Anagrams of: DIACATHOLICONS

• Of or pertaining to a conchoid; that may be defined as a conchoid.

• (of a fracture) Irregular, with planar, concentric curves, similar to those on a mussel shell.

• (of a mineral) That fractures with planar concentric curves (e.g., as flint, chert or obsidian).

• hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

• the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churches

• A high-ranking bishop or patriarch in certain Eastern Christian traditions.

• Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).

• large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris

• of or at or pertaining to a cathode

• Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).

• of or relating to or supporting Catholicism

• a member of a Catholic church

• free from provincial prejudices or attachments