| CHIASTIC | • chiastic adj. Pertaining to chiasmus. • chiastic adj. (By extension) Pertaining to the position of two things relative to one another. • CHIASTIC adj. relating to chiasmus, the inversion of order of corresponding elements of two parallel phrases, also CHIASMIC. |
| CHILIAST | • chiliast n. (Christianity, typically derogatory) Synonym of millenarian: a person who believes the Second Coming… • CHILIAST n. one who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years. |
| DIASTASE | • diastase n. (Biochemistry) Any one of a group of enzymes which catalyse the breakdown of starch into maltose; mostly… • DIASTASE n. a soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. |
| DIASTEMA | • diastema n. (Pathology) A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans). • diastema n. (Pathology) any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or part of the body. • diastema n. (Cytology) the modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division. |
| DIASTEMS | • diastems n. Plural of diastem. • DIASTEM n. (Greek) in Greek music, an interval, esp. one forming a single degree of the scale. |
| DIASTERS | • diasters n. Plural of diaster. • DIASTER n. (Greek) a stage in cellular mitosis. |
| DIASTOLE | • diastole n. (Chiefly uncountable, physiology) The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers… • diastole n. (Uncountable, prosody) The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length. • diastole n. (Greek grammar) The hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek. |
| DIASTRAL | • diastral adj. (Biology) Relating to a diaster. • DIASTRAL adj. relating to diaster, a stage in cellular mitosis. |
| DIASTYLE | • diastyle n. (Architecture) An intercolumnation of three column diameters. • DIASTYLE n. a colonnade with closely spaced columns. |
| ELEGIAST | • elegiast n. One who composes elegies. • ELEGIAST n. one who composes elegies, also ELEGIST. |
| HELIASTS | • heliasts n. Plural of heliast. • HELIAST n. (Greek) an Athenian judge. |
| ORGIASTS | • orgiasts n. Plural of orgiast. • ORGIAST n. one who takes place in orgies. |
| PIASTERS | • piasters n. Plural of piaster. • PIASTER n. a monetary unit of several Arab countries, also PIASTRE. |
| PIASTRES | • piastres n. Plural of piastre. • PIASTRE n. (French) a monetary unit of several Arab countries, also PIASTER. |
| UTOPIAST | • utopiast n. A utopian. • UTOPIAST n. one who believes in utopia, also UTOPIAN, UTOPIST. |