calamitic
/ˌkaləˈmɪtɪk/adjective
1 Palaeontology. Characteristic of or resembling fossil plants of the genus Calamites, which had distinctive grooved and jointed stems. Now rare.
2 Physical Chemical Designating a mesophase or liquid crystal consisting of cylindrical or rodlike molecules, or the molecules themselves.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Annals and Magazine of Natural History. From calamite + -ic.
- non-residing
- non-resistance
- non-resistant
- non-resisting
- non-response
- non-restraint
- non-restrictive
- non-retaliation
- non-return
- non-returnable
- non-return-to-zero
- nonreward
- nonrewarded
- non-rhotic
- non-riding
- non-rigid
- non-Roman
- non-rotating
- non-ruminant
- non-rural
- non-sane
- non-sanity
- non-saturated
- non-scene
- non-sched