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Showing words for CAUSTICITY using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Causticity

causticity

8 Letter Words for Causticity

astucity, autistic

7 Letter Words for Causticity

actitis, ascitic, atticus, catsuit, caustic, cicutas, cutitis, cytasic, cytitis, itacist, sciatic, siccity, tactics, tictacs

6 Letter Words for Causticity

acuity, attics, autist, cactus, cicuta, cistic, cystic, cytisi, isatic, scatty, scutta, scutty, static, tactic, tactus, tictac, tictic, yuccas

5 Letter Words for Causticity

accts, accus, actus, aitis, aitus, ascii, attic, cacti, catty, ccitt, cista, citua, cuits, cutis, cutty, cuyas, cycas, icica, ictic, ictus, isiac, saucy, sauty, scatt, scaut, scuta, sicca, sitta, stacc, styca, succi, suity, sutta, tacit, tacts, taits, tasty, tatus, tauts, ticca, tisic, titis, utica, yucas, yucca

4 Letter Words for Causticity

acct, acts, actu, acus, aits, aitu, asci, atis, atty, ayus, caci, caic, cast, cats, caus, cays, cisc, cist, cits, city, cuca, cuit, cust, cuts, cuya, cyst, itai, itas, itsy, saic, sati, saut, scat, scut, scyt, sicc, sita, siti, situ, stat, stay, stut, suci, suit, tact, tais, tait, tasu, tats, tatu, taus, taut, tays, tics, titi, tits, tsia, tuis, tuts, utai, utas, utis, yati, yuca

3 Letter Words for Causticity

acc, act, acy, ais, ait, ast, att, ays, ayu, cai, cat, cay, cia, cis, cit, csc, csi, cst, cts, cut, cyc, icy, ist, ita, its, sac, sai, sat, sau, say, sci, sct, sic, sit, sta, sty, sui, tai, tas, tat, tau, tay, tic, tis, tit, tiu, tsi, tst, tty, tua, tui, tut, tuy, tyt, uca, uit, usa, ust, uta, utc, uti, uts, yas, yat, yis, yus

Definitions for Causticity

[1] capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
[2] severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark.
[3] a caustic substance.
[4] Optics . caustic curve. caustic surface.
[5] capable of burning or corroding by chemical action caustic soda
[6] sarcastic; cutting a caustic reply
[7] of, relating to, or denoting light that is reflected or refracted by a curved surface
[8] Also called: caustic surface a surface that envelops the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
[9] Also called: caustic curve a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
[10] chem a caustic substance, esp an alkali

Words related to Causticity

causticacridity, corrosiveness, incisiveness, mordacity, mordancy, trenchancy

Words nearby Causticity

causticcauserie, causeuse, causeway, causey, causist, caustic, caustic alcohol, caustic baryta, caustic curve, caustic lime, caustic potash

Origin of Causticity

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin causticus < Greek kaustikós burning, caustic, equivalent to kaust(ós ) burnt (verbal adjective of kaíein to burn) + -ikos -ic

Other words from Causticity

caus·ti·cal·ly , caus·tic·ly , adverb
caus·tic·i·ty [kaw-stis -i-tee] /kɔˈstɪs ɪ ti/ , caus·tic·ness , noun
non·caus·tic , adjective
non·caus·ti·cal·ly , adverb
o·ver·caus·tic , adjective
o·ver·caus·ti·cal·ly , adverb
o·ver·caus·tic·i·ty , noun
un·caus·tic , adjective
un·caus·ti·cal·ly , adverb

Word origin for Causticity

C14: from Latin causticus, from Greek kaustikos, from kaiein to burn

Synonyms for Causticity

acridity, acridness, causticness, corrosiveness, incisiveness, mordacity, mordancy, trenchancy