| abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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| acinar | (adjective) pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinic, acinose, acinous |
| acinic | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinose, acinous |
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| acinose | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinous |
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| acinous | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinose |
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| acinus | (noun) one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland | - |
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| (noun) one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry | - |
| bacitracin | (noun) a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally | - |
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| bracing | (adjective) imparting vitality and energy | Synonyms: brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic |
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| (noun) a structural member used to stiffen a framework | Synonyms: brace |
| characin | (noun) any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | Synonyms: characid, characin fish |
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| ciprofloxacin | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints | Synonyms: Cipro |
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| deracinate | (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: extirpate, root out, uproot |
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| (verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment | Synonyms: uproot |
| deracination | (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | Synonyms: excision, extirpation |
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| (noun) to move something from its natural environment | Synonyms: displacement |
| embracing | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embrace, embracement |
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| facing | (noun) providing something with a surface of a different material | Synonyms: lining |
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| (noun) a protective covering that protects the outside of a building | Synonyms: cladding |
| (noun) a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening | - |
| (noun) an ornamental coating to a building | Synonyms: veneer |
| folacin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction | Synonyms: folate, folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, vitamin M |
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| hyacinth | (noun) any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs | - |
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| (noun) a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone | Synonyms: jacinth |
| indomethacin | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin) | Synonyms: Indocin |
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| interlacing | (adjective) linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing | Synonyms: interlinking, interlocking, interwoven |
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| jacinth | (noun) a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone | Synonyms: hyacinth |
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| lacing | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking |
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| (noun) a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) | Synonyms: lace |
| (noun) a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage | - |
| laciniate | (adjective) having edges irregularly and finely slashed | Synonyms: fringed |
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| limacine | (adjective) of or resembling a slug | Synonyms: limacoid |
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| macintosh | (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, mack, mackintosh |
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| (noun) a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric | Synonyms: mackintosh |
| menacing | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: baleful, forbidding, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening |
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| menacingly | (adverb) in a menacing manner | Synonyms: threateningly |
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| niacin | (noun) a B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract | Synonyms: nicotinic acid |
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| pacing | (noun) walking with slow regular strides | - |
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| (noun) (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played | Synonyms: tempo |
| raciness | (noun) behavior or language bordering on indelicacy | Synonyms: gaminess, ribaldry, spiciness |
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| (noun) a strong odor or taste property | Synonyms: bite, pungency, sharpness |
| racing | (noun) the sport of engaging in contests of speed | - |
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| replacing | (noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another | Synonyms: replacement |
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| spacing | (noun) the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them | Synonyms: spatial arrangement |
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| (noun) the time between occurrences of a repeating event | - |
| surfacing | (noun) emerging to the surface and becoming apparent | - |
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| thylacine | (noun) rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct | Synonyms: Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus |
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| tracing | (noun) the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline | - |
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| (noun) the discovery and description of the course of development of something | - |
| (noun) a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image | Synonyms: trace |