BARRAMUNDIS | • barramundis n. Plural of barramundi. • BARRAMUNDI n. (Native Australian) an Australian river-fish, also BARRAMUNDA, BURRAMUNDI. |
BURRAMUNDIS | • BURRAMUNDI n. (Native Australian) any of several Australian river-fish, also BARRAMUNDA, BARRAMUNDI. |
CIRCUMMURED | • circummured v. Simple past tense and past participle of circummure. • CIRCUMMURE v. (Shakespeare) to wall round. |
CORRIGENDUM | • corrigendum n. An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication. • corrigendum n. (Usually in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections. • CORRIGENDUM n. an error in a printed work discovered after printing and shown with its correction on a separate sheet. |
DRAMATURGIC | • dramaturgic adj. Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage. • DRAMATURGIC adj. relating to dramaturgy, also DRAMATURGICAL. |
FRIGIDARIUM | • frigidarium n. (Historical, Ancient Rome) In Ancient Roman baths, a room with a bath of cold water. • FRIGIDARIUM n. (Latin) the room in Roman baths containing the final, cold, bath. |
MERDIVOROUS | • merdivorous adj. Dung-eating, coprophagous. • MERDIVOROUS adj. dung-eating. |
NURSERYMAID | • nurserymaid n. Nursemaid. • NURSERYMAID n. one employed to look after small children. |
PANDURIFORM | • panduriform adj. (Botany, rare) Pandurate. • PANDURIFORM adj. fiddle-shaped, e.g. of leaves, also PANDURATE, PANDURATED. |
PARLOURMAID | • parlourmaid n. (Britain) A maid who takes care of the parlour. • PARLOURMAID n. a female servant in a private home who serves at the table, keeps the house clean and answers the door to guests. |
PERICARDIUM | • pericardium n. (Anatomy, cardiology) A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract. • PERICARDIUM n. a membranous sac containing the heart. |
QUADRIREMES | • quadriremes n. Plural of quadrireme. • QUADRIREME n. an ancient ship with four banks of oars. |
QUADRUMVIRS | • quadrumvirs n. Plural of quadrumvir. • QUADRUMVIR n. a member of a quadrumvirate. |
RUDIMENTARY | • rudimentary adj. Of or relating to one or more rudiments. • rudimentary adj. Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary. • rudimentary n. (Zoology, usually in the plural) One of the rudimentary mammae of boars. |
THERMODURIC | • thermoduric adj. (Of bacteria) Capable of surviving high temperatures such as the pasteurisation process. • thermoduric n. A bacterium capable of surviving high temperatures. • THERMODURIC adj. resistant to high temperatures. |
UNDERMINERS | • underminers n. Plural of underminer. • UNDERMINER n. one who undermines. |