| BROMOURACIL | • bromouracil n. A brominated derivative of uracil. • BROMOURACIL n. a uracil derivative that is an analog of thymine and pairs readily with adenine and sometimes with guanine. |
| CIRCUMLUNAR | • circumlunar adj. Surrounding, or travelling around the moon. • CIRCUMLUNAR adj. situated or moving round the moon. |
| CIRCUMPOLAR | • circumpolar adj. Located or found throughout a polar region. • circumpolar adj. (Astronomy) Of a celestial body, continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel. • CIRCUMPOLAR adj. continually visible above the horizon. |
| CIRCUMSOLAR | • circumsolar adj. Surrounding or moving around the Sun. • CIRCUMSOLAR adj. situated or moving round the sun. |
| FORMULARIES | • formularies n. Plural of formulary. • FORMULARY n. a book of formulae or precedents. |
| FORMULARISE | • formularise v. (Britain) To express as a formula, to formulate. • FORMULARISE v. to state in or reduce to a formula, also FORMULARIZE. |
| FORMULARIZE | • formularize v. (US) To express as a formula, to formulate. • FORMULARIZE v. to state in or reduce to a formula, also FORMULARISE. |
| GRANULIFORM | • granuliform adj. (Mineralogy) Having a granular structure. • GRANULIFORM adj. having the form of a granule. |
| INTRAMURALS | • intramurals n. Plural of intramural. • INTRAMURALS n. sports played by teams or competitors within the same school or university. |
| LEPROSARIUM | • leprosarium n. An isolated building or community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society. • LEPROSARIUM n. a hospital for lepers. |
| MARICULTURE | • mariculture n. Aquaculture using seawater. • MARICULTURE n. the cultivation of aquatic flora and fauna. |
| MERCURIALLY | • mercurially adv. In a mercurial manner. • MERCURIAL adv. of a volatile temperament. |
| MITRAILLEUR | • mitrailleur n. (UK, military, obsolete) A rapid-fire team-served musket or rifle. • mitrailleur n. (UK, military, obsolete) The person in charge of such a weapon. • MITRAILLEUR n. (French) a machine-gunner. |
| MULTIBARREL | • multibarrel adj. Having more than one barrel. • MULTIBARREL n. a gun with many barrels. |
| PARLOURMAID | • parlourmaid n. (Britain) A maid who takes care of the parlour. • PARLOURMAID n. a female servant in a private home who serves at the table, keeps the house clean and answers the door to guests. |
| SURREALISMS | • surrealisms n. Plural of surrealism. • SURREALISM n. a movement in art and literature, begun in France around 1919. |
| ULTRAMARINE | • ultramarine adj. (Archaic) Beyond the sea. • ultramarine adj. Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment (noun sense 1). • ultramarine n. In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment that was traditionally made from ground-up lapis… |
| UNMARRIABLE | • unmarriable adj. Not marriable. • UNMARRIABLE adj. (obsolete) unmarriageable. |