| AORISTIC | • aoristic adj. (Grammar) Of, or relating to the aorist aspect. • AORISTIC adj. pertaining to the aorist verb tense. |
| CHRISTIE | • christie n. (Skiing) A high-speed ski turn in which the skis are kept parallel. • Christie prop.n. A diminutive of the female given name Christine and of its variant forms; fairly common as a formal… • Christie prop.n. A mostly Scottish and Irish diminutive of the male given name Christopher. |
| ERISTICS | • eristics n. Plural of eristic. • ERISTIC n. a disputant. |
| FRISTING | • fristing n. (UK dialectal) A delay; suspension; postponement. • fristing v. Present participle of frist. • FRIST v. to postpone, grant time. |
| JURISTIC | • juristic adj. (Scots law, South Africa) legal, juridical, pertaining to the law and jurisprudence. • JURISTIC adj. of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal profession, or to jurisprudence, also JURISTICAL. |
| MERISTIC | • meristic adj. (Ichthyology) Relating to meristics. • meristic adj. (Biology) Relating to the meristem. • meristic adj. (Biology) Relating to merisis. |
| MYRISTIC | • myristic adj. (Rare) Pertaining to nutmeg. • MYRISTIC adj. relating to the nutmeg genus of plants. |
| PORISTIC | • poristic adj. Of or relating to a porism; of the nature of a porism. • PORISTIC adj. relating to a porism, the geometric proposition that it is possible, in certain conditions, for a problem to have any number of solutions, also PORISMATIC, PORISMATICAL, PORISTICAL. |
| PRISTINE | • pristine adj. Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied. • pristine adj. Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something. • pristine adj. Perfect. |
| PURISTIC | • puristic adj. Of, or relating to purism or purists. • PURISTIC adj. of or pertaining to purists or purism, also PURISTICAL. |
| TRISTICH | • tristich n. (Prosody) A tercet. • TRISTICH n. a stanza of three lines. |
| VERISTIC | • veristic adj. Of or relating to the art movement called verism. • veristic adj. (Logic) Having multiple valid solutions. • VERISTIC adj. relating to verism, an artistic preference for the everyday over the legendary. |
| WRISTIER | • wristier adj. Comparative form of wristy: more wristy. • WRISTY adj. making extensive use of the wrists. |
| WRISTING | • wristing v. Present participle of wrist. • WRIST v. in ice-hockey, to sweep the puck alongside the ice before shooting. |