BISSEXTILE | • bissextile adj. Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars… • bissextile n. Synonym of leap year: a year with an intercalary day. • BISSEXTILE n. the extra day in the leap year. |
BISSEXTILES | • bissextiles n. Plural of bissextile. • BISSEXTILE n. the extra day in the leap year. |
GEOTEXTILE | • geotextile n. Any strong, permeable fabric used in earthworks for any of a number of purposes, including separation… • GEOTEXTILE n. any strong synthetic fabric used in civil engineering, as to retain an embankment. |
GEOTEXTILES | • geotextiles n. Plural of geotextile. • GEOTEXTILE n. any strong synthetic fabric used in civil engineering, as to retain an embankment. |
SEXTILE | • sextile adj. (Astronomy, astrology) Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°. • sextile n. (Statistics) A quantile of six equal proportions; any of the subsets thus obtained. • sextile n. A segment that is a sixth of the whole. |
SEXTILES | • sextiles n. Plural of sextile. • SEXTILE n. the aspect of two planets which are one-sixth of a circle (60 degrees) apart in the sky. |
SEXTILLION | • sextillion num. (US, Britain, Australia, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021. • sextillion num. (Dated Britain and Australia, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036. • SEXTILLION n. a thousand raised to the seventh power (10 to the 21). |
SEXTILLIONS | • sextillions n. Plural of sextillion. • SEXTILLION n. a thousand raised to the seventh power (10 to the 21). |
SEXTILLIONTH | • sextillionth adj. The ordinal form of the number one sextillion. • sextillionth n. The person or thing in the sextillionth position. • sextillionth n. One of a sextillion equal parts of a whole. |
SEXTILLIONTHS | • sextillionths n. Plural of sextillionth. • SEXTILLIONTH n. the ordinal of a sextillion, a thousand raised to the seventh power. |
TEXTILE | • textile n. (Usually in the plural) Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles. • textile n. (Naturism) A non-nudist. • textile adj. (Naturism) Clothing compulsive. |
TEXTILES | • textiles n. Plural of textile. • textiles n. The industry involved in the manufacture of cloth. • textiles n. The study of the manufacture of cloth. |