| ABLUTION | • ablution n. The act of washing something. • ablution n. The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution. • ablution n. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after… |
| ABUTILON | • abutilon n. Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian… • Abutilon prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – broadleaf flowering plants in the mallow family found… • ABUTILON n. (Arabic) a flowering plant of the mallow family. |
| ALLUSION | • allusion n. An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned. • ALLUSION n. the act of alluding. |
| ALLUVION | • alluvion n. (Law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river. • ALLUVION n. (Latin) land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth, also ALLUVIUM. |
| AQUILONS | • AQUILON n. (Shakespeare) the north wind. |
| AVULSION | • avulsion n. The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma. • avulsion n. An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another. • avulsion n. (Hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially… |
| FRIULANO | • friulano n. (Canada) A cow’s-milk cheese with firm pale-yellow flesh and a mild flavour, originating in Friuli, Italy. • FRIULANO n. (Italian) a cow's-milk cheese with firm pale-yellow flesh, and a mild flavour, originating in Friuli, Italy. |
| FUSIONAL | • fusional adj. (Linguistics, of a language) Tending to overlay many morphemes in a manner that can be difficult to segment. • FUSIONAL adj. relating to fusion. |
| LAMINOUS | • LAMINOUS adj. composed of laminae, also LAMINOSE. |
| LUNATION | • lunation n. A month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase. • lunation n. The irregular period from one new moon until the next. • LUNATION n. a lunar month; the interval between successive new moons. |
| LUXATION | • luxation n. The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation. • LUXATION n. the dislocation of an anatomical part. |
| OLIBANUM | • olibanum n. A gum resin from trees of the genus Boswellia, formerly used as a medicine and now mainly as incense. • OLIBANUM n. an aromatic gum from a North African tree, formerly used in medicine but now chiefly as incense. |
| POULAINE | • poulaine n. A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries. • poulaine n. A shoe in such a style. • poulaine n. Rare form of poleyn (“knee armor”). |
| UNILOBAR | • unilobar adj. Consisting of a single lobe. • UNILOBAR adj. having one lobe, also UNILOBED. |
| UNIMODAL | • unimodal adj. Having, or operating in, a single mode. • UNIMODAL adj. having or involving one mode. |
| UNIPOLAR | • unipolar adj. Having a single pole. • unipolar adj. (Psychology, medicine) Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar. • unipolar adj. (Politics) Of or relating to an international system in which one state wields most of the cultural… |
| UNISONAL | • unisonal adj. (Music) being in unison. • UNISONAL adj. being in unison, also UNISONANT, UNISONOUS. |
| UNIVOCAL | • univocal adj. Having only one possible meaning. • univocal adj. Containing instances of only one vowel; univocalic. • univocal adj. Having unison of sound, as the octave has in music. |
| UNSOCIAL | • unsocial adj. Not social. • unsocial adj. Not seeking or showing the desire for the company of others; inhospitable. • UNSOCIAL adj. not social. |