| ABDOMINAL | • abdominal adj. Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. • abdominal adj. (Ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins. • abdominal adj. (Ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin. |
| ADNOMINAL | • adnominal adj. (Grammar) Involving or relating to words that modify a noun. • adnominal n. (Grammar) The adnominal case: A word or phrase qualifying a noun, such as an adjective or a relative clause. • adnominal adj. (Grammar, dated) Of or pertaining to an adnoun (sensu stricto). |
| AMYLOIDAL | • amyloidal adj. Alternative form of amyloid. • AMYLOIDAL adj. resembling or containing starch. |
| ARMADILLO | • armadillo n. Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, order Cingulata, found in… • ARMADILLO n. (Spanish) any of a number of burrowing edentate mammals native to South and Central America. |
| CLADOGRAM | • cladogram n. (Taxonomy) A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms… • cladogram n. (Phylogenetics) A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis. • CLADOGRAM n. a branching diagram showing the development of a clade. |
| DALMAHOYS | • Dalmahoys n. Plural of Dalmahoy. • DALMAHOY n. (historical) a bushy bobwig worn in the 18th century. |
| DIPLOMATA | • diplomata n. Plural of diploma. • DIPLOMA n. a document indicating an honour or privilege. |
| EALDORMAN | • ealdorman n. (Historical) The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England. • EALDORMAN n. (obsolete) a chief magistrate in Anglo-Saxon England. |
| MALADROIT | • maladroit adj. Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept. • maladroit n. Somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent. • MALADROIT adj. (French) clumsy, unskilful. |
| MANDORLAS | • mandorlas n. Plural of mandorla. • MANDORLA n. (Italian) any almond-shaped object or ornament, esp. (in painting, sculpture) area of light surrounding the risen Christ. |
| MASTOIDAL | • mastoidal adj. Mastoid. • MASTOIDAL adj. relating to the mastoid bone, also MASTOID. |
| MELODRAMA | • melodrama n. (Archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. • melodrama n. (Countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment… • melodrama n. (Uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion. |
| MONADICAL | • monadical adj. Alternative form of monadic. • MONADICAL adj. of, pertaining to, or like, a monad, in any of its senses, also MONADIC. |
| MONTADALE | • Montadale n. A breed of sheep, a hybrid of Cheviot and Columbia. • MONTADALE n. any of an American breed of white-faced hornless sheep. |
| PLASMODIA | • plasmodia n. Plural of plasmodium. • PLASMODIUM n. a naked mass of protoplasm with many nuclei, as in myxomycetes. |
| RASCALDOM | • rascaldom n. The state of being a rascal. • rascaldom n. Rascals collectively. • RASCALDOM n. the state of being a rascal. |
| RHABDOMAL | • rhabdomal adj. Relating to a rhabdom. • RHABDOMAL adj. of or like a rhabdom, a fourfold rod in the compound eye of an arthropod. |