abietic
/ˌæb.iˈɛt.ɪk/
abietic adjective: of, pertaining to, or derived from fir trees.
Adjective
abietic (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or derived from fir trees
- Of or pertaining to abietic acid or its derivatives
Origin of abietic
From Abies, from Latin abiet- + -ic, oblique stem of abiēs (“silver fir”).
Words formed from abietic
- abietene
- dehydroabietic
- hydroabietic
- neoabietic
Phrases with abietic
Words that rhyme with abietic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
- diakinetic
Questions about abietic
- What does abietic mean?
- Abietic means of, pertaining to, or derived from fir trees.
- What part of speech is abietic?
- Abietic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce abietic?
- Abietic is pronounced /ˌæb.iˈɛt.ɪk/ (US).
Words near abietic in the dictionary
Source and license
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