| ACCUMULATE | • accumulate v. (Transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively). • accumulate v. (Intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number. • accumulate v. (Education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual. |
| ACETABULUM | • acetabulum n. (Anatomy) The bony cup of the pelvis which receives the head of the femur. • acetabulum n. (Zootomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body. • acetabulum n. (Zootomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals. |
| ALMUCANTAR | • almucantar n. (Astronomy, archaic or historical) A small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon… • almucantar n. (Astronomy, archaic or historical) An instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross such a circle. • ALMUCANTAR n. (Arabic) a circle of altitude, parallel to the horizon, also ALMACANTAR. |
| CALAMITOUS | • calamitous adj. Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous. • CALAMITOUS adj. disastrous. |
| CALUMNIATE | • calumniate v. (Transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about. • calumniate v. (Transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage… • CALUMNIATE v. to slander; misrepresent; besmirch. |
| CATACUMBAL | • catacumbal adj. Of or relating to a catacomb. • CATACUMBAL adj. relating to a catacomb. |
| EMASCULATE | • emasculate adj. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak. • emasculate v. (Transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld. • emasculate v. (Transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. |
| FACTUALISM | • factualism n. A form of evaluation that emphasizes the usage of facts, falsifiability, logic and reason. • FACTUALISM n. the quality of being factual. |
| IMMACULATE | • immaculate adj. Absolutely tidy, having no blemish or stain. • immaculate adj. (Zoology) (botany) Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings. • immaculate adj. (Figurative) containing no mistakes. |
| MACULATING | • maculating v. Present participle of maculate. • MACULATE v. to spot or stain. |
| MACULATION | • maculation n. (Obsolete) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. • maculation n. (Zoology, botany, chiefly uncountable) A pattern of spots. • MACULATION n. being covered in spots. |
| MACULATURE | • maculature n. (Dated) Blotting paper. • maculature n. (Figuratively) Paper waste; printed materials that may not be read, such as junk mail. • MACULATURE n. blotting paper. |
| MAIEUTICAL | • maieutical adj. (Rare) Alternative form of maieutic. • MAIEUTICAL adj. of or relating to the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers, also MAIEUTIC. |
| MATRICULAR | • MATRICULAR adj. relating to a register. |
| MATRICULAS | • matriculas n. Plural of matricula. • MATRICULA n. (Latin) a register of members, students etc. |
| TULARAEMIC | • tularaemic adj. Alternative form of tularemic. • TULARAEMIC adj. relating to tularaemia, a disease of rodents caused by a bacterium, and transmissible to humans, also TULAREMIC. |
| ULTRAMAFIC | • ultramafic adj. (Geology) Describing igneous rocks that contain magnesium and iron and only a very small amount of silica… • ultramafic n. A rock with such properties. • ULTRAMAFIC adj. of rocks, very mafic. |
| UMBRATICAL | • umbratical adj. Alternative form of umbratic. • UMBRATICAL adj. of or pertaining to the shade or darkness, also UMBRATIC. |