| ACRIDINES | • acridines n. Plural of acridine. • ACRIDINE n. a chemical compound found in coal-tar, also ACRIDIN. |
| ACRIDNESS | • acridness n. Bitterness or acerbity. • acridness n. An acrid taste or smell. • ACRIDNESS n. the quality of being acrid. |
| ACRITARCH | • acritarch n. (Paleontology, palynology) Any small, non-acid-soluble (i.e. non-carbonate, non-siliceous) organic fossil… • ACRITARCH n. any of a group of fossil one-celled marine organisms. |
| ACRITICAL | • acritical adj. Not critical. • acritical adj. Not involving a crisis. • ACRITICAL adj. not critical. |
| CONACRING | • conacring v. Present participle of conacre. • CONACRE v. of a tenant, to let small portions of land prepared for crop or grazing, also CORNACRE. |
| DIACRITIC | • diacritic adj. Distinguishing. • diacritic adj. (Orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character. • diacritic n. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning. |
| EPACRISES | • epacrises n. Plural of epacris. • EPACRIS n. an Australian plant resembling heath, also EPACRID. |
| LACRIMALS | • lacrimals n. Plural of lacrimal. • LACRIMAL n. a gland that produces tears, also LACHRYMAL, LACRYMAL. |
| LACRIMARY | • LACRIMARY n. a tear bottle, also LACHRYMARY. |
| LACRIMOSO | • lacrimoso adv. (Music) Sadly, unhappily, grievingly. • LACRIMOSO adj. (Italian) plaintive, also LAGRIMOSO. |
| MEPACRINE | • mepacrine n. (Pharmacology) Synonym of quinacrine. • MEPACRINE n. a bitter yellow powder, aka atebrin, formerly used against malaria. |
| PARACRINE | • paracrine adj. Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather… • PARACRINE adj. of signalling between biological senses. |
| SACRIFICE | • sacrifice v. (Transitive, intransitive) To offer (something) as a gift to a deity. • sacrifice v. (Transitive) To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility of gaining something else… • sacrifice v. (Transitive) To trade (a value of higher worth) for something of lesser worth in order to gain something… |
| SACRIFIDE | • SACRIFY v. to sacrifice. |
| SACRIFIED | • sacrified v. Simple past tense and past participle of sacrify. • SACRIFY v. to sacrifice. |
| SACRIFIES | • sacrifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sacrify. • SACRIFY v. to sacrifice. |
| SACRILEGE | • sacrilege n. Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred. • SACRILEGE n. profanation or disregard of anything holy. |
| SACRISTAN | • sacristan n. The person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains. • SACRISTAN n. a Church official in charge of vessels and the sacristy, also SACRIST. |