PHATIC | • phatic adj. (Linguistics) Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship. • PHATIC adj. relating to a communication meant to generate an atmosphere of social relationship rather than to convey some information. |
EMPHATIC | • emphatic adj. Characterized by emphasis; forceful. • emphatic adj. Stated with conviction. • emphatic adj. (Grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to. |
ALIPHATIC | • aliphatic adj. (Organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain. • aliphatic n. A compound of this type. • aliphatic n. (Chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds. |
APOPHATIC | • apophatic adj. (Theology) Pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions. • apophatic adj. (By extension) That which passively defines a thing by describing what it is not characteristic thereof. • APOPHATIC adj. emphasizing a fact, by pretending to ignore or deny it. |
LYMPHATIC | • lymphatic adj. (Anatomy) Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system. • lymphatic adj. Lacking energy or enthusiasm; having characteristics once associated with an excess of lymph: lack of… • lymphatic adj. (Obsolete) Madly enthusiastic; frantic. |
SULPHATIC | • sulphatic adj. (Chemistry) Of, relating to, resembling, or containing a sulphate or sulphates. • SULPHATIC adj. pertaining to a salt of sulphuric acid, also SULFATIC. |
PHOSPHATIC | • phosphatic adj. Of, relating to, or composed of phosphate. • PHOSPHATIC adj. containing phosphates; as in phosphatic acid. |
UNEMPHATIC | • unemphatic adj. Not emphatic. • UNEMPHATIC adj. not emphatic. |
NONEMPHATIC | • nonemphatic adj. Not emphatic. • NONEMPHATIC adj. not emphatic. |
OVEREMPHATIC | • overemphatic adj. Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation. • OVEREMPHATIC adj. excessively emphatic. |
ENDOLYMPHATIC | • endolymphatic adj. (Anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph. • endolymphatic adj. (Anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel. • ENDOLYMPHATIC adj. relating to endolymph, the watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear. |
CYCLOALIPHATIC | • cycloaliphatic adj. (Organic chemistry) Relating to a cycloalkane or a cycloalkyl radical. • CYCLOALIPHATIC adj. denoting organic compounds that are both aliphatic and cyclic, i.e. aliphatic in chemical behaviour but having their carbon atoms in a ring, also ALICYCLIC. |