| ALMUCANTAR | • almucantar n. (Astronomy, archaic or historical) A small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon… • almucantar n. (Astronomy, archaic or historical) An instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross such a circle. • ALMUCANTAR n. (Arabic) a circle of altitude, parallel to the horizon, also ALMACANTAR. |
| AMARACUSES | • AMARACUS n. (Latin) the herb marjoram. |
| AMBULACRAL | • ambulacral adj. Of or pertaining to an ambulacrum. • ambulacral n. Alternative form of ambulacrum. • AMBULACRAL adj. of or pertaining to ambulacra, as the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms. |
| ANACARDIUM | • Anacardium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Anacardiaceae – cashews. • ANACARDIUM n. a genus of plants including the cashew tree. |
| AQUAFARMED | • AQUAFARM v. to cultivate food fish. |
| AQUAMARINE | • aquamarine n. The bluish-green colour of the sea. • aquamarine n. A bluish-green variety of beryl. • aquamarine adj. Of a bluish-green colour. |
| BAROTRAUMA | • barotrauma n. (Pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near… • BAROTRAUMA n. injury sustained from failure to equalize the pressure of an air-containing space with that of the surrounding environment. |
| BARRAMUNDA | • barramunda n. Neoceratodus forsteri, the Queensland lungfish. • BARRAMUNDA n. (Native Australian) an Australian river-fish, also BARRAMUNDI, BURRAMUNDI. |
| CAMPANULAR | • campanular adj. Campanulate; bell-shaped. • CAMPANULAR adj. relating to plants of the Campanula genus. |
| DULCAMARAS | • DULCAMARA n. (Latin) a flower of the potato family, aka bittersweet. |
| HAEMATURIA | • haematuria n. Britain standard spelling of hematuria. • hæmaturia n. Obsolete form of hematuria. • HAEMATURIA n. the presence of blood in the urine, also HEMATURIA. |
| MACROFAUNA | • macrofauna n. Any large animal that is not quite large enough to be considered megafauna, but larger than microfauna… • MACROFAUNA n. animals visible to the naked eye. |
| MAIASAURAS | • MAIASAURA n. a species of dinosaur, also MAIASAUR. |
| MARABUNTAS | • marabuntas n. Plural of marabunta. • MARABUNTA n. (Caribbean) in the Caribbean, a social wasp; an ill-tempered woman. |
| MARIHUANAS | • marihuanas n. Plural of marihuana. • MARIHUANA n. (Spanish) Indian hemp; its dried flowers or leaves smoked as an intoxicant, also MARIJUANA. |
| MARIJUANAS | • marijuanas n. Plural of marijuana. • MARIJUANA n. (Spanish) Indian hemp; its dried flowers or leaves smoked as an intoxicant, also MARIHUANA. |
| MUKHABARAT | • mukhabarat n. Alternative form of Mukhabarat. • Mukhabarat n. The secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries. • MUKHABARAT n. (in Middle Eastern countries) a secret police force. |
| TARAXACUMS | • taraxacums n. Plural of taraxacum. • TARAXACUM n. a plant of the dandelion genus. |
| TULARAEMIA | • tularaemia n. Alternative form of tularemia. • tularæmia n. Obsolete spelling of tularemia. • TULARAEMIA n. a disease of rodents caused by a bacterium, and transmissible to humans, also TULAREMIA. |