| CINQUEFOIL | • cinquefoil n. A potentilla (flower). • cinquefoil n. (Heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes. • cinquefoil n. (Topology) A particular knot of five crossings. |
| EBULLITION | • ebullition n. The act of boiling. • ebullition n. A sudden emotional outburst. • EBULLITION n. the act, process or state of boiling or bubbling up; a sudden violent outburst or display. |
| ELUVIATION | • eluviation n. (Soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within… • eluviation n. (Geology, uncountable) Creation of geological deposits (eluvial deposits) by in situ weathering or weathering… • ELUVIATION n. the formation of eluvium, an accumulation of rock debris. |
| EPILOGUING | • epiloguing v. Present participle of epilogue. • EPILOGUE v. to supply with a concluding section. |
| EULOGISING | • eulogising v. Present participle of eulogise. • EULOGISE v. to extol, also EULOGIZE. |
| EULOGIZING | • eulogizing v. Present participle of eulogize. • EULOGIZE v. to extol, also EULOGISE. |
| GUILLOTINE | • guillotine n. (Historical, also figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation… • guillotine n. (By extension). • guillotine v. To use a guillotine (on someone or something). |
| ILLUSIONED | • illusioned adj. Under an illusion; deceived. • ILLUSIONED adj. under an illusion. |
| ISOLEUCINE | • isoleucine n. (Biochemistry) An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with leucine, found in most animal proteins. • ISOLEUCINE n. an essential amino acid. |
| LENOCINIUM | • lenocinium n. (Scotland, law) A husband’s connivance at his wife’s adultery. • LENOCINIUM n. in Scots law, connivance at one's wife's adultery. |
| LEUCOCIDIN | • leucocidin n. (Biology) Any staphylococcal or streptococcal exotoxin that causes leucocyte killing or lysis. • LEUCOCIDIN n. a bacterial substance that destroys white blood cells, also LEUKOCIDIN. |
| LEUKOCIDIN | • leukocidin n. Alternative form of leucocidin. • LEUKOCIDIN n. an exotoxin, produced by bacteria, that destroys leucocytes, also LEUCOCIDIN. |
| LICENTIOUS | • licentious adj. Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled. • licentious adj. Disregarding accepted rules. • LICENTIOUS adj. characterized by license; abusive of freedom. |
| LIMOUSINES | • limousines n. Plural of limousine. • LIMOUSINE n. any large and luxurious car, esp. one that has a glass division between the driver and passengers. |
| QUINOLINES | • quinolines n. Plural of quinoline. • QUINOLINE n. a pungent, colourless, oily liquid, first obtained from quinine and used e.g. as a food preservative, also QUINOLIN. |
| RUPICOLINE | • rupicoline adj. (Zoology) Dwelling among the rocks. • RUPICOLINE adj. living among or growing on rocks, also RUPICOLOUS. |
| TOLUIDINES | • toluidines n. Plural of toluidine. • TOLUIDINE n. any one of three amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, also TOLUIDIN. |
| UNIFOLIATE | • unifoliate adj. (Botany) Having a single leaf. • unifoliate n. Such a plant. • UNIFOLIATE adj. with one leaf only. |
| UNIVOLTINE | • univoltine adj. (Biology) Having one brood or generation in a year. • univoltine n. (Biology) A univoltine organism. • UNIVOLTINE adj. having one brood a year. |
| UNPOLICIED | • unpolicied adj. Not having civil polity, or a regular form of government. • unpolicied adj. (Obsolete) impolitic; imprudent. • UNPOLICIED adj. not having civil polity, or a regular form of government. |