| ABORIGIN | • aborigin n. (Obsolete) Aborigine. • ABORIGIN n. an original or native inhabitant of a country, also ABORIGEN, ABORIGINE. |
| AVOIDING | • avoiding v. Present participle and gerund of avoid. • avoiding n. Avoidance. • AVOID v. to evade. |
| BIGNONIA | • bignonia n. Any member of the genus Bignonia of flowering plants in the catalpa family. • Bignonia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae. • BIGNONIA n. any member of the Bignonia genus of tropical plants with trumpet-shaped flowers. |
| GLOXINIA | • gloxinia n. Any of the three species of South American plants of the genera Gloxinia in family Gesneriaceae. • gloxinia n. Brazilian gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa), a plant species formerly classified in the genus Gloxinia… • gloxinia n. Creeping gloxinia (Lophospermum erubescens), in the family Plantaginaceae. |
| GONIDIAL | • gonidial adj. (Botany) Relating to, or containing, gonidia. • gonidial adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the angles of the mouth. • GONIDIAL adj. pertaining to gonidia, algal cells in lichen, also GONIDIC. |
| IBOGAINE | • ibogaine n. (Biochemistry) A naturally-occurring psychoactive compound found in a number of plants, principally… • IBOGAINE n. an alkaloid used as an antidepressant. |
| IGNORAMI | • ignorami n. (Nonstandard, humorous, hypercorrect) plural of ignoramus. • IGNORAMUS n. an ignorant person. |
| INTAGLIO | • intaglio n. A design or piece of art which is engraved or etched into something. • intaglio n. (Printing) Any printing method in which the ink is laid upon the sunken parts of the printing form. • intaglio v. To engrave or etch using intaglio. |
| IODATING | • iodating v. Present participle of iodate. • IODATE v. to treat with iodine, also IODINATE, IODIZE. |
| LIGATION | • ligation n. Something that ties, a ligature. • ligation n. The act of tying, of applying a ligature. • ligation n. The state of having a ligature, of being tied. |
| LOGICIAN | • logician n. A person who studies or teaches logic. • LOGICIAN n. one who is skilled in logic. |
| MIAOUING | • miaouing v. Present participle of miaou. • MIAOU v. to make the sound of a crying cat, also MEOW, MEOU, MIAOW, MIAUL. |
| MIAOWING | • miaowing v. Present participle of miaow. • miaowing n. Alternative form of meowing. • MIAOW v. to make the sound of a crying cat, also MEOW, MEOU, MIAOU, MIAUL. |
| OPIATING | • opiating v. Present participle of opiate. • OPIATE v. to treat with opium. |
| ORIGINAL | • original adj. (Not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others. • original adj. (Not comparable) First in a series of copies or versions. • original adj. (Not comparable) Newly created. |
| PIGNOLIA | • pignolia n. A pine nut; the edible seed of a pine tree. • PIGNOLIA n. (Italian) the edible seed of nut pines, also PIGNOLI. |
| RADIOING | • radioing v. Present participle of radio. • RADIO v. to transmit by radio. |
| RIGATONI | • rigatoni n. A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved. • RIGATONI n. (Italian) pasta in the form of large fluted tubes. |
| SIGNORIA | • signoria n. Lordship, especially in medieval Italian city states. • SIGNORIA n. (Italian) the governing body of any of various medieval Italian republics, esp. Venice. |
| TAGLIONI | • taglioni n. (Archaic) A kind of overcoat. • TAGLIONI n. (Italian) a kind of outer coat, or overcoat. |