ACROTIC | • acrotic adj. (Medicine) Pertaining to or affecting the surface. • ACROTIC adj. in medicine, relating to the surface. |
APROTIC | • aprotic adj. (Chemistry, especially of a solvent) That does not contain (or cannot donate) a hydrogen ion (proton). • APROTIC adj. of a solvent, incapable of acting as a proton donor. |
CAROTID | • carotid n. (Anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans… • carotid adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the carotid artery. • CAROTID n. a large artery that supplies blood to the head and neck. |
CAROTIN | • carotin n. (Organic chemistry) A red crystallizable tasteless substance extracted from the carrot. • CAROTIN n. any of a number of reddish-yellow pigments widely distributed in plants that are converted to vitamin A in the body, also CAROTENE, CARROTIN. |
CEROTIC | • cerotic adj. Of or pertaining to cerotic acid or its derivatives. • CEROTIC adj. pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; as, cerotic acid. |
EROTICA | • erotica n. Erotic literature, art, decoration or other such work. • EROTICA n. (Latin) erotic books, art etc. |
EROTICS | • erotics n. Plural of erotic. • EROTIC n. a person who is particularly susceptible to sexual arousal. |
EROTISE | • erotise v. To eroticise, make erotic. • EROTISE v. to give a sexual meaning to, also EROTIZE. |
EROTISM | • erotism n. Eroticism. • EROTISM n. sexual excitement. |
EROTIZE | • erotize v. To eroticize, make erotic. • EROTIZE v. to give a sexual meaning to, also EROTISE. |
PAROTIC | • parotic adj. (Anatomy) On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear. • PAROTIC adj. situated near the ear, also PAROTID, PAROTIS. |
PAROTID | • parotid adj. Relating to the parotid gland. • parotid n. The parotid gland. • PAROTID adj. near the ear, also PAROTIC. |
PAROTIS | • parotis n. The parotid gland. • PAROTIS n. (Greek) the parotid gland, near the ear, also PAROTID. |
PROTIST | • protist n. (Microbiology) Any of the eukaryotic unicellular organisms including protozoans, slime molds and some… • PROTIST n. one of the Protista, protozoans, algae, bacteria, and other forms not readily classified as plant or animal, also PROTISTAN. |
PROTIUM | • protium n. (Physics) The lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen, having a single proton and no neutrons… • protium n. An atom of this isotope. • Protium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Burseraceae – several fragrant trees. |
ROTIFER | • rotifer n. Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia… • ROTIFER n. (Latin) a microscopic aquatic organism. |
ROTINIS | • ROTINI n. (Italian) a kind of pasta in small spirals. |
XEROTIC | • xerotic adj. (Medicine) dry. • XEROTIC adj. of abnormally dry body tissues. |