ACOUSTIC | • acoustic adj. Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds. • acoustic adj. (Music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof. • acoustic n. (Usually in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is… |
ANACOUSTIC | • anacoustic adj. Anechoic, soundless. • anacoustic adj. (Physics) Describing the upper reaches of the atmosphere, and of space, in which the concentration of… • ANACOUSTIC adj. unable to support the propagation of sound; soundless. |
ANACRUSTIC | • anacrustic adj. Exhibiting or relating to anacrusis. • ANACRUSTIC adj. relating to anacrusis. |
APNEUSTIC | • apneustic adj. (Pathology) Of or relating to apneusis. • APNEUSTIC adj. relating to apneusis, protracted gasping inhalations followed by short inhalations. |
APOLAUSTIC | • apolaustic adj. (Formal) Dedicated to enjoyment. • APOLAUSTIC n. the philosophy of the pleasurable. |
BUSTIC | • bustic n. A tree native to Florida and the Caribbean, Sideroxylon salicifolium. • BUSTIC n. a species of tropical tree. |
CATACAUSTIC | • catacaustic n. A caustic curve formed by light reflecting from a curved surface. • catacaustic n. (Mathematics) the envelope of all rays that emanate from a specified point (the radiant point) and reflect… • CATACAUSTIC adj. relating to or denoting a caustic curve or caustic surface formed by reflection. |
CAUSTIC | • caustic adj. Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue. • caustic adj. (Of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way. • caustic n. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys… |
DIACAUSTIC | • diacaustic adj. Relating to the caustic curves formed by the refraction of light. • diacaustic n. A refracting lens, which can be used to cauterise. • diacaustic n. The curve or surface formed by the intersection of refracted light rays. |
DIACOUSTIC | • diacoustic adj. Relating to diacoustics. • DIACOUSTIC adj. pertaining to the refraction of sound. |
ELECTROACOUSTIC | • electroacoustic adj. Of or pertaining to electroacoustics. • ELECTROACOUSTIC adj. relating to electroacoustics, the technology of converting acoustic energy into electrical energy and vice versa. |
ENCAUSTIC | • encaustic adj. (Art) Prepared by means of heat; burned in. • encaustic n. A wax-based paint that is fixed in place by heating. • encaustic n. A painting produced using this paint. |
FUSTIC | • fustic n. A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye. • fustic n. A European tree, Eurasian smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, whose wood produces an orange dye. • fustic n. The wood of these trees. |
HOLOCAUSTIC | • holocaustic adj. Of or relating to a holocaust. • HOLOCAUSTIC adj. relating to a holocaust, also HOLOCAUSTAL. |
NEUSTIC | • NEUSTIC n. the part of the sentence that differs with the mood of the sentence. |
OPTOACOUSTIC | • optoacoustic adj. (Physics) Describing any of several interactions between light and sound. • OPTOACOUSTIC adj. relating to or combining both vision and hearing. |
PSYCHOACOUSTIC | • psychoacoustic adj. Of or pertaining to psychoacoustics. • PSYCHOACOUSTIC adj. relating to psychoacoustics. |
RUSTIC | • rustic adj. Country-styled or pastoral; rural. • rustic adj. Unfinished or roughly finished. • rustic adj. Crude, rough. |
THEOPNEUSTIC | • theopneustic adj. Divinely inspired. • THEOPNEUSTIC adj. divinely inspired, also THEOPNEUST. |