acyclic
1. In botany, not cyclic, a reference especially to flowers whose parts are arranged in spirals rather than in whorls, as with magnolias.
A whorl is an arrangement of leaves, petals, sepals, etc., in a circle around the stem.
2. In chemistry, having an open-chain molecular structure rather than a ring-shaped structure.
anticyclone
An extensive system of winds spiraling outward from a high-pressure center, circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
anticyclonic
A reference to an area of high pressure around which winds blow in a clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere.
bicycle
cycle
cyclic
Pertaining to or occurring in a cycle or cycles, the term is applied to chemical compounds that contain a ring of atoms in the nucleus.
cyclically
cycling
cycloid
cyclometer
cyclone
cyclonic
A reference to an area of low pressure around which winds blow in a counter-clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere.
cyclopean
cycloplegia
The sudden loss of movement in the eye muscles that adjust the size of the lens and are used for focusing
cyclops
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