| ADUMBRATION | • adumbration n. (Uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow. • adumbration n. (Countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline. • adumbration n. (Countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what… |
| EMBOTHRIUMS | • EMBOTHRIUM n. an evergreen shrub native to South America, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers. |
| FIBROMATOUS | • fibromatous adj. Of or relating to a fibroma. • FIBROMATOUS adj. of or like a fibroma. |
| LUBRITORIUM | • lubritorium n. (US, Australia) A facility where vehicles can be oiled. • LUBRITORIUM n. a place in a garage or service station where motor vehicles are lubricated. |
| MICROBURSTS | • microbursts n. Plural of microburst. • MICROBURST n. a sudden violent downward rush of air usually associated with thunderstorms, also DOWNBURST. |
| MICROTUBULE | • microtubule n. A small tube made of protein and found in cells; part of the cytoskeleton. • MICROTUBULE n. any of the relatively rigid structures in the cytoplasm of many plant and animal cells. |
| MORIBUNDITY | • moribundity n. The state or condition of being moribund. • MORIBUNDITY n. the state of being moribund. |
| MOSSBLUITER | • MOSSBLUITER n. (Scots) the bittern. |
| MULTICARBON | • multicarbon adj. Alternative spelling of multi-carbon. • multi-carbon adj. (Organic chemistry) Describing any compound (or ring within a compound) containing more than one carbon atom. • MULTICARBON adj. containing more than one kind of carbon. |
| MUTTONBIRDS | • muttonbirds n. Plural of muttonbird. • mutton␣birds n. Plural of mutton bird. • MUTTONBIRD n. an Australasian shearwater, esp. the short-tailed, said by some to taste like mutton. |
| OBUMBRATING | • obumbrating v. Present participle of obumbrate. • OBUMBRATE v. to overshadow. |
| OBUMBRATION | • obumbration n. The act of darkening or obscuring. • OBUMBRATION n. the act of obumbrating. |
| RAMBOUILLET | • Rambouillet prop.n. A commune and subprefecture in Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France. • Rambouillet n. A sheep of a breed that originated in France. • RAMBOUILLET n. a kind of sheep. |
| RUMBUSTIOUS | • rumbustious adj. (Chiefly Britain, informal) Boisterous and unruly. • RUMBUSTIOUS adj. boisterous, rambunctious, also RUMBUSTICAL. |
| TAMBOURINES | • tambourines n. Plural of tambourine. • tambourines v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tambourine. • TAMBOURINE n. a shallow single-headed drum with jingles fitted round its rim, played on by beating or tapping with the hand, also TAMBURIN. |
| TAUROBOLIUM | • taurobolium n. The ritual slaughter of a bull (in Ancient Rome). • TAUROBOLIUM n. the sacrifice of a bull, as in the ancient Phrygian cult of Cybele. |
| TROMBICULID | • trombiculid n. (Zoology) Any mite of the family Trombiculidae. • TROMBICULID n. any member of the mite family. |
| UMBRATILOUS | • umbratilous adj. (Rare, obsolete) Shadowy; faint; secluded; indistinct; vague; latent; indeterminate. • UMBRATILOUS adj. shadowy, giving shade, also UMBRATILE. |