| CHRISMATORY | • chrismatory n. Part of a church set aside for the rite of confirmation. • chrismatory n. A globular ampulla or jar used to hold chrism. • CHRISMATORY n. a vessel for holding holy oil. |
| CHRYSOLITES | • chrysolites n. Plural of chrysolite. • CHRYSOLITE n. a yellow variety of olivine. |
| CHRYSOLITIC | • CHRYSOLITIC adj. like chrysolite. |
| CHRYSOTILES | • chrysotiles n. Plural of chrysotile. • CHRYSOTILE n. an asbestiform variety of serpentine. |
| HISTORICITY | • historicity n. Historical quality or authenticity based on fact. • historicity n. (Philosophy) The characteristic of having appeared or developed in history, as opposed to being natural or universal. • HISTORICITY n. historical actuality. |
| HYDROSTATIC | • hydrostatic adj. (Physics) Of or relating to hydrostatics. • hydrostatic adj. Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit. • HYDROSTATIC adj. of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit, also HYDROSTATICAL. |
| HYPOGASTRIC | • hypogastric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium. • HYPOGASTRIC adj. pertaining to lower middle abdominal region. |
| HYPSOMETRIC | • hypsometric adj. Of or pertaining to hypsometry (measuring elevation relative to sea level). • HYPSOMETRIC adj. of, relating to, or indicating elevation (as on a map), also HYPSOMETRICAL. |
| ICHTHYORNIS | • Ichthyornis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the subclass Ornithurae – an extinct flying reptile. • ICHTHYORNIS n. a toothed fossil bird of America. |
| ICHTHYOSAUR | • ichthyosaur n. Any of several fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to… • ICHTHYOSAUR n. a large fossil marine reptile, also ICHTHYOSAURIAN, ICHTHYOSAURUS. |
| ISORHYTHMIC | • isorhythmic adj. (Music) Pertaining to or using isorhythm. • isorhythmic adj. (Prosody) In ancient prosody, equal in the number of times for thesis and arsis, as a dactyl and anapest. • ISORHYTHMIC adj. in ancient prosody, equal in the number of time-units for thesis and arsis, as dactyl, spondee, anapaest; (in medieval motets) having a strict scheme of repeated rhythm independent of melodic repetition. |
| MICROPHYTES | • microphytes n. Plural of microphyte. • MICROPHYTE n. a very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be. |
| ORTHOSTICHY | • orthostichy n. (Botany) A row of leaves along a stem. • ORTHOSTICHY n. a straight row, e.g. of leaves vertically over one another on an axis. |
| PHYSIOCRATS | • physiocrats n. Plural of physiocrat. • PHYSIOCRAT n. one of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. |
| SAPROPHYTIC | • saprophytic adj. Relating to saprophytes. • SAPROPHYTIC adj. relating to a saprophyte. |
| SCIRRHOSITY | • scirrhosity n. (Medicine) A morbid induration, as of a gland; the state of being scirrhous. • SCIRRHOSITY n. the state of being scirrhous, resembling a scirrhus, a hard swelling. |
| SPOROPHYTIC | • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a sporophyte plant. • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTIC adj. of or like a sporophyte. |
| STICHOMETRY | • stichometry n. The measurement of books in terms of how many lines of text they contain. • stichometry n. The division of the text of a book into lines; a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted. • STICHOMETRY n. the numbering or counting of lines in books or documents. |
| TRICHOCYSTS | • trichocysts n. Plural of trichocyst. • TRICHOCYST n. a lasso cell. |
| TRICHOGYNES | • trichogynes n. Plural of trichogyne. • TRICHOGYNE n. the slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds. |