| FLAGELLANT | • flagellant n. A person who whips themselves or others either as part of a religious penance or for sexual gratification. • flagellant adj. Given to flagellation. • FLAGELLANT n. a person who whips, esp. himself or herself in religious discipline or sexual gratification. |
| FLAGELLATE | • flagellate v. (Transitive) To whip or scourge. • flagellate v. (Transitive) Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth. • flagellate adj. Resembling a whip. |
| FLAGELLINS | • flagellins n. Plural of flagellin. • FLAGELLIN n. a polymeric protein that is the chief constituent of bacterial flagella. |
| FLAGELLUMS | • flagellums n. Plural of flagellum. • FLAGELLUM n. (Latin) a long slender plant shoot. |
| GALLINULES | • gallinules n. Plural of gallinule. • GALLINULE n. any of various aquatic birds of the rail family. |
| GUILEFULLY | • guilefully adv. In a guileful manner. • GUILEFUL adv. deceitful. |
| ILLEGALISE | • illegalise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of illegalize. • ILLEGALISE v. to make or declare illegal, also ILLEGALIZE. |
| ILLEGALITY | • illegality n. (Law) the state of being illegal. • illegality n. (Law, uncountable) a defense to the validity of a contract because it was in violation of the law. • ILLEGALITY n. the state of being illegal. |
| ILLEGALIZE | • illegalize v. To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize. • ILLEGALIZE v. to make or declare illegal, also ILLEGALISE. |
| LABELLINGS | • labellings n. Plural of labelling. • LABELLING n. the act of attaching a tag to. |
| LAURELLING | • laurelling v. (UK) present participle of laurel. • laurelling n. Alternative form of laureling. • LAUREL v. to crown with a wreath of evergreen leaves, also LAUREATE. |
| LEGIONELLA | • legionella n. Bacteria of the genus Legionella. • Legionella prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Legionellaceae – gram-negative bacteria, including the species that… • LEGIONELLA n. a bacterium of the genus Legionella, esp. one that causes legionnaires' disease. |
| LEVELLINGS | • levellings n. Plural of levelling. • LEVELLING n. the act of making level. |
| LIBELLINGS | • LIBELLING n. the act of making a libel. |
| LOGROLLERS | • logrollers n. Plural of logroller. • LOGROLLER n. one who engages in logrolling. |
| SHILLELAGH | • shillelagh n. (Ireland) A wooden (traditionally blackthorn (sloe) wood) club ending with a large knob. • shillelagh n. Any cudgel, whether or not of Irish origin. • Shillelagh prop.n. A village in County Wicklow, Ireland. |
| SPELLINGLY | • spellingly adv. (Rare) Spelling out words from letters. • SPELLINGLY adv. letter by letter. |
| SWELLINGLY | • swellingly adv. In a swelling manner. • SWELLINGLY adv. SWELLING. |
| TALEGALLAS | • talegallas n. Plural of talegalla. • TALEGALLA n. (Malagasy) a genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. |
| YELLOWLEGS | • yellowlegs n. Plural of yellowleg. • YELLOWLEGS n. any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers, in which the legs are bright yellow. |