| CACUMINAL | • cacuminal adj. Pertaining to a point, top, or crown. • cacuminal adj. (Linguistics, phonology) Pronounced using a retroflexed tongue. • cacuminal n. (Linguistics, phonology) A sound pronounced using a retroflexed tongue. |
| CALUMNIED | • calumnied v. Simple past tense and past participle of calumny. • CALUMNY v. to utter false charges calculated to damage another's reputation. |
| CALUMNIES | • calumnies n. Plural of calumny. • calumnies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumny. • CALUMNY v. to utter false charges calculated to damage another's reputation. |
| CULMINANT | • culminant adj. Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude. • culminant adj. (By extension) predominant. • CULMINANT adj. at its highest point. |
| CULMINATE | • culminate v. (Intransitive, astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude. • culminate v. (Intransitive) To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc. • culminate v. (Intransitive, figuratively) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion. |
| LUMINANCE | • luminance n. The quality of being luminous. • luminance n. The amount of light that passes through, is emitted, or is reflected from a particular area, and falls… • luminance n. The luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source… |
| MASCULINE | • masculine adj. Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly. • masculine adj. Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female. • masculine adj. Belonging to males; typically used by males. |
| MELANURIC | • melanuric adj. Relating to melanuria. • MELANURIC adj. relating to melanuria, the presence of a dark pigment in the urine. |
| MUNICIPAL | • municipal adj. Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government). • municipal adj. Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation. • municipal n. (Finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality. |
| NUMERICAL | • numerical adj. Of or pertaining to numbers. • numerical adj. (Obsolete) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical. • NUMERICAL adj. relating to number, also NUMERIC. |
| SEMUNCIAL | • semuncial adj. Relating to the coin called a semuncia. • SEMUNCIAL adj. relating to a semuncia, a Roman coin equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound. |
| TALCUMING | • talcuming v. Present participle of talcum. • TALCUM v. to treat with a powder made from talc. |
| UNCLAIMED | • unclaimed adj. Not claimed. • UNCLAIMED adj. not claimed. |
| UNDECIMAL | • undecimal adj. Based upon the number eleven. • UNDECIMAL adj. based on the number eleven. |
| UNMUSICAL | • unmusical adj. Not musical: lacking in musical ability. • unmusical adj. Not musical: unmelodic. • UNMUSICAL adj. not musical. |
| VULCANISM | • vulcanism n. Alternative spelling of Vulcanism (“historical scientific view”). • vulcanism n. Alternative spelling of volcanism (“volcanic activity”). • Vulcanism prop.n. (Historical) The belief, held mostly in the 18th century, that rocks were formed in fire. It was a rival… |