the act of coagulating. |
| CONCETTI | • concetti n. Plural of concetto. • CONCETTO n. (Italian) an ingenious expression, a witticism. |
| CONFETTI | • confetti n. Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally… • confetti n. (Rare) Edible Italian sugar-coated almonds, especially those which are used as part of a traditional Italian wedding. • confetti v. (Transitive) To scatter with confetti. |
| CONTRIST | • contrist v. (Transitive, obsolete) To make sad, to upset. • CONTRIST v. (obsolete) to sadden. |
| CONTRITE | • contrite adj. Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions. • contrite adj. (Obsolete) Thoroughly bruised or broken. • contrite n. A contrite person; a penitent. |
| CORNETTI | • cornetti n. Plural of cornetto. • CORNETTO n. (Italian) an old woodwind instrument, now revived for performances of early music. |
| ENTOPTIC | • entoptic adj. (Medicine) Located within the eyeball. • entoptic adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to visual phenomena caused by objects within the eye, or the objects themselves. • ENTOPTIC adj. within the eyeball. |
| OSCITANT | • oscitant adj. Yawning; gaping. • oscitant adj. Sleepy; drowsy; sluggish; careless. • OSCITANT adj. yawning; gaping. |
| STENOTIC | • stenotic adj. (Pathology) Of or pertaining to a stenosis. • STENOTIC adj. relating to a stenosis, the narrowing of an orifice. |
| STICTION | • stiction n. (Physics) The static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact. • STICTION n. frictional force which occurs two surfaces contact. |
| STRONTIC | • strontic adj. (Chemistry) Of or pertaining to strontium. • STRONTIC adj. containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium. |
| TACONITE | • taconite n. A low-grade flint-like iron ore containing 20-30% iron. • TACONITE n. a low-grade iron ore. |
| TACTIONS | • tactions n. Plural of taction. • TACTION n. the act of touching. |
| TECTONIC | • tectonic adj. Of or relating to construction or to architecture. • tectonic adj. (Biology) Structural. • tectonic adj. (Geology) Of, relating to, or caused by large-scale movements of the Earth’s (or a similar planet’s) lithosphere. |
| TONETICS | • tonetics n. (Linguistics) The use or study of intonation. • TONETICS n. the phonetic study of tone in language. |
| TONICITY | • tonicity n. (Medicine) The normal presence of tone or tension in a muscle or organ; tonus. • tonicity n. (Sciences) The ability of nonpenetrable solutes in a solution to exert an osmotic pressure upon a membrane. • TONICITY n. normal, healthy bodily condition. |
| TOXICANT | • toxicant adj. Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity; (broadly) poisonous. • toxicant n. A toxic or poisonous substance. • TOXICANT n. a poisonous substance. |
| TRACTION | • traction n. The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power. • traction n. The condition of being so pulled. • traction n. Grip. |