| ADIACTINIC | • adiactinic adj. (Chemistry) Not transmitting the actinic rays. • ADIACTINIC adj. denoting a substance that does not transmit radiation affecting photochemically sensitive materials, such as a safelight in a photographic darkroom. |
| ENDOCRINIC | • ENDOCRINIC adj. relating to the endocrine gland, also ENDOCRINAL. |
| GLUTAMINIC | • glutaminic adj. Related to, or derived from glutamine. • GLUTAMINIC adj. as in glutamic acid, an important amino acid, a constituent of most proteins, also GLUTAMIC. |
| HAEMATINIC | • haematinic adj. Alternative form of hematinic. • haematinic n. Alternative form of hematinic. • HAEMATINIC adj. having the effect of increasing the haemoglobin or of stimulating the production of red blood cells. |
| HISTAMINIC | • histaminic adj. Relating to or containing histamines. • HISTAMINIC adj. relating to a histamine. |
| INQUILINIC | • INQUILINIC adj. living with another. • INQUILINIC n. a creature dwelling in another creature's lair, also INQUILINE. |
| KINNIKINIC | • kinnikinic n. Alternative form of kinnikinnick (mixture which is smoked). • kinnikinic n. Alternative form of kinnikinnick (any of the plants used in this mixture). • KINNIKINIC n. (Native American) a mixture used by Native Americans as a substitute for tobacco, also KILLIKINICK, KINNIKINICK, KINNIKINNICK. |
| MANDARINIC | • mandarinic adj. Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin. • MANDARINIC adj. appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin. |
| MONOCLINIC | • monoclinic adj. (Crystallography) Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections. • MONOCLINIC adj. referable to three unequal axes, two intersecting each other obliquely and at right angles to the third. |
| MUSCARINIC | • muscarinic adj. Of or pertaining to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, usually with regard to agonism or antagonism… • muscarinic adj. (Original (etymonic) sense but not the usual sense) Of or pertaining to muscarine. • muscarinic n. A muscarinic drug: one that modulates (enhances or blocks) the activity of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. |
| NEPHELINIC | • nephelinic adj. (Geology) relating to, or composed of nepheline. • NEPHELINIC adj. of or like nepheline, a mineral found in igneous rocks and used for ceramics and enamels. |
| NEURAMINIC | • neuraminic adj. Of or pertaining to neuraminic acid or its derivatives. • NEURAMINIC adj. as in neuraminic acid, a carboxylic acid which is an amino sugar. |
| PARAFFINIC | • paraffinic adj. Of or pertaining to paraffin, or to the alkanes. • paraffinic adj. Aliphatic. • PARAFFINIC adj. of or like paraffin, also PARAFFINOID. |
| PHOSPHINIC | • phosphinic adj. Of or pertaining to phosphinic acid or its derivatives. |
| POLYCLINIC | • polyclinic n. A usually private clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated. • POLYCLINIC n. a clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated; esp. an institution in which clinical instruction is given in all kinds of disease. |