(countable) Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience).
Harshness, bitterness, or severity
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
acridity
acridity
noun
(figurative) Bitterness in speech or behaviour; causticness.
An acrid taste or smell.
Bitterness or acerbity.
alacrity
alacrity
noun
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
Promptness; speed.
apyretic
apyretic
adj
(medicine) Without fever, free from fever.
archcity
arythmic
arythmic
adj
Alternative spelling of arrhythmic
atrocity
atrocity
noun
(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
(countable) An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.
bitchery
bitchery
noun
Behavior considered typical of a bitch
caryatic
caryatic
adj
Of or relating to a caryatid.
caryatid
caryatid
noun
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
caryatis
caryotin
caryotin
noun
Alternative form of karyotin (“chromatin”)
cavitary
cavitary
adj
Of or pertaining to a (body) cavity.
celerity
celerity
noun
(hydrology) The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
(oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).
(telecommunications, dated) The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.
Speed, swiftness.
chirayta
christly
christly
Adjective
Christlike
christye
circuity
circuity
noun
(countable) A circuitous plan; a roundabout way of doing something.
(transport, countable) A measure of the ratio of road miles to air miles between two locations.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being circuitous.
citatory
citatory
adj
Of or pertaining to citation
That have the power of a citation, or a summons
cityward
cityward
adj
Directed toward cities
adv
Toward a city or cities
clientry
corynite
craftily
craftily
adv
In a crafty manner; slyly.
crebrity
crebrity
noun
(rare, formal or obsolete) The state or quality of being crebrous; close succession; frequency of occurrence; numerosity.
crickety
crickety
adj
(informal) Of or pertaining to the sport of cricket.
Full of crickets.
Of or pertaining to crickets.
intj
Alternative form of crikey
crustily
crustily
adv
In a crusty manner.
cryolite
cryolite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral sodium aluminium fluoride (Na₃AlF₆).
crypturi
curityba
cybister
cypriote
cypriots
cyrtidae
cyrtopia
cyrtosis
diclytra
directly
directly
adv
(Midlands, Cornwall) Soon; next; when it becomes convenient.
(dated) Immediately.
Exactly; just.
In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct means.
Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
Straightforwardly; honestly.
conj
As soon as; immediately (elliptical for directly that/as/when)
emictory
emictory
adj
Promoting the secretion of urine; diuretic.
noun
A medicine that promotes the secretion of urine.
encyrtid
encyrtid
noun
(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.
erythric
erythric
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling erythrin.
excitory
excitory
adj
Misspelling of excitatory.
feracity
feracity
noun
(obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
ferocity
ferocity
noun
The condition of being ferocious.
fetichry
fitchery
fructify
fructify
verb
(intransitive) To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.
(transitive) To make productive or fruitful.
furacity
furacity
noun
(obsolete) Addictedness to theft; thievishness.
hydrotic
hydrotic
adj
Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.
noun
(medicine) A hydrotic medicine.
hysteric
hysteric
adj
(medicine) Hysterical; relating to hysteria.
noun
A hysterical person.
incitory
iterancy
kerystic
kerystic
adj
(religion, rare) Concerning preaching, particularly preaching of the gospels.
lathyric
literacy
literacy
noun
The ability to read and write.
The ability to understand and evaluate something.
lyricist
lyricist
noun
A person who writes the lyrics of a song.
mcintyre
mycteria
mycteric
myristic
myristic
adj
(rare) Pertaining to nutmeg.
nycteris
nycturia
nycturia
noun
nocturia
oryctics
oryctics
noun
The branch of geology relating to fossils.
pitchery
poticary
pyrectic
pyrectic
adj
Producing fever or a rise in body temperature.
noun
(medicine) Any substance that produces fever or a rise in body temperature.
rapacity
rapacity
noun
The quality of being rapacious; voracity.
recruity
retiracy
retiracy
noun
(US, dated, chiefly humorous) retirement
rhythmic
rhythmic
adj
Characterized by rhythm.
Of or relating to rhythm.
With regular, repetitive motion or sound.
Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
rusticly
rusticly
adv
Archaic form of rustically.
sacristy
sacristy
noun
A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.
scarcity
scarcity
noun
(countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.
(uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
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.
security
security
noun
(countable) Something that secures.
(finance) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.
(finance) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan.
(finance, often in the plural) A tradeable financial asset, such as a share of stock.ᵂ
(law) Freedom from apprehension.
(law) Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
(obsolete) Carelessness; negligence.
(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
A guarantee.
An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
stickery
stickery
adj
Of, or pertaining to, stickers
Similar to a sticker
sticky, able to stick
strictly
strictly
adv
(mathematics) In a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function
In a limited manner; only
In a narrow or limited sense.
In a strict manner.
styceric
stycerin
stycerin
noun
(chemistry) A triacid alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; phenyl glycerin.
styracin
styracin
noun
(organic chemistry) A white crystalline substance extracted from gum storax, consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.
styrylic
taurylic
tragicly
triarchy
triarchy
noun
A country under three rulers.
Government by three persons; a triumvirate.
trickery
trickery
noun
(countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.
(uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
(uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.
(uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture.
trickily
trickily
adv
In a tricky manner
tricosyl
tricycle
tricycle
noun
(Philippines) An autorickshaw; A motorized cycle rickshaw
A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.
verb
To ride a tricycle.
tridecyl
tridecyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from tridecane
triptyca
triptych
triptych
noun
(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.
(philately) A set of three se-tenant postage stamps that form a composite picture.
tunicary
tunicary
noun
(zoology) One of the Urochordata (syn. Tunicata).
tyrannic
tyrannic
adj
(dated) Tyrannical.
urbacity
urbacity
noun
(rare) An extreme or exaggerated pride in one's city; an insular view of one's city.
urolytic
veracity
veracity
noun
(countable) Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
(uncountable) Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
(uncountable, of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
Act of being exact and accurate.
Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.
voracity
voracity
noun
the state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony