| acoustic | (noun) a remedy for hearing loss or deafness | - |
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| acrostic | (noun) a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across | Synonyms: word square |
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| (noun) verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message | - |
| agnostic | (noun) a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist) | - |
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| (noun) someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something | Synonyms: doubter |
| antineoplastic | (noun) any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function | Synonyms: antineoplastic drug, cancer drug |
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| bitumastic | (noun) a protective coating of asphalt and filter used on structural metals that are exposed to weathering | - |
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| catacaustic | (noun) a caustic curve formed by light reflecting from a curved surface. | - |
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| caustic | (noun) the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object | - |
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| (noun) any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue | - |
| characteristic | (noun) a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something | - |
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| (noun) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions | Synonyms: device characteristic |
| (noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: feature |
| (noun) the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 | - |
| domestic | (noun) a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | Synonyms: domestic help, house servant |
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| ecclesiastic | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, cleric, divine |
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| elastic | (noun) a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material | - |
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| (noun) a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together | Synonyms: elastic band, rubber band |
| encaustic | (noun) a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application | - |
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| eristic | (noun) the art of logical disputation (especially if specious) | - |
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| (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, disputant |
| heuristic | (noun) a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem | Synonyms: heuristic program, heuristic rule |
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| mastic | (noun) an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin | Synonyms: lentisk, mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus |
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| (noun) an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes | - |
| (noun) a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler | - |
| monastic | (noun) a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work | Synonyms: monk |
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| mystic | (noun) someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension | Synonyms: religious mystic |
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| plastic | (noun) a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered | Synonyms: charge card, charge plate |
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| (noun) generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives | - |
| prognostic | (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostication |
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| rustic | (noun) an unsophisticated country person | - |
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| scholastic | (noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | Synonyms: bookworm, pedant |
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| spastic | (noun) a person suffering from spastic paralysis | - |
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| statistic | (noun) a datum that can be represented numerically | - |
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| syllogistic | (noun) in logic, the formal analysis of logical terms and operators and the structures that make it possible to infer true conclusions from given premises. | - |
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| thermoplastic | (noun) a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled | Synonyms: thermoplastic resin |
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