| AMATORIOUS | • amatorious adj. (Obsolete) amatory. • AMATORIOUS adj. amatory, also AMATORIAN, AMATORY. |
| ANAEROBIUM | • ANAEROBIUM n. an organism not requiring oxygen for its life processes, also ANAEROBE, ANAEROBIONT. |
| ANTIARMOUR | • antiarmour adj. (Britain) Alternative spelling of antiarmor. • ANTIARMOUR adj. designed or equipped to combat armoured vehicles, also ANTIARMOR. |
| AUDIOGRAMS | • audiograms n. Plural of audiogram. • AUDIOGRAM n. a graphic representation of the relation of vibration frequency and the minimum sound intensity for hearing. |
| COLUMBARIA | • columbaria n. Plural of columbarium. • COLUMBARIUM n. (Latin) a vault with niches for storing urns; a dovecote or pigeon house. |
| MARLACIOUS | • marlacious adj. (Geology) Containing large quantities of marl. • MARLACIOUS adj. containing marl. |
| MATAGOURIS | • MATAGOURI n. (Maori) a thorny bush of New Zealand, forming thickets in open country. |
| MATURATION | • maturation n. The process of becoming mature. • maturation n. (Biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism. • maturation n. (Medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully. |
| MICROFAUNA | • microfauna n. The smallest of the faunal size divisions, including mainly microorganisms but also sometimes applied… • MICROFAUNA n. very small animals. |
| MUSCATORIA | • muscatoria n. Plural of muscatorium. • MUSCATORIUM n. (Latin) a flabellum, a fan; esp. the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. |
| NATATORIUM | • natatorium n. (US) A swimming pool, especially an indoor one; a building housing one or more swimming pools. • NATATORIUM n. (Latin) an indoor swimming-pool. |
| OCEANARIUM | • oceanarium n. A park where visitors can see marine mammals and/or fish. • OCEANARIUM n. an enclosed part of the sea in which dolphins, porpoises etc. are kept for display. |
| PARAPODIUM | • parapodium n. (Zoology) Any of the paired unjointed lateral outgrowths used for locomotion by worms such as annelids. • parapodium n. (Zoology) A lateral expansion on both sides of the foot in some gastropods, often used as a swimming organ. • PARAPODIUM n. a jointless muscular lateral appendage occurring in pairs in polychaete worms. |
| RAMPACIOUS | • rampacious adj. High-spirited. • rampacious adj. Rampageous. • RAMPACIOUS adj. (Dickens) turbulent, unruly, also RAMPAGEOUS. |
| SANATORIUM | • sanatorium n. An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence. • SANATORIUM n. a hospital, esp. for tuberculosis, also SANITARIUM, SANITORIUM. |
| SIMAROUBAS | • simaroubas n. Plural of simarouba. • SIMAROUBA n. a tropical American tree, also SIMARUBA. |