| DIORISTIC | • dioristic adj. (Dated) that distinguishes or defines something; distinctive. • DIORISTIC adj. serving to distinguish, also DIORISTICAL. |
| FIBRINOID | • fibrinoid adj. Resembling fibrin. • fibrinoid n. An acellular material similar to fibrin. • FIBRINOID adj. of or like fibrin. |
| HORIATIKI | • horiatiki n. Greek salad. • HORIATIKI n. (Modern Greek) a traditional Greek salad. |
| INHIBITOR | • inhibitor n. One who or that which inhibits. • inhibitor n. (Chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction. • inhibitor n. (Biology) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process. |
| INITIATOR | • initiator n. One who initiates. • initiator n. (Chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization. • initiator n. (Military) A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to trigger a fission chain reaction. |
| IRISATION | • irisation n. (Meteorology) A colorful optical phenomenon seen in iridescent clouds and on the borders of lenticular… • IRISATION n. iridescence. |
| IRONISING | • ironising v. Present participle of ironise. • IRONISE v. to satirize with irony, also IRONIZE. |
| IRONIZING | • ironizing v. Present participle of ironize. • IRONIZE v. to satirize with irony, also IRONISE. |
| IRRISIONS | • irrisions n. Plural of irrision. • IRRISION n. the act of laughing at another. |
| MICROMINI | • micromini n. A very short miniskirt. • MICROMINI n. something extremely small. |
| ORIFICIAL | • orificial adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to the orifices of the body. • ORIFICIAL adj. relating to an orifice. |
| RHIPIDION | • rhipidion n. (Christianity) In the Greek Church, the eucharistic fan or flabellum. • RHIPIDION n. (Greek) in the Greek Orthodox church, the eucharistical fan or flabellum. |
| SIGNORINI | • SIGNORINO n. (Italian) a young man, young gentleman. |
| VIBRIONIC | • vibrionic adj. Relating to vibrions. • VIBRIONIC adj. of or like a vibrio, a genus of motile bacteria. |
| VIBRIOSIS | • vibriosis n. (Pathology) Infection by bacteria of the genus Vibrio. • VIBRIOSIS n. infection with vibrionic bacteria. |
| VITRIOLIC | • vitriolic adj. (Chemistry, dated) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from or resembling vitriol. • vitriolic adj. (Figuratively) Bitterly scathing, caustic. • VITRIOLIC adj. caustic or hostile. |