ACANTHACEOUS | • acanthaceous adj. (Botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family. • acanthaceous adj. Armed with prickles, as a plant. • ACANTHACEOUS adj. prickly; of the Acanthaceae. |
ACCUSATORIAL | • accusatorial adj. Containing or implying accusation. • accusatorial adj. (Law) Of or pertaining to the system of a public trial in which the facts are ascertained by the judge… • ACCUSATORIAL adj. denoting a judicial procedure in which the judge is not the same person as the prosecutor. |
AGARICACEOUS | • agaricaceous adj. (Mycology) Belonging to the Agaricaceae. • AGARICACEOUS adj. belonging to the agaric family of fungi. |
ANACOLUTHIAS | • anacoluthias n. Plural of anacoluthia. • ANACOLUTHIA n. a nonsequential syntactic construction in which the latter part of a sentence does not grammatically fit the earlier. |
ARCHOSAURIAN | • archosaurian n. An archosaur. • ARCHOSAURIAN n. any of a subclass of reptiles comprising pterosaurs, dinosaurs and crocodilians, also ARCHOSAUR. |
AUTOCATALYSE | • autocatalyse v. Alternative spelling of autocatalyze. • AUTOCATALYSE v. to effect autocatalysis, also AUTOCATALYZE. |
AVASCULARITY | • avascularity n. (Anatomy) The condition of being avascular. • AVASCULARITY n. the state of being avascular. |
CATACAUSTICS | • catacaustics n. Plural of catacaustic. • CATACAUSTIC n. a catacaustic curve or surface. |
CHUCKAWALLAS | • chuckawallas n. Plural of chuckawalla. • CHUCKAWALLA n. (Spanish) an iguanid lizard of Mexico and the southwestern US, also CHUCKWALLA. |
CRASSULACEAN | • crassulacean adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to the family Crassulaceae of dicotyledons. • CRASSULACEAN adj. as in crassulacean acid metabolism, a method of photosynthesis. |
IPECACUANHAS | • ipecacuanhas n. Plural of ipecacuanha. • IPECACUANHA n. (Portuguese) the dried root of various South American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic, also IPECAC. |
MACERANDUBAS | • MACERANDUBA n. (Tupi) the Brazilian milk-tree, also MASSARANDUBA, MASSERANDUBA. |
PANDANACEOUS | • pandanaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to the plant family Pandanaceae. • PANDANACEOUS adj. belonging to the Pandanaceae, a family of trees and bushes related to the bulrushes and bur-reeds. |
PLATANACEOUS | • platanaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Platanaceae of plane trees. • PLATANACEOUS adj. belonging to the family Platanaceae, plane trees etc. |
SANTALACEOUS | • santalaceous adj. (Botany) Relating to the flowering plant family Santalaceae. • SANTALACEOUS adj. belonging to the sandalwood genus Santalum, or sandalwood family Santalaceae. |
SCARABAEUSES | • scarabaeuses n. Plural of scarabaeus. • SCARABAEUS n. a beetle of the Scarabaeus genus of lamellicorn beetles. |