| ALLUVIUM | • alluvium n. Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain. • ALLUVIUM n. (Latin) land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth, also ALLUVION. |
| CALCULUS | • calculus n. (Dated, countable) Calculation; computation. • calculus n. (Countable, mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules. • calculus n. (Uncountable, often definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as… |
| CLAUSULA | • clausula n. (Music) The conclusion of a passage; cadence. • clausula n. The close or end of a historical period; clause. • CLAUSULA n. (Latin) a short clause ending a period in Latin prose. |
| CLUBHAUL | • clubhaul v. (Transitive, nautical) To force (a sailing vessel) to change tack by dropping the lee-anchor and hauling… • club␣haul v. (Nautical) To tack a square-rigged sailing ship in a narrow space by using a lee anchor to turn the ship. • CLUBHAUL v. to force a sailing vessel onto a new tack. |
| CULTURAL | • cultural adj. Pertaining to culture. • cultural adj. (Technical) Due to human activity. • CULTURAL adj. relating to culture. |
| FAULTFUL | • faultful adj. Full of faults or sins. • FAULTFUL adj. (Shakespeare) full of faults or sins. |
| FULGURAL | • fulgural adj. Relating to, or characteristic of, thunder and lightning. • FULGURAL adj. pertaining to lightning. |
| LAUGHFUL | • laughful adj. Full of laughter; merry. • LAUGHFUL adj. full of laughter. |
| LUNULATE | • lunulate adj. (Botany, zoology) Resembling a small crescent. • LUNULATE adj. crescent-shaped; having crescent-shaped markings, also LUNULATED. |
| MUTUALLY | • mutually adv. In the same way, each to the other; reciprocally. • mutually adv. In a shared manner; equally; affecting all parties the same way. • MUTUAL adv. shared in common. |
| PLUMULAE | • plumulae n. Plural of plumula. • PLUMULA n. (Latin) the embryo shoot in a seed, also PLUMULE. |
| PLUMULAR | • plumular adj. (Botany) Relating to a plumule. • PLUMULAR adj. relating to a plumule, a little feather or plume. |
| ULULATED | • ululated v. Simple past tense and past participle of ululate. • ULULATE v. to lament loudly and shrilly. |
| ULULATES | • ululates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ululate. • ULULATE v. to lament loudly and shrilly. |
| UNLAWFUL | • unlawful adj. (Law) Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal). • UNLAWFUL adj. not lawful. |
| UVULARLY | • uvularly adv. By means of the uvula. • UVULAR adv. relating to the uvula. |