| APICULTURE | • apiculture n. The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons. • APICULTURE n. beekeeping. |
| AURICULATE | • auriculate adj. Alternative spelling of auriculated. • auriculate adj. (Botany, of leaves) Having two lobes, often curved, often near the base. • AURICULATE adj. having ears or ear-shaped appendages, also AURICULATED. |
| AVICULTURE | • aviculture n. The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry). • AVICULTURE n. the rearing of birds. |
| BUCENTAURS | • bucentaurs n. Plural of bucentaur. • BUCENTAUR n. (Italian) a state barge of Venice from which the Doge dropped a ring into the sea. |
| BUREAUCRAT | • bureaucrat n. An official who is part of a bureaucracy. • bureaucrat n. (Wikimedia jargon) A wiki user with the right to change user access levels. • BUREAUCRAT n. a member of a bureaucracy. |
| CULTURABLE | • culturable adj. (Biology) Able to be cultured (grown in a suitable environment). • CULTURABLE adj. that can be cultured. |
| CURVATURES | • curvatures n. Plural of curvature. • CURVATURE n. a curving or bending. |
| ELUCUBRATE | • elucubrate v. To solve, write or compose by working studiously at night; to study. • ELUCUBRATE v. to work out or express by studious effort; to burn the midnight oil. |
| FRUCTUATED | • fructuated v. Simple past tense and past participle of fructuate. • FRUCTUATE v. to come to fruit, to fructify. |
| FRUCTUATES | • fructuates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fructuate. • FRUCTUATE v. to come to fruit, to fructify. |
| JUDICATURE | • judicature n. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process. • judicature n. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction. • judicature n. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary. |
| LUCUBRATED | • lucubrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of lucubrate. • LUCUBRATE v. to study by lamplight; to discourse learnedly or pedantically. |
| LUCUBRATES | • lucubrates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lucubrate. • LUCUBRATE v. to study by lamplight; to discourse learnedly or pedantically. |
| 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. |
| NUNCIATURE | • nunciature n. The status or rank of a nuncio. • nunciature n. The building and staff of a nuncio; the equivalent of an embassy for the Holy See. • nunciature n. The term of service of a nuncio. |
| NURTURANCE | • nurturance n. (Psychology) The provision of physical and emotional care. • NURTURANCE n. nurture. |
| SUBARCUATE | • subarcuate adj. Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched. • SUBARCUATE adj. somewhat arched; with two or more arches under a main arch. |
| SUPERACUTE | • superacute adj. (Medicine) Highly acute. • SUPERACUTE adj. exceptionally acute. |
| TUBERCULAR | • tubercular adj. Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis. • tubercular adj. Relating to or reminiscent of the wheezing sounds associated with the breathing of tuberculosis patients. • tubercular adj. Tuberculate. |
| UTRICULATE | • utriculate adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bladder, especially by being swollen or inflated. • UTRICULATE adj. like or having a utricle, also UTRICULAR. |