| APICULTURE | • apiculture n. The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons. • APICULTURE n. beekeeping. |
| AURICULATE | • auriculate adj. Alternative spelling of auriculated. • auriculate adj. (Botany, of leaves) Having two lobes, often curved, often near the base. • AURICULATE adj. having ears or ear-shaped appendages, also AURICULATED. |
| AUTOCUTIES | • autocuties n. Plural of autocutie. • AUTOCUTIE n. a young and attractive but inexperienced female televison presenter. |
| AUTOECIOUS | • autoecious adj. Pertaining to a fungus, most often a rust, completing its life cycle on one host. • AUTOECIOUS adj. of fungus, etc., passing through all life stages on same species of host, also AUTECIOUS. |
| AVICULTURE | • aviculture n. The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry). • AVICULTURE n. the rearing of birds. |
| CUMULATIVE | • cumulative adj. Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating. • cumulative adj. That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions. • cumulative adj. That tends to accumulate. |
| FUNICULATE | • funiculate adj. Forming a narrow ridge. • FUNICULATE adj. forming a narrow ridge. |
| JUDICATURE | • judicature n. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process. • judicature n. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction. • judicature n. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary. |
| LUXURIANCE | • luxuriance n. The property of being luxuriant. • LUXURIANCE n. the state of being luxuriant, also LUXURIANCY. |
| NUNCIATURE | • nunciature n. The status or rank of a nuncio. • nunciature n. The building and staff of a nuncio; the equivalent of an embassy for the Holy See. • nunciature n. The term of service of a nuncio. |
| PUISSAUNCE | • PUISSAUNCE n. power, potency, also PUISSANCE. |
| RUBIACEOUS | • rubiaceous adj. Of or pertaining to the large and diverse family of flowering plants known as Rubiaceae. • RUBIACEOUS adj. belonging to madder family of plants. |
| SEQUACIOUS | • sequacious adj. (Of objects, obsolete) Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded. • sequacious adj. (Of people) Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to… • sequacious adj. (Of musical notes or poetic feet) Following neatly or smoothly. |
| UNINUCLEAR | • uninuclear adj. Of or relating to a single nucleus. • UNINUCLEAR adj. having one nucleus. |
| USUCAPIENT | • usucapient n. One who acquires right or title through usucaption. • USUCAPIENT n. a person who claims and holds by usucapion, the acquisition of a property through long usage. |
| UTRICULATE | • utriculate adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bladder, especially by being swollen or inflated. • UTRICULATE adj. like or having a utricle, also UTRICULAR. |