| AMPHORIC | • amphoric adj. (Chiefly historical) Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure. • amphoric adj. (Medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced… • AMPHORIC adj. pertaining to the sound of blowing into a bottle. |
| CALORICS | • CALORIC n. a hypothetical fluid formerly thought to be responsible for the phenomena of heat. |
| CLITORIC | • clitoric adj. Synonym of clitoral. • CLITORIC adj. pertaining to the clitoris. |
| ENCHORIC | • enchoric adj. Alternative form of enchorial. • ENCHORIC adj. belonging to or used in a country; domestic, also ENCHORIAL. |
| EUPHORIC | • euphoric adj. Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria. • euphoric adj. Productive of euphoria, causing great joy. • euphoric n. A drug that causes euphoria; a euphoriant. |
| HISTORIC | • historic adj. Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history. • historic adj. Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity. • historic adj. (Now uncommon) Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the… |
| LICORICE | • licorice n. (Countable) The plant Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American Licorice… • licorice n. (Uncountable) A type of candy made from that plant’s dried root or its extract. • licorice n. (Countable and uncountable) A black colour, named after the licorice. |
| LORICATE | • loricate v. (Transitive) To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates. • loricate adj. (Microbiology) Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell). • loricate adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape. |
| METEORIC | • meteoric adj. Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor. • meteoric adj. (By extension) Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness. • meteoric adj. (Geology, of water) Originating in the atmosphere. |
| MORICHES | • MORICHE n. (Tupi) a tall South American palm, used as a source of sago, fibre, and (from the sap) wine. |
| MOTORICS | • motorics n. (Biology) The motor faculties generally. • MOTORICS n. the science of muscular movement. |
| OOSPORIC | • oosporic adj. Relating to the oospore. • OOSPORIC adj. of or pertaining to an oospore, a special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oosphere by antherozoids, also OOSPOROUS. |
| OPORICES | • OPORICE n. (Greek) an old medicine made from summer fruits. |
| ORICHALC | • orichalc n. Alternative form of orichalcum. • ORICHALC n. a gold-coloured alloy, also ORICALCHE. |
| PERBORIC | • perboric adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Relating to perboric acid and its derivatives. • PERBORIC adj. as in perboric acid, the supposed parent acid of the perborates. |
| RHETORIC | • rhetoric adj. Synonym of rhetorical. • rhetoric n. The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade. • rhetoric n. Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress. |
| SORICINE | • soricine adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the shrew family (Soricidae); resembling a shrew in form or habits. • soricine n. (Zoology) Any member of the shrew family (Soricidae). • SORICINE adj. shrewlike, also SORICOID. |
| SORICOID | • soricoid adj. Soricine; shrew-like. • SORICOID adj. shrewlike, also SORICINE. |
| THEORICS | • theorics n. Plural of theoric. • THEORIC n. (Shakespeare) theory, speculation, also THEORIQUE. |
| UROBORIC | • uroboric adj. Cyclical. • uroboric adj. Self-devouring. • UROBORIC adj. of or like a uroboros, a circular symbol of a dragon or snake swallowing its own tail. |