| ADIATHERMIC | • adiathermic adj. Impervious to heat. • ADIATHERMIC adj. impervious to radiant heat. |
| BICHROMATED | • BICHROMATED adj. relating to a salt of dichromic acid. |
| DIATHERMACY | • DIATHERMACY n. permeability by or conductibility of radiant heat, also DIATHERMANCY. |
| DICHROMATES | • dichromates n. Plural of dichromate. • DICHROMATE n. a salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base, also DICHROMAT. |
| DICHROMATIC | • dichromatic adj. Having two colors. • dichromatic adj. (Pathology) having a form of colorblindness in which only two of the three primary colors can be distinguished. • dichromatic adj. (Zoology) having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye. |
| DITHYRAMBIC | • dithyrambic adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm. • dithyrambic n. A dithyramb. • DITHYRAMBIC adj. like a dithyramb, wildly enthusiastic in statement or writing. |
| DYSRHYTHMIC | • dysrhythmic adj. Having an unpleasing, irregular beat. • dysrhythmic adj. Having or relating to dysrhythmia. • DYSRHYTHMIC n. someone suffering from dysrhythmia. |
| ENDOTHERMIC | • endothermic adj. (Chemistry) Of a chemical reaction that absorbs heat energy from its surroundings. • endothermic adj. (Zoology) Of an animal whose body temperature is regulated by internal factors. • ENDOTHERMIC adj. characterized by or formed with absorption of heat, also ENDOTHERMAL. |
| HYDROMANTIC | • hydromantic adj. Of or pertaining to hydromancy. • HYDROMANTIC adj. related to hydromancy, divination by water. |
| HYDROMETRIC | • hydrometric adj. Concerning or applying hydrometry. • HYDROMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by hydrometer, also HYDROMETRICAL. |
| MICROMETHOD | • micromethod n. (Chemistry) A method of analysis that requires only a very small sample. • MICROMETHOD n. a method (as of microanalysis) that requires only very small quantities of material or that involves the use of the microscope. |
| MITHRADATIC | • MITHRADATIC adj. antidotal, also MITHRIDATIC. |
| MITHRIDATIC | • mithridatic adj. (Historical) Of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons. • mithridatic adj. Of or related to mithridatism, the gradual acquisition of immunity to poison through repeated exposure. • mithridatic n. (Medicine, archaic) Synonym of antidote: a treatment which functions like a mithridate. |
| ORTHODROMIC | • orthodromic adj. Of or relating to a means of navigation by following an arc of the great circle corresponding to the… • orthodromic adj. (Of neurons) Passing along neurological impulses in a normal (expected) direction. • ORTHODROMIC adj. having great circles represented as straight lines. |
| THERMODURIC | • thermoduric adj. (Of bacteria) Capable of surviving high temperatures such as the pasteurisation process. • thermoduric n. A bacterium capable of surviving high temperatures. • THERMODURIC adj. resistant to high temperatures. |
| TRICHOMONAD | • trichomonad n. Any of many flagellate protozoans of the genus Trichomonas, most of which are parasitic. • TRICHOMONAD n. any of various flagellate protozoans occurring in the digestive and urogenital tracts of vertebrates. |