| ALTRICES | • altrices n. (Zoology) nursers; those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so… • ALTRICES n. (Latin) birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time, as opposed to praecoces. |
| ARTICLED | • articled v. Simple past tense and past participle of article. • articled adj. Bound under the articles of an apprenticeship. • ARTICLE v. in law, to charge with specific offenses. |
| ARTICLES | • articles n. Plural of article. • articles n. (Slang) Breeches; coat and waistcoat. • articles n. (Law) the period during which a person works as an articled clerk; articling. |
| CLARINET | • clarinet n. (Music) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary… • CLARINET n. a woodwind instrument, blown by a single reed, also CLARIONET. |
| CLARTIER | • clartier adj. Comparative form of clarty: more clarty. • CLARTY adj. sticky and dirty. |
| EROTICAL | • erotical adj. (Obsolete) Erotic. • EROTICAL adj. of or pertaining to the passion of love. |
| LACERTID | • lacertid n. Any lizard of the family Lacertidae. • lacertid n. (Astronomy) A type of blazar (highly variable active galactic nucleus) that lacks spectral emission… • LACERTID n. a kind of lizard. |
| LITERACY | • literacy n. The ability to read and write. • literacy n. The ability to understand and evaluate something. • LITERACY n. the ability to read and write. |
| LORICATE | • loricate v. (Transitive) To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates. • loricate adj. (Microbiology) Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell). • loricate adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape. |
| METRICAL | • metrical adj. Relating to poetic meter. • metrical adj. Having a regular rhythm. • metrical adj. Of or pertaining to measurement. |
| PARTICLE | • particle n. A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something. • particle n. (Physics) Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary… • particle n. (Linguistics) A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another… |
| PRELATIC | • prelatic adj. Alternative form of prelatical. • PRELATIC adj. relating to a prelate, a bishop or abbot of superior rank, also PRELATIAL, PRELATICAL. |
| RECITALS | • recitals n. Plural of recital. • RECITAL n. a detailed account. |
| RETICULA | • reticula n. Plural of reticulum. • reticula n. (Anatomy) The reticular formation. • RETICULUM n. (Latin) a network. |
| SELICTAR | • selictar n. The swordbearer of a Turkish chief; a member of a Turkish cavalry corps. • SELICTAR n. (Turkish) a swordbearer. |
| STERICAL | • sterical adj. Steric. • STERICAL adj. pertaining to atoms in a molecule, also STERIC. |
| TAILRACE | • tailrace n. (Archaic) The part of a millrace that carries water away from a water wheel. • tailrace n. The part of a hydropower facility that carries water away from a turbine. • TAILRACE n. the channel in which water runs away below a millstream. |
| TALCKIER | • TALCKY adj. pertaining to talc. |
| TRACTILE | • tractile adj. Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length. • tractile adj. Pertaining to traction or pulling. • tractile adj. (Dated) Capable of being guided, influenced, or led. |
| VERTICAL | • vertical adj. Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along… • vertical adj. In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular… • vertical adj. In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal)… |