| ACRIDITY | • acridity n. Bitterness or acerbity. • acridity n. An acrid taste or smell. • acridity n. (Figurative) Bitterness in speech or behaviour; causticness. |
| CYPRINID | • cyprinid adj. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes carps and minnows. • cyprinid n. Any fish of this family. • CYPRINID adj. relating to the carp family, also CYPRINOID. |
| DAIRYING | • dairying n. Dairy farming. • DAIRYING n. the business of a dairy. |
| DIHYBRID | • dihybrid n. (Genetics) A hybrid that is heterozygous with respect to two independent alleles. • DIHYBRID n. the child of parents with differing genes. |
| DIHYDRIC | • dihydric adj. (Chemistry) Containing two hydroxyl functional groups. • DIHYDRIC adj. containing two hydroxyl radicals. |
| DIRTYING | • dirtying v. Present participle of dirty. • dirtying n. A soiling or making dirty. • DIRTY v. to soil. |
| DRIPPILY | • drippily adv. In a drippy way. • DRIPPY adv. silly, inane. |
| FRIGIDLY | • frigidly adv. In a frigid manner; coldly; icily. • FRIGID adv. chillingly stiff. |
| IODYRITE | • iodyrite n. (Mineralogy) silver iodide. • IODYRITE n. native silver iodide, a yellow or greenish mineral crystallizing in the hexagonal system. |
| PITYROID | • pityroid adj. Having the form of, or resembling, bran. • PITYROID adj. bran-like. |
| PYRIDINE | • pyridine n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon… • PYRIDINE n. a nitrogenous base used as antiseptic, etc. |
| RABIDITY | • rabidity n. Rabidness. • RABIDITY n. the state of being rabid. |
| RAPIDITY | • rapidity n. Speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid. • rapidity n. (Physics) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light. • rapidity n. (Physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam’s axis. |
| RIGIDIFY | • rigidify v. To make rigid, to cause to be or become rigid. • RIGIDIFY v. to make stiff, also RIGIDISE, RIGIDIZE. |
| RIGIDITY | • rigidity n. The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape. • rigidity n. The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form. • rigidity n. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. |
| TRIFFIDY | • TRIFFIDY adj. like a triffid, a monstrous (fictional) plant, also TRIFFIDIAN. |
| URIDYLIC | • uridylic adj. (Organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to uridine or its derivatives. • URIDYLIC adj. as in uridylic acid. |
| VIRIDITY | • viridity n. The state or condition of being virid. • VIRIDITY n. the state of being virid, bright green. |