(countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
(informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc.
cholecyst
cholecyst
Noun
The gall bladder.
choristry
christyna
chrysotis
chylocyst
chylocyst
noun
Synonym of cisterna chyli
chymistry
chymistry
noun
(historical) Early Modern chemistry, as proto-scientific and not fully distinct from alchemy.
Obsolete form of chemistry.
coltishly
coltishly
adv
In a coltish manner.
cystolith
cystolith
noun
(botany) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.
(medicine) A urinary calculus.
dysphotic
dysphotic
adj
Alternative spelling of disphotic
dysthymic
dysthymic
adj
Having or relating to dysthymia.
noun
A person diagnosed with dysthymia, or dysthymic depression.
ecstrophy
eschynite
eschynite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium.
esthacyte
hatchways
hatchways
noun
plural of hatchway
haystacks
haystacks
noun
plural of haystack
hemocytes
hemocytes
noun
plural of hemocyte
hesitancy
hesitancy
noun
A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
hesychast
hesychast
noun
Alternative spelling of Hesychast
hircosity
hircosity
noun
(rare) The quality of being hircose, or goatish.
histocyte
histocyte
noun
Alternative form of histiocyte (uncommon variant)
huckstery
huckstery
noun
The activities of a huckster.
hyacinths
hyacinths
noun
plural of hyacinth
hybristic
hydrocyst
hygeistic
hygiastic
hylactism
hyostylic
hyostylic
adj
(anatomy) Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals.
hypnocyst
hypnocyst
noun
(biology) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily enclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food.
hypnotics
hypnotics
noun
plural of hypnotic
hypocaust
hypocaust
noun
An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing.
An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.
hypothecs
hypothecs
noun
plural of hypothec
hysteriac
hysteriac
noun
(medicine, chiefly dated) One who suffers from hysteria.
hysterics
hysterics
noun
Hysteria.
plural of hysteric
hystricid
hystricid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Hystricidae, Old World porcupines
ichthyism
latchkeys
latchkeys
noun
plural of latchkey
lithocyst
lithocyst
noun
(zoology) A sac containing otoliths, found in medusae and other invertebrates.
mythicise
mythicise
verb
Alternative form of mythicize
mythicism
mythicism
noun
(in particular) The opinion that Jesus of Nazareth did not exist in any way whatsoever.
(theology) The scholarly opinion that the gospels are mythological expansions of historical data.
The creative potential for the creation of mythology; the faculty of mythopoeia.
The habitual practice of attributing everything to mythological causes; superstition, the opposite of rationalism, or of realism.
The view that a certain figure or event is unhistorical or mythical, chiefly in the context of pseudo-scholarship or conspiracy theories.
mythicist
mythicist
noun
An adherent of mythicism (view that a certain person is mythical and never existed).
mytishchi
onychitis
onychitis
noun
Synonym of onychia
phacocyst
phacocyst
noun
(rare, anatomy) The capsule of the lens of the eye
physicist
physicist
noun
(archaic) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles (opposed to vitalist).
A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.
psychotic
psychotic
adj
Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.
noun
A person affected by psychosis.
rhythmics
rhythmics
noun
The study of rhythm.
schmaltzy
schmaltzy
adj
Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.
sciophyte
sciophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade)
scotchery
scotchify
scytheman
scytheman
noun
One who uses a scythe; a mower.
sketchily
sketchily
adv
In a sketchy manner.
snatchily
snatchily
adv
In a snatchy manner.
stachyose
stachyose
noun
(biochemistry) A tetrasaccharide found in many vegetables and plants, used as a sweetener or for its functional oligosaccharide property.
staphylic
starchily
starchily
adv
In a starchy or formal manner.
staunchly
staunchly
adv
In a staunch manner.
stitchery
stitchery
noun
fine work done by stitching
strychnia
strychnia
noun
(archaic, chemistry) strychnine
strychnic
strychnic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to strychnine.
strychnin
strychnin
noun
Obsolete form of strychnine.
strychnol
strychnos
stylochus
swatchway
swatchway
noun
(nautical) A twisting channel amongst sandbanks that is only navigable at high water
sycophant
sycophant
noun
(obsolete) An informer; a talebearer.
One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
(transitive, rare) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
sympathic
symphytic
synanthic
synchitic
synechist
synethnic
synthetic
synthetic
adj
(chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
(grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).
(linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic).
(medicine) Produced by synthesis, thought to have the same effect as its natural counterpart, but chemically different from it.
Artificial, not genuine.
Of, or relating to synthesis.
noun
A synthetic compound.
theocrasy
theocrasy
noun
(Neopagan theology) Interaction, admixture, and conflation of divine principles.
thesocyte
trachytes
trachytes
noun
plural of trachyte
triptychs
triptychs
noun
plural of triptych
tychistic
tylenchus
watcheyes
yachtings
yachtings
noun
plural of yachting
yachtsman
yachtsman
noun
A man who sails a yacht.
yachtsmen
yachtsmen
noun
plural of yachtsman
yahvistic
yahwistic
yamstchik
yamstchik
noun
(historical) In 19th-century Russia, someone who delivered post by means of a horse-drawn carriage.