BACULIFORM | • baculiform adj. Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped. • BACULIFORM adj. rod-shaped. |
BECLAMOURS | • beclamours v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclamour. • BECLAMOUR v. to make a clamour, also BECLAMOR. |
BINOCULARS | • binoculars n. A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they… • BINOCULAR n. a binocular telescope. |
CALEMBOURS | • calembours n. Plural of calembour. • CALEMBOUR n. (French) a pun. |
COLOURABLE | • colourable adj. (Obsolete) Colourful. • colourable adj. Apparently true; specious; potentially justifiable. • colourable adj. (Now rare, sometimes law) Deceptive; fake, misleading. |
COLOURABLY | • colourably adv. Alternative form of colorably. • COLOURABLE adv. that can be coloured, also COLORABLE. |
COLUBRIADS | • COLUBRIAD n. (Cowper) the epic of a snake. |
COLUMBARIA | • columbaria n. Plural of columbarium. • COLUMBARIUM n. (Latin) a vault with niches for storing urns; a dovecote or pigeon house. |
CONFABULAR | • confabular adj. Of or pertaining to confabulation. • CONFABULAR adj. relating to confabulation, the fabrication of past experiences, either consciously or unconsciously to make up for loss of memory. |
CORBICULAE | • corbiculae n. Plural of corbicula. • CORBICULA n. (Latin) the pollen basket of bees, consisting of the dilated posterior tibia with its fringe of long hairs. |
COURBARILS | • courbarils n. Plural of courbaril. • COURBARIL n. the West Indian locust-tree. |
LAMBRUSCOS | • Lambruscos n. Plural of Lambrusco. • LAMBRUSCO n. (Italian) an Italian sparkling wine. |
LUBRICATOR | • lubricator n. A device that lubricates, that applies lubricant. • lubricator n. A person employed to lubricate. • LUBRICATOR n. one who, or that which, lubricates. |
LUCUBRATOR | • lucubrator n. One who lucubrates. • LUCUBRATOR n. a person who studies during the night. |
ORBICULATE | • orbiculate adj. Spherical or circular; orbicular. • orbiculate n. That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular. • ORBICULATE adj. having the shape of a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular, also ORBICULATED. |
PROCURABLE | • procurable adj. Able to be procured. • PROCURABLE adj. capable of being procured. |
RECOUPABLE | • recoupable adj. Able to be recouped. • RECOUPABLE adj. that can be recouped. |
SCABROUSLY | • scabrously adv. In a scabrous way. • SCABROUS adv. roughened with small projections, also SCABRID. |
SUCCORABLE | • succorable adj. Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief. • SUCCORABLE adj. that can be succored, also SUCCOURABLE. |
VOCABULARY | • vocabulary n. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for… • vocabulary n. The collection of words a person knows and uses. • vocabulary n. The stock of words used in a particular field. |