| BUCENTAUR | • bucentaur n. A supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man. • bucentaur n. A Venetian barge modelled on the state barge (called Bucentaur) used annually on Ascension Day in the… • BUCENTAUR n. (Italian) a state barge of Venice from which the Doge dropped a ring into the sea. |
| CLAUSTRUM | • claustrum n. (Neuroanatomy) A thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on… • CLAUSTRUM n. (Latin) a thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain of man. |
| CUBATURES | • cubatures n. Plural of cubature. • CUBATURE n. the process of finding the cubic content of a body, also CUBAGE. |
| CULTURATI | • culturati n. Well-educated people who are interested in cultural activities. • CULTURATI n. (Latin) cultured people. |
| CURVATURE | • curvature n. The shape of something curved. • curvature n. (Mathematics) The extent to which a subspace is curved within a metric space. • curvature n. (Differential geometry) The extent to which a Riemannian manifold is intrinsically curved. |
| CUSTUMARY | • custumary adj. Obsolete form of customary. • custumary n. Obsolete form of customary. • CUSTUMARY n. a body or book of the customs of a manor, also CUSTOMARY. |
| CUTICULAR | • cuticular adj. Of or pertaining to the cuticle. • CUTICULAR adj. relating to a cuticle, any of various outer layers in a plant or animal. |
| FRUCTUARY | • fructuary n. One who enjoys the profits or increase of anything. • FRUCTUARY n. a person enjoying the fruits of anything. |
| FRUCTUATE | • fructuate v. (Intransitive, archaic) to bear fruit. • FRUCTUATE v. to come to fruit, to fructify. |
| JUNCTURAL | • junctural adj. Relating to a juncture. • JUNCTURAL adj. relating to junctures. |
| LUCUBRATE | • lucubrate v. (Rare) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night. • lucubrate v. To work or write like a scholar. • LUCUBRATE v. to study by lamplight; to discourse learnedly or pedantically. |
| RUTACEOUS | • rutaceous adj. (Botany) Of or relating to plants of the family Rutaceae, of which the rue is the type, and which includes… • RUTACEOUS adj. of or pertaining to the rue family. |
| TUBERCULA | • tubercula n. Plural of tuberculum. • TUBERCULUM n. a tubercle. |
| UNCURTAIN | • uncurtain v. (Transitive) To remove a curtain from; to reveal. • UNCURTAIN v. to remove a curtain from; to reveal. |
| UTRICULAR | • utricular adj. Of, pertaining to, or having utricles. • UTRICULAR adj. like or having a utricle, also UTRICULATE. |