| acatalectic | (adjective) (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot | - |
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| (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables | - |
| anaphylactic | (adjective) related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis | - |
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| anorectic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorexigenic |
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| (adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorexic |
| (noun) a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | Synonyms: anorexic |
| anticlimactic | (adjective) coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactical |
| anticlimactical | (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactic |
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| apodeictic | (adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain | Synonyms: apodictic |
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| apodictic | (adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain | Synonyms: apodeictic |
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| apomictic | (adjective) of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis | Synonyms: apomictical |
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| (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, parthenogenetic |
| apomictical | (adjective) of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis | Synonyms: apomictic |
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| apoplectic | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy | - |
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| apractic | (adjective) having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder | Synonyms: apraxic |
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| arctic | (adjective) extremely cold | Synonyms: frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar |
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| (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: galosh, golosh, gumshoe, rubber |
| atactic | (adjective) lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia | Synonyms: ataxic |
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| ataractic | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing |
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| (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser, tranquillizer |
| autodidactic | (adjective) relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact | - |
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| cachectic | (adjective) relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia | - |
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| catalectic | (adjective) (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot | - |
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| (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot | - |
| cathectic | (adjective) of or relating to cathexis | - |
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| chiropractic | (noun) a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure | - |
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| climactic | (adjective) consisting of or causing a climax | - |
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| deictic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use | - |
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| (noun) a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs | Synonyms: deictic word |
| dialectic | (adjective) of or relating to or employing dialectic | Synonyms: dialectical |
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| (noun) any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments | - |
| (noun) a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction | - |
| dialectical | (adjective) of or relating to or employing dialectic | Synonyms: dialectic |
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| dialectically | (adverb) in a dialectic manner | - |
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| dialectician | (noun) a logician skilled in dialectic | - |
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| dialectics | (noun) a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces | - |
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| didactic | (adjective) instructive (especially excessively) | Synonyms: didactical |
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| didactical | (adjective) instructive (especially excessively) | Synonyms: didactic |
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| didactically | (adverb) in a didactic manner | Synonyms: pedagogically |
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| didacticism | (noun) communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive | - |
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| didactics | (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | Synonyms: education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching |
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| dyslectic | (adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslexic |
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| (noun) a person who has dyslexia | Synonyms: dyslexic |
| eclectic | (adjective) selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas | - |
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| (noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method | Synonyms: eclecticist |
| eclecticism | (noun) making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style | Synonyms: eclectic method |
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| eclecticist | (noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method | Synonyms: eclectic |
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| epideictic | (adjective) designed primarily for rhetorical display | Synonyms: epideictical |
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| epideictical | (adjective) designed primarily for rhetorical display | Synonyms: epideictic |
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| eutectic | (noun) a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point | - |
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| extragalactic | (adjective) outside or beyond a galaxy | - |
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| galactic | (adjective) of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way) | - |
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| (adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomic, astronomical |
| hectic | (adjective) marked by intense agitation or emotion | Synonyms: feverish |
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| hectically | (adverb) in a frenzied manner | Synonyms: frenziedly |
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| hypercatalectic | (adjective) (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot | - |
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| (noun) (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot | - |
| ictic | (adjective) of or relating to a seizure or convulsion | Synonyms: ictal |
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| impracticability | (noun) the quality of not being usable | Synonyms: impracticableness |
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| impracticable | (adjective) not capable of being carried out or put into practice | Synonyms: infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable |
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| impracticableness | (noun) the quality of not being usable | Synonyms: impracticability |
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| impracticably | (adverb) to an impracticable degree | - |
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| impractical | (adjective) not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters | - |
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| (adjective) not practical or realizable; speculative | Synonyms: airy, Laputan, visionary, windy |
| impracticality | (noun) concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use | - |
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| insecticidal | (adjective) of or relating to insecticide | - |
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| insecticidally | (adverb) by means of an insecticide | - |
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| insecticide | (noun) a chemical used to kill insects | Synonyms: insect powder |
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| intergalactic | (adjective) between or among galaxies | - |
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| lactic | (adjective) of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey) | - |
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| malpractice | (noun) a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct | - |
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| (noun) professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage | - |
| pectic | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from pectin | - |
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| practicability | (noun) the quality of being usable | Synonyms: practicableness |
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| practicable | (adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | Synonyms: executable, feasible, viable, workable |
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| (adjective) usable for a specific purpose | Synonyms: operable |
| practicableness | (noun) the quality of being usable | Synonyms: practicability |
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| practicably | (adverb) in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible | Synonyms: feasibly |
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| practical | (adjective) concerned with actual use or practice | - |
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| (adjective) having or put to a practical purpose or use | - |
| (adjective) guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | Synonyms: hard-nosed, hardheaded, pragmatic |
| (adjective) being actually such in almost every respect | Synonyms: virtual |
| practicality | (noun) concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities | - |
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| practically | (adverb) almost; nearly | - |
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| (adverb) in a practical manner | - |
| (adverb) (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely | Synonyms: much |
| practice | (noun) a customary way of operation or behavior | Synonyms: pattern |
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| (noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practice session, recitation |
| (noun) the exercise of a profession | - |
| (noun) translating an idea into action | Synonyms: praxis |
| (noun) knowledge of how something is usually done | - |
| (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practise |
| (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practise, rehearse |
| (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, exercise, practise |
| (verb) avail oneself to | Synonyms: apply, use |
| (verb) engage in or perform | Synonyms: commit |
| practiced | (adjective) skillful after much practice | Synonyms: practised |
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| (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: adept, expert, good, proficient, skilful, skillful |
| practician | (noun) someone who practices a learned profession | Synonyms: practitioner |
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| prophylactic | (adjective) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease | Synonyms: preventative, preventive |
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| (adjective) warding off | Synonyms: cautionary |
| (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: antifertility, contraceptive |
| (noun) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse | Synonyms: condom, rubber, safe, safety |
| (noun) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease | Synonyms: preventative, preventive |
| pyrectic | (adjective) having or causing fever | - |
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| (noun) any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature | Synonyms: pyrogen |
| subarctic | (adjective) of or relating to latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle | - |
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| syntactic | (adjective) of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax | Synonyms: syntactical |
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| syntactical | (adjective) of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax | Synonyms: syntactic |
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| syntactically | (adverb) with respect to syntax | - |
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| syntactician | (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax | Synonyms: grammarian |
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| tactic | (noun) a plan for attaining a particular goal | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre, tactics |
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| tactical | (adjective) of or pertaining to tactic or tactics | - |
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| tactically | (adverb) with regard to tactics | - |
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| tactician | (noun) a person who is skilled at planning tactics | - |
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| tactics | (noun) a plan for attaining a particular goal | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre, tactic |
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| (noun) the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy | - |
| unpracticed | (adjective) not having had extensive practice | Synonyms: unpractised, unversed |
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