(organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃-CO-CH₂- formally derived from acetone
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
analytic
analytic
adj
(linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the arrangement of uninflected words within sentences to indicate meaning. Compare synthetic.
(logic, of a proposition) that follows necessarily; tautologous.
(mathematical analysis) Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives.
(mathematics) Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis.
(mathematics, of a function) Being able to be locally represented by convergent power series around every point of the domain.
Having the ability to analyse.
Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.
Of, or relating to division into elements or principles.
ancestry
ancestry
noun
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
ancienty
ancienty
noun
(obsolete) age; antiquity
(obsolete) seniority
antarchy
anticity
anticity
adj
Opposing a city.
antipyic
antipyic
adj
antisuppurative
noun
An antisuppurative agent.
ascutney
bendicty
blatancy
blatancy
noun
(rare) The state or quality of being blatant.
caninity
caninity
noun
The quality or feature characteristic of a dog.
cantigny
caryotin
caryotin
noun
Alternative form of karyotin (“chromatin”)
catatony
catatony
noun
Dated form of catatonia.
catenary
catenary
adj
Relating to a catena.
Relating to a chain; like a chain.
noun
(engineering) Any physical cable, rope, chain, or other weight-supporting structure taking such geometric shape, as a suspension cable for a bridge or a power-transmission line or an arch for a bridge or roof.
(geometry) The curve described by a flexible chain or a rope if it is supported at each end and is acted upon by no other forces than a uniform gravitational force due to its own weight and variations involving additional and non-uniform forces.
(nautical) The curve of an anchor cable from the seabed to the vessel; it should be horizontal at the anchor so as to bury the flukes.
(transport) A cable, the segments of which between supports take a catenary geometric shape, supporting in turn an overhead conductor that provides trains, trams or trolley buses with electricity, or the combination of the conductor, the cable, and supports.
cathayan
cathayan
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Cathay, or China.
catheryn
catheryn
Proper noun
name, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine.
cattyman
celestyn
cenanthy
cenatory
cenatory
adj
Of or relating to dinner (the evening meal) or supper.
cenosity
centaury
centaury
noun
Centaurea, a genus in the Asteraceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Centaurium, sensu stricto
Cheirolophus crassifolius, a species in the Asteraceae commonly known as Maltese centaury
Gyrandra, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Sabatia, a New World genus in the Gentianaceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Schenkia, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Zeltnera, a New World genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
centiday
centiday
noun
One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
centuply
centuply
adv
One hundredfold.
cetylene
chanteys
chanteys
noun
plural of chantey
chutneys
chutneys
noun
plural of chutney
citoyens
cityness
cityness
noun
The state or quality of being or resembling a city.
clankety
clankety
intj
A clanking sound suggesting mechanical motion.
claymont
clientry
cloyment
cloyment
noun
(obsolete) satiety
cocytean
cogently
cogently
adv
In a cogent manner.
commonty
commonty
noun
(transferred sense) Land.
A right to own land that is held in common between two or more people and under some servitudes.
conceity
conicity
conicity
noun
The quality of being conic.
contrary
contrary
adj
Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
adv
Contrarily
noun
(logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
The opposite.
verb
(obsolete) To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
(obsolete) To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
(obsolete) To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.
(obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
(obsolete) To do the opposite of (someone or something).
(obsolete) To impugn.
(obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
cornetcy
cornetcy
noun
(military, historical) The rank, role, or position of a cornet.
corryton
corybant
corynite
courtnay
courtney
courtney
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
coventry
coventry
Proper noun
An industrial city in central England.
coyoting
crotonyl
crotonyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃-CH=CH-CO- derived from crotonic acid
cryotron
cryotron
noun
(physics) A switch that employs superconductivity
cyanates
cyanates
noun
plural of cyanate
cyanites
cyanites
noun
plural of cyanite
cyanitic
cyanitic
adj
Alternative form of kyanitic
cyanotic
cyanotic
adj
(pathology) Resembling or afflicted with cyanosis.
cyanuret
cyanuret
noun
(obsolete) cyanide
cymation
cynicist
cynodont
cynodont
noun
(zoology) Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.
cynortes
cynthian
cynthian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Cynthia.
cynthius
cysteine
cysteine
noun
(biochemistry) A sulphur-containing nonessential amino acid C₃H₇NO₂S found in most animal proteins; it readily oxidizes to cystine.
cysteins
cysteins
noun
plural of cystein
cystines
cystines
noun
plural of cystine
cytidine
cytidine
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) A nucleoside consisting of cytosine linked to ribose, occurring in human RNA
cytisine
cytisine
noun
(pharmacology) A polycyclic alkaloid whose pharmacological activity is similar to nicotine; used in the treatment of nicotinism.
cytogene
cytogene
noun
A self-replicating fragment of DNA or chromosome located in the cytoplasm
cytogeny
cytogeny
noun
(biology) cell production or development; cytogenesis
cytosine
cytosine
noun
(biochemistry) A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
Hypernyms: nucleobase, pyrimidine
cytozoon
cytozoon
noun
(cytology) A parasite, especially a protozoon, living within a cell
dancetty
dancetty
adj
Alternative form of dancetté
decently
decently
adv
In a decent manner.
To a reasonable or acceptable degree.
dictynid
dictynid
noun
(zoology) Any spider in the family Dictynidae.
dictynna
distancy
distancy
noun
(obsolete) distance
dynastic
dynastic
adj
Pertaining to a dynasty.
dystonic
dystonic
adj
(chemistry) Describing the isothermal isobaric reversible dissolution of a system of three or more components to form a saturated solution; typically describes the dissolution of a mixed salt in its own water of crystallization.
(psychology) Relating to dystonia.
noun
(pathology) A person who has dystonia.
enactory
enactory
adj
Serving to enact something, such as a law.
encrypts
encrypts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encrypt
encyrtid
encyrtid
noun
(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.
encysted
encysted
adj
(figuratively) Embedded, enclosed.
(medicine) Contained in a cyst.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encyst
endocyst
endocyst
noun
(zoology) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa
entocyst
etymonic
etymonic
adj
Being or pertaining to an etymon or etymons.
gonocyte
gonocyte
noun
(biology) A long-lived germ cell responsible for spermatogenesis in males and oogenesis in females
hyacinth
hyacinth
noun
A variety of zircon, ranging in color from brown, orange, reddish-brown and yellow; a jacinth.
Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
hypnotic
hypnotic
adj
(pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific.
Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
noun
(pharmacology) A soporific substance.
A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
ilotycin
imitancy
imitancy
noun
Tendency to imitation.
incitory
incysted
incysted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incyst
instancy
instancy
noun
immediacy, instantaneousness
insistence, insistency
intactly
intactly
adv
In an intact manner
intimacy
intimacy
noun
(countable) Intimate relationship.
(countable, especially plural) Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information.
(uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality.
ionicity
ionicity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is ionic.
(uncountable) The condition of being ionic.
iterancy
jactancy
jactancy
noun
(obsolete) boasting; bragging
kentucky
kentucky
Proper noun
A state of the United States of America. Capital: Frankfort; largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.
A village on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.
kitcheny
kitcheny
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a kitchen.
lucently
lucently
adv
In a lucent manner.
mcintyre
minacity
minacity
noun
Synonym of menace: The action or process of threatening or the tendancy to threaten.
monocyte
monocyte
noun
(immunology, cytology) A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.
myatonic
mynpacht
mynpacht
noun
(South Africa) A mining lease.
myotonic
myotonic
adj
Of or pertaining to myotonia.
nugacity
nugacity
noun
futility; trifling talk or behaviour; drollery
nycteris
nyctimus
nycturia
nycturia
noun
nocturia
obstancy
obstancy
noun
(obsolete) opposition; impediment; obstruction
oceanity
oceanity
noun
Synonym of oceanicity
octenary
octenary
noun
(mathematics) Octal; base eight.
octonary
octonary
adj
Consisting of eight things
Of eighth rank or order.
noun
A group of eight things
octylene
octylene
noun
(organic chemistry) octene
oenocyte
oenocyte
noun
(biology) A large secretory cell found in clusters underlying the epidermis of larval abdominal segments.
oncotomy
oncotomy
noun
(surgery) The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumour, with a cutting instrument.
onychite
onymatic
otodynic
oxytocin
oxytocin
noun
(biochemistry) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.
oxytonic
oxytonic
adj
(prosody) Having a stress on the last syllable.
patiency
patiency
noun
(obsolete) Patience.
Passivity (as opposed to agency).
pentylic
pentylic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, pentyl.
phytonic
phytonic
adj
(biology) Relating to a phyton
ponycart
postsync
postsync
noun
(film) Short for postsynchronisation.
verb
(film) To dub.
pycnotic
pycnotic
adj
Alternative spelling of pyknotic
pyknotic
pyknotic
adj
(cytology) showing pyknosis
pythonic
pythonic
adj
(programming) Alternative letter-case form of Pythonic
Of or pertaining to the pythons.
Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events.
recently
recently
adv
In the recent past
sanctify
sanctify
verb
(transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.
(transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
(transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
(transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
sanctity
sanctity
noun
(countable) Something considered sacred.
(uncountable) Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness
(uncountable) The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability
sancyite
sancyite
noun
A variety of trachyandesite.
scantily
scantily
adv
Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.
scantity
scantity
noun
The quality of being scant or sparse.
scrutiny
scrutiny
noun
A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
Intense study of someone or something.
Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
verb
(obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.
scythian
scythian
Noun
An inhabitant of Scythia, an ill-defined region centered in southern Russia.
Adjective
relating to Scythia or Scythians
Proper noun
the Eastern Iranian language of Scythians
the Proto-Indo-European language
scything
scything
noun
The act of using a scythe.
The mown material left after using a scythe.
verb
present participle of scythe
secantly
secantly
adv
So as to cut or divide.
sistency
snyaptic
stanchly
stanchly
adv
In a stanch manner.
stickney
stycerin
stycerin
noun
(chemistry) A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; phenyl glycerin.
styphnic
styphnic
adj
Of or pertaining to styphnic acid or its derivatives
styracin
styracin
noun
(organic chemistry) A white crystalline substance extracted from gum storax, consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.
syconate
syenitic
syenitic
adj
Pertaining to, resembling or containing syenite.
synactic
synactic
adj
Relating to synaxis.
synaptic
synaptic
adj
(cytology) Of or relating to a synapsis—the association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes during the initial part of meiosis.
(physiology) Of or relating to a synapse—the junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell.