| ACCUMULATIVE | • accumulative adj. Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass. • accumulative adj. Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive. • ACCUMULATIVE adj. tending or given to accumulation. |
| AMPULLACEOUS | • ampullaceous adj. Shaped like a swollen bottle. • AMPULLACEOUS adj. of or like an ampulla, also AMPULLACEAL. |
| CUMULATIVELY | • cumulatively adv. In a cumulative manner. • CUMULATIVE adv. increasing by successive additions. |
| DECUMULATION | • decumulation n. The process of decumulating; in chemistry, any exothermic molecular change that converts a cumulated… • DECUMULATION n. a decrease in amount or value. |
| GUBERNACULUM | • gubernaculum n. A part or structure that serves as a guide… • GUBERNACULUM n. in mammals, the cord supporting the testicles in the scrotal sac. |
| HIBERNACULUM | • hibernaculum n. (Zoology) The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter. • hibernaculum n. (Botany) A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental… • HIBERNACULUM n. (Latin) a shelter occupied during the winter by a dormant animal (as an insect or reptile). |
| MACRONUCLEUS | • macronucleus n. (Biology) The larger of the two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans; it controls the nonreproductive… • MACRONUCLEUS n. a relatively large densely staining nucleus of most ciliate protozoans that is derived from micronuclei and controls various nonreproductive functions. |
| MARICULTURES | • maricultures n. Plural of mariculture. • MARICULTURE n. the cultivation of aquatic flora and fauna. |
| MULTICAULINE | • multicauline adj. Having more than one caulis. • MULTICAULINE adj. having many stems. |
| MULTINUCLEAR | • multinuclear adj. Having multiple nuclei; multinucleate. • MULTINUCLEAR adj. having many nuclei. |
| MULTISULCATE | • multisulcate adj. Having many grooves. • MULTISULCATE adj. many-furrowed. |
| MUSCULATURES | • musculatures n. Plural of musculature. • MUSCULATURE n. the muscles of all or a part of the animal body. |
| PERMACULTURE | • permaculture n. (Agriculture) Any system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems. • permaculture n. The design, installation and maintenance of indefinitely sustainable human communities set in balanced… • PERMACULTURE n. a system of self-sustaining natural agriculture. |
| PLUMULACEOUS | • plumulaceous adj. (Zoology, ornithology) Downy; bearing down. • PLUMULACEOUS adj. of or like plumulae, little feathers. |
| PRIMULACEOUS | • primulaceous adj. (Botany) Characteristic of the primrose and other plants of the order Primulaceae. • PRIMULACEOUS adj. belonging to the Primula family. |
| RECEPTACULUM | • receptaculum n. (Anatomy) A receptacle. • RECEPTACULUM n. (Latin) a receptacle. |
| SUPERNACULUM | • supernaculum adv. (Obsolete) According to the rules of an old drinking game in which the drinker upturned the empty cup… • supernaculum adv. To the last drop, to the bottom. • supernaculum n. (Obsolete) Excellent wine that one would wish to drink to the last drop. |
| TUBERCULOMAS | • tuberculomas n. Plural of tuberculoma. • TUBERCULOMA n. a slow-growing, circumscribed tuberculous lesion. |
| UNIMOLECULAR | • unimolecular adj. (Chemistry, physics, of a reaction) involving a single molecule. • UNIMOLECULAR adj. consisting of one molecule only. |