| BOATEL | • boatel n. (Nautical) A ship, normally moored alongside a quay, used as a hotel. • BOATEL n. a waterside hotel, also BOTEL. |
| ETALON | • etalon n. An optical device containing parallel mirrors, used as a narrow band filter, often in laser design. • ETALON n. (French) a device used to measure wavelengths. |
| FOETAL | • foetal adj. (Chiefly Britain, alternative in Canada) Alternative spelling of fetal. • fœtal adj. (UK, hypercorrect) Nonstandard spelling of fetal. • FOETAL adj. pertaining to a fetus, also FETAL. |
| FOLATE | • folate n. (Biochemistry) A salt or ester of folic acid, especially one present in the vitamin B complex. • FOLATE n. a form of vitamin B. |
| GELATO | • gelato n. An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients… • GELATO n. (Italian) an Italian ice cream, also GELATI. |
| LEGATO | • legato adv. (Music) Smoothly, in a connected manner. • legato n. (Music) A style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes. • legato n. (Music) A passage that is played legato. |
| LOATHE | • loathe v. (Transitive) To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something). • LOATHE v. to detest greatly. |
| LOBATE | • lobate adj. Lobed. • lobate adj. Resembling a lobe. • LOBATE adj. having lobes, also LOBATED. |
| LOCATE | • locate v. (Transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position. • locate v. (Transitive) To find out where something is located. • locate v. (Transitive) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be… |
| LORATE | • lorate adj. (Botany) Having the form of a thong or strap. • LORATE adj. having the form of a thong or strap. |
| OBLATE | • oblate n. (Roman Catholicism) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of… • oblate n. A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house. • oblate adj. Flattened or depressed at the poles. |
| OLEATE | • oleate n. (Organic chemistry) any salt or ester of oleic acid. • OLEATE n. a salt of oleic acid. |
| OSTEAL | • osteal adj. Bony. • OSTEAL adj. relating to, of or comprised of bone. |
| PELOTA | • pelota n. Any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall. • PELOTA n. (Spanish) a Basque game played with rackets. |
| POTALE | • potale n. A liquid byproduct from a grain distillery, consisting of the liquid portion of draff after the spent… • pot␣ale n. Alternative form of potale. • POTALE n. refuse from a grain distillery. |
| SOLATE | • solate v. (Intransitive) To undergo solation. • SOLATE v. to convert or be converted from a gel into a sol. |
| TOLANE | • tolane n. (Organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related to the acetylene and the aromatic series. • TOLANE n. a white crystalline derivative of acetylene, also TOLAN. |
| ZEALOT | • zealot n. One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the… • zealot n. (Historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly… • zealot n. (Historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350. |