| ACADEMIA | • academia n. (Collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. • academia n. Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship. • ACADEMIA n. (Greek) the academic life or world, also ACADEME. |
| ACAUDATE | • acaudate adj. (Biology, zoology) Tailless. • ACAUDATE adj. tailless, also ACAUDAL. |
| ACELDAMA | • aceldama n. The potter’s field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took… • aceldama n. A field of bloodshed, a place of slaughter. • ACELDAMA n. (Aramaic) a place of bloodshed. |
| ADAMANCE | • adamance n. The quality of being adamant. • ADAMANCE n. unyielding hardness, also ADAMANCY. |
| ALAMEDAS | • alamedas n. Plural of alameda. • ALAMEDA n. (Spanish) a public walkway between rows of poplar trees. |
| APANAGED | • apanaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of apanage. • APANAGED adj. having an apanage. |
| AQUACADE | • aquacade n. An entertainment consisting of swimmers and divers performing to music. • AQUACADE n. an exhibition of swimming and diving skills. |
| DAHABEAH | • dahabeah n. Alternative form of dahabieh. • DAHABEAH n. (Arabic) a Nile sailing boat, also DAHABEEAH, DAHABEEYAH, DAHABIAH, DAHABIEH, DAHABIYA, DAHABIYAH, DAHABIYEH. |
| DATABASE | • database n. (General) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily… • database n. (Computing) A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set. • database n. (Computing, loosely, metonymically) A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating… |
| DRACAENA | • dracaena n. (Botany) Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. • Dracaena prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the dragon trees. • Dracaena prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Teiidae – the caiman lizards. |
| EMPANADA | • empanada n. Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish, Filipino, and Latin American cuisine. • EMPANADA n. (Spanish) a pastry turnover. |
| FADEAWAY | • fadeaway n. An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity. • fadeaway n. (Basketball) A jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space… • fadeaway n. (Slang) The ending of a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing… |
| FANEGADA | • fanegada n. (Historical) Synonym of fanega (“traditional Spanish unit of volume, mass, or land area”). • FANEGADA n. (Spanish) a dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, also FANEGA, FANGA. |
| MAZAEDIA | • mazaedia n. Plural of mazaedium. • MAZAEDIUM n. a spore-producing organ of certain lichens. |
| METADATA | • metadata n. Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label. • metadata n. (Computing) Structured information about a file (date created, creator, software used to create, last… • meta␣data n. Misspelling of metadata. |
| PAJAMAED | • pajamaed adj. (US) Wearing pajamas. • PAJAMAED adj. wearing pajamas. |
| SALAAMED | • salaamed v. Simple past tense and past participle of salaam. • SALAAM v. (Arabic) to make a salaam, a low bow. |
| TAPADERA | • tapadera n. One of the leather hoods that cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle. • TAPADERA n. (Spanish) the leather guard in front of a Mexican stirrup, also TAPADERO. |
| VANADATE | • vanadate n. (Chemistry) any salt of vanadic acid. • vanadate n. (Chemistry) any of the corresponding anions, VO3, VO4, or V2O7. • VANADATE n. a salt of vanadic acid, also VANADIATE. |