| BOUILLIS | • bouillis n. Plural of bouilli. • BOUILLI n. (French) boiled meat. |
| DILUTION | • dilution n. The process of making something dilute. • dilution n. A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated. • dilution n. The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime. |
| DILUVION | • diluvion n. Synonym of diluvium. • DILUVION n. a deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice, also DILUVIUM. |
| FILIOQUE | • filioque n. (Theology) The use of the Latin word filioque (“and the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed… • FILIOQUE n. (Latin) a doctrine that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son. |
| ILLUSION | • illusion n. (Countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not. • illusion n. (Countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true. • illusion n. (Countable) A magician’s trick. |
| LIGULOID | • liguloid adj. Shaped like a ligula. • LIGULOID adj. like a ligule, a thin outgrowth at the junction of a leaf and leafstalk. |
| LIMONIUM | • Limonium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Plumbaginaceae – statice, sea lavender and related species. • LIMONIUM n. a sea plant with brightly coloured funnel-shaped flowers. |
| LIMULOID | • limuloid n. Any horseshoe crab of the superfamily Limuloidea. • LIMULOID n. a member of the king crab family, also LIMULUS. |
| OBLIQUID | • obliquid adj. (Obsolete) oblique. • OBLIQUID adj. (Spenser) oblique. |
| OLIGURIA | • oliguria n. (Medicine) A decreased production in the volume of urine. • OLIGURIA n. scantiness of urine in proportion to liquid intake, also OLIGURESIS. |
| OLIGURIC | • oliguric adj. Relating to oliguria. • OLIGURIC adj. relating to oliguria. |
| PIQUILLO | • piquillo n. A specific breed of small, red pepper originally from Peru. • PIQUILLO n. (Spanish) a variety of sweet red pepper. |
| PULVILIO | • pulvilio n. Alternative form of pulvillio. • PULVILIO n. (historical) perfumed powder; snuff, also PULVIL, PULVILLE, PULVILLIO. |
| QUINOLIN | • quinolin n. Dated form of quinoline. • QUINOLIN n. a pungent, colourless, oily liquid, first obtained from quinine and used e.g. as a food preservative, also QUINOLINE. |
| SIBILOUS | • sibilous adj. Having a hissing sound; sibilant. • SIBILOUS adj. having a hissing sound, also SIBILANT. |
| SILUROID | • siluroid n. Alternative form of silurid. • SILUROID n. any of a family of catfishes, also SILURID. |
| SOLIQUID | • SOLIQUID n. a fluid colloidal system. |
| TOLUIDIN | • toluidin n. Alternative spelling of toluidine. • TOLUIDIN n. any one of three amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, also TOLUIDINE. |
| UROBILIN | • urobilin n. (Biochemistry) A yellow linear tetrapyrrole resulting from the breakdown of heme, produced when urobilinogen… • UROBILIN n. a brown pigment in faeces and sometimes urine. |
| UTILIDOR | • utilidor n. A utility corridor. • UTILIDOR n. (Canadian) an insulated system of pipes for use in arctic regions. |