ACIDOPHILIC | • acidophilic adj. Thriving under acidic conditions; relating to or being an acidophile. • acidophilic adj. Easily stained with acidic dyes, such as eosin. • ACIDOPHILIC adj. easily stained by acid dyes; thriving in acid environment. |
ALCHEMISTIC | • alchemistic adj. Of or pertaining to alchemists. • ALCHEMISTIC adj. relating to an alchemist. |
BIOCHEMICAL | • biochemical adj. Of, or relating to biochemistry. • biochemical adj. Characterized by, produced by, or involving chemical processes in living organisms. • biochemical n. A chemical substance derived from a biological source. |
CALISTHENIC | • calisthenic adj. Of, or relating to calisthenics. • CALISTHENIC adj. relating to calisthenics, exercises designed to achieve gracefulness, fitness and strength, also CALLISTHENIC. |
CARTOPHILIC | • cartophilic adj. Taking part in, or relating to, the hobby of collecting cigarette cards. • cartophilic adj. Taking part in, or relating to, the hobby of mapmaking. • CARTOPHILIC adj. relating to cartophily, the hobby of collecting cigarette cards. |
CATHOLICISE | • catholicise v. Alternative spelling of Catholicize. • Catholicise v. Alternative spelling of Catholicize. • CATHOLICISE v. to make catholic, also CATHOLICIZE. |
CATHOLICISM | • catholicism n. The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. • catholicism n. Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view. • Catholicism n. The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church. |
CATHOLICITY | • catholicity n. The quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive. • catholicity n. Catholicism. • CATHOLICITY n. broad-mindedness; inclusiveness. |
CATHOLICIZE | • catholicize v. Alternative spelling of Catholicize. • Catholicize v. (Transitive) To make Catholic; to convert to Catholicism. • Catholicize v. (Intransitive) To become Catholic; to convert to Catholicism. |
CHINCHILLAS | • chinchillas n. Plural of chinchilla. • Chinchillas prop.n. Plural of Chinchilla. • CHINCHILLA n. (Quechua) a South American rodent of the genus Chinchilla, with very soft grey fur. |
CHIRAGRICAL | • chiragrical adj. (Archaic) Having gout in the hand. • CHIRAGRICAL adj. relating to chiragra, gout in the hand, also CHIRAGRIC. |
CHIRURGICAL | • chirurgical adj. (Archaic) Surgical. • CHIRURGICAL adj. relating to chirurgery, surgery. |
CHOLIAMBICS | • choliambics n. Plural of choliambic. • CHOLIAMBIC n. a verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last, also CHOLIAMB. |
HELIOTACTIC | • heliotactic adj. Relating to heliotaxis. • HELIOTACTIC adj. relating to heliotaxis, the response of an organism to the sun's rays. |
LACCOLITHIC | • laccolithic adj. Relating to laccoliths. • LACCOLITHIC adj. of or like a laccolith, a mass of igneous rock intruded between two sedimentary beds. |
OPHICALCITE | • ophicalcite n. (Mineralogy) ophite; verd antique. • OPHICALCITE n. a kind of marble, containing green serpentine. |
SCHOLIASTIC | • scholiastic adj. Of or relating to a scholiast. • SCHOLIASTIC adj. like a scholiast. |
STICHICALLY | • STICHIC adv. relating to verse composed in homogeneous and recurrent lines, as in recitative poetry. |