CASTELLUM | • castellum n. (Historical) A small Roman detached fort or fortlet used as a watch tower or signal station. • CASTELLUM n. (Latin) a small Roman fort, a mile-castle. |
CLITELLUM | • clitellum n. (Biology) A glandular swelling in the epidermis of some annelid worms; it secretes a viscous fluid in… • CLITELLUM n. (Latin) a region in the body walls of certain annelid worms. |
CRIBELLUM | • cribellum n. (Zoology) A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders. • CRIBELLUM n. (Latin) a spinning organ of spiders. |
FLABELLUM | • flabellum n. A large fan used for religious ceremonies. • flabellum n. (Botany, zoology) Any fan-shaped structure. • FLABELLUM n. (Latin) a fan; esp the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. |
FLAGELLUM | • flagellum n. (Biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding. • flagellum n. (Biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion. • flagellum n. A whip. |
GALLUMPHS | • gallumphs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallumph. • GALLUMPH v. to move with a clumsy heavy tread, also GALUMPH. |
ILLUMINED | • illumined adj. Illuminated. • illumined v. Simple past tense and past participle of illumine. • ILLUMINE v. to throw light upon, also ENLUMINE. |
ILLUMINER | • illuminer n. One who, or that which, illuminates. • ILLUMINER n. one who illumines. |
ILLUMINES | • illumines v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of illumine. • ILLUMINE v. to throw light upon, also ENLUMINE. |
MACALLUMS | • MACALLUM n. (Scots) a dish of vanilla ice-cream topped with raspberry sauce. |
REILLUMED | • reillumed v. Simple past tense and past participle of reillume. • REILLUME v. to light again. |
REILLUMES | • reillumes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reillume. • REILLUME v. to light again. |
ROSTELLUM | • rostellum n. A small beak-like process or extension; a small rostrum. • rostellum n. (Botany) A projecting part of the column in the flower of an orchid that separates the male stamen from… • rostellum n. (Biology) A retractable protruding part at the anterior end of a soft-bodied tapeworm; the scolex from… |
SCHELLUMS | • schellums n. Plural of schellum. • SCHELLUM n. (Scots) a scoundrel, rascal, also SCHELM, SKELLUM, SKELM, SKELUM. |
SCUTELLUM | • scutellum n. Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc. • SCUTELLUM n. (Latin) a scale on a bird's leg. |
SENSILLUM | • sensillum n. Any of several sensory organs in some arthropods. • SENSILLUM n. (Latin) in insects, a small sense organ on the integument, also SENSILLA. |
SPIRILLUM | • spirillum n. Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing… • spirillum n. Any of various other spiral-shaped microorganisms. • Spirillum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Spirillaceae. |
UNILLUMED | • unillumed adj. (Archaic) Not illumed; unlit. • UNILLUMED adj. not illuminated. |
VULSELLUM | • vulsellum n. (Surgery) A type of forceps with hooks at the tip of each blade, used in obstetrics and gynecology. • VULSELLUM n. (Latin) a forceps with toothed or clawed blades, also VULSELLA. |