Words: anisotropy, anisotropic [MW]

(From the Greek aniso- "unequal" and tropos, tropikos "place," this is a technical term in geological and oceanic modeling, but I would define it as "anise place" or Anisette Heaven, filled with Italian pizzelles -- a snowflake-shaped, melt-in-your-mouth, anisette-flavored holiday confection that seems theologically incapable of containing calories.)

Main Entry: an·iso·trop·ic
Pronunciation: "a-"nI-s&-'trä-pik
Function: adjective
: exhibiting properties with different values when measured in different directions