| acapnic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnial, acapnotic |
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| acetonic | (adjective) of or relating to acetone | - |
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| acetylenic | (adjective) of or related to acetylene | - |
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| achromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains | - |
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| acinic | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinose, acinous |
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| acrogenic | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenous |
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| actinic | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting actinism | - |
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| aeromechanic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aerodynamics | - |
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| aeromechanics | (noun) the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow | Synonyms: aerodynamics |
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| albinic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinal, albinistic, albinotic |
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| aldermanic | (adjective) of or relating to or like an alderman | Synonyms: aldermanly |
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| aleuronic | (adjective) of or related to aleurone | - |
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| algolagnic | (adjective) of or relating to algolagnia | - |
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| allergenic | (adjective) relating to or having the effect of an allergen | - |
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| allochronic | (adjective) (of taxa) occurring in different geologic times | - |
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| allophonic | (adjective) pertaining to allophones | - |
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| aminic | (adjective) pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia | Synonyms: amino |
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| amnic | (adjective) of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion | Synonyms: amnionic, amniotic |
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| amnionic | (adjective) of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion | Synonyms: amnic, amniotic |
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| anachronic | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronistic, anachronous |
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| androgenic | (adjective) of or related to the male hormone androgen | - |
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| anicteric | (adjective) without jaundice | - |
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| (adjective) not affected by jaundice | - |
| animatronics | (noun) the construction of robots to look like animals (developed for Disneyland) | - |
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| anionic | (adjective) of or relating to anions | - |
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| (noun) a class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions | Synonyms: anionic detergent, non-ionic detergent |
| aniseikonic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the visual defect aniseikonia | - |
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| anorexigenic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorectic |
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| anthropogenic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenetic |
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| anticyclonic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center | - |
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| antigenic | (adjective) of or relating to antigens | - |
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| antimonic | (adjective) relating to or derived from antimony | Synonyms: antimonious |
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| aphonic | (adjective) being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech | Synonyms: voiceless |
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| architectonic | (adjective) of or pertaining to construction or architecture | Synonyms: tectonic |
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| architectonics | (noun) the science of architecture | Synonyms: tectonics |
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| arenicolous | (adjective) growing or living or burrowing in sand | - |
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| arnica | (noun) an ointment used in treating bruises | - |
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| (noun) any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica | - |
| (noun) used especially in treating bruises | - |
| arsenic | (noun) a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and in various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar | Synonyms: As, atomic number 33 |
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| (noun) a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer | Synonyms: arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, ratsbane, white arsenic |
| arsenical | (adjective) relating to or containing arsenic | - |
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| (noun) a pesticide or drug containing arsenic | - |
| asthenic | (adjective) having a slender physique | - |
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| (adjective) lacking energy or vitality | Synonyms: adynamic, debilitated, enervated |
| atonic | (adjective) (used of syllables) carrying no stress | Synonyms: unaccented |
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| (adjective) characterized by a lack of tonus | - |
| atonicity | (noun) lack of normal muscular tension or tonus | Synonyms: amyotonia, atonia, atony |
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| autochthonic | (adjective) originating where it is found | Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous |
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| autogenic | (adjective) originating within the body | Synonyms: autogenous |
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| autogenics | (noun) training patients in self-induced relaxation | Synonyms: autogenic therapy, autogenic training |
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| auxinic | (adjective) relating to or containing auxins | - |
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| avionic | (adjective) of or relating to avionics | - |
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| avionics | (noun) science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics | - |
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| axenic | (adjective) (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions | - |
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| (adjective) (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms | - |
| azonic | (adjective) not restricted to any particular zone or region | - |
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| benthonic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water | Synonyms: benthal, benthic |
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| benzylpenicillin | (noun) the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics | Synonyms: penicillin G |
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| biogenic | (adjective) produced by living organisms or biological processes | - |
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| (adjective) essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes | - |
| bionic | (adjective) of or relating to bionics | - |
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| (adjective) having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components | - |
| bionics | (noun) application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems) | - |
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| boronic | (adjective) of or relating to boron | - |
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| botanic | (adjective) of or relating to plants or botany | Synonyms: botanical |
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| botanical | (adjective) of or relating to plants or botany | Synonyms: botanic |
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| (noun) a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves) | - |
| boustrophedonic | (adjective) of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions | - |
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| brachycranic | (adjective) having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80 | Synonyms: brachycephalic, brachycranial |
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| brahminic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin | Synonyms: brahminical |
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| brahminical | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin | Synonyms: brahminic |
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| bubonic | (adjective) of or evidencing buboes | - |
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| cacodaemonic | (adjective) of or relating to evil spirits | Synonyms: cacodemonic |
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| cacodemonic | (adjective) of or relating to evil spirits | Synonyms: cacodaemonic |
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| cacogenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced | Synonyms: dysgenic |
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| cacogenics | (noun) the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced | Synonyms: dysgenics |
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| cacophonic | (adjective) having an unpleasant sound | Synonyms: cacophonous |
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| caffeinic | (adjective) of or containing caffein | - |
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| calisthenic | (adjective) of or relating to calisthenics | - |
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| calisthenics | (noun) the practice of calisthenic exercises | Synonyms: callisthenics |
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| (noun) light exercises designed to promote general fitness | Synonyms: callisthenics |
| callisthenics | (noun) the practice of calisthenic exercises | Synonyms: calisthenics |
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| (noun) light exercises designed to promote general fitness | Synonyms: calisthenics |
| canicular | (adjective) relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star) | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the dog days of summer | - |
| canicule | (noun) the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity | Synonyms: canicular days, dog days |
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| canonic | (adjective) of or relating to or required by canon law | Synonyms: canonical |
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| (adjective) appearing in a biblical canon | Synonyms: canonical |
| (adjective) conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | Synonyms: canonical, sanctioned |
| (adjective) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | Synonyms: basic, canonical |
| canonical | (adjective) of or relating to or required by canon law | Synonyms: canonic |
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| (adjective) appearing in a biblical canon | Synonyms: canonic |
| (adjective) conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | Synonyms: canonic, sanctioned |
| (adjective) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | Synonyms: basic, canonic |
| canonically | (adverb) in a canonical manner | - |
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| carbonic | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon | Synonyms: carbonaceous, carboniferous, carbonous |
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| carcinogenic | (adjective) causing or tending to cause cancer | - |
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| catatonic | (adjective) characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs | - |
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| cationic | (adjective) of or relating to cations | - |
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| chloramphenicol | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) | Synonyms: Chloromycetin |
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| chorionic | (adjective) of or relating to a chorion | - |
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| chromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) readily colored by stains | - |
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| chronic | (adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering | - |
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| (adjective) persisting for a long time | Synonyms: continuing |
| (adjective) habitual | Synonyms: inveterate |
| chronically | (adverb) in a slowly developing and long lasting manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a habitual and longstanding manner | Synonyms: inveterate |
| chronicle | (noun) a record or narrative description of past events | Synonyms: account, history, story |
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| (verb) record in chronological order; make a historical record | - |
| chronicler | (noun) someone who writes chronicles | - |
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| chthonic | (adjective) dwelling beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: chthonian, nether |
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| clinic | (noun) a healthcare facility for outpatient care | - |
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| (noun) meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity | - |
| (noun) a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists | - |
| clinical | (adjective) relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients | - |
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| (adjective) scientifically detached; unemotional | - |
| clinically | (adverb) in a clinical manner | - |
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| clinician | (noun) a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments | - |
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| clonic | (adjective) of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation | - |
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| collagenic | (adjective) relating to or consisting of collagen | Synonyms: collagenous |
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| colonic | (adjective) of or relating to the colon | - |
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| (noun) a water enema given to flush out the colon | Synonyms: colonic irrigation |
| comedogenic | (noun) A substance that tends to produce acne, such as by clogging pores on the skin. | Synonyms: comedogen, comedogenic substance |
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| communicable | (adjective) readily communicated | - |
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| (adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | Synonyms: catching, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable |
| communicant | (noun) a person entitled to receive Communion | - |
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| communicate | (verb) transmit thoughts or feelings | Synonyms: intercommunicate |
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| (verb) transmit information | Synonyms: pass, pass along, pass on, put across |
| (verb) be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas | - |
| (verb) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | Synonyms: commune |
| (verb) administer Communion; in church | - |
| (verb) join or connect | - |
| (verb) transfer to another | Synonyms: convey, transmit |
| communicating | (noun) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information | Synonyms: communication |
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| communication | (noun) something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups | - |
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| (noun) the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information | Synonyms: communicating |
| (noun) a connection allowing access between persons or places | - |