catalytical

[kuh-tal-uh-sis]

ca·tal·y·sis

[kuh-tal-uh-sis]
noun, plural ca·tal·y·ses [-seez] .
1.
Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
2.
an action between two or more persons or forces, initiated by an agent that itself remains unaffected by the action: social catalyses occasioned by controversial writings.

Origin:
1645–55; < Neo-Latin < Greek katálȳsis dissolution, equivalent to katalȳ́(ein) to dissolve (kata- cata- + lȳ́ein to loosen) + -sis -sis

cat·a·lyt·ic [kat-l-it-ik] , adjective, noun
cat·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
cat·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
an·ti·cat·a·lyt·ic, adjective, noun
an·ti·cat·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
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non·cat·a·lyt·ic, adjective, noun
non·cat·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
self-ca·tal·y·sis, noun
sem·i·cat·a·lyt·ic, adjective
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Catalytical is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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