| CIBORIUM | • ciborium n. (Architecture) A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns. • ciborium n. (Christianity) A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist. • CIBORIUM n. (Latin) a vessel for holding eucharistic bread. |
| CONIDIUM | • conidium n. (Mycology) A fungal spore produced asexually in a conidiophore. • CONIDIUM n. (Greek) a kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores. |
| DISODIUM | • disodium n. (Chemistry, in combination) two atoms of sodium in a compound. • DISODIUM adj. of a molecule, having two sodium atoms. |
| DOMINIUM | • dominium n. The ownership of a thing. • dominium n. (Biology, taxonomy) The highest category in the classification of organisms, ranking above regnum. • dominium n. Political unit. |
| EXIMIOUS | • eximious adj. (Archaic) Pre-eminent, outstanding. • EXIMIOUS adj. (archaic) choice, excellent. |
| GONIDIUM | • gonidium n. (Lichenology, phycology) A photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive… • gonidium n. (Zoology) A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa. • GONIDIUM n. an algal cell in a lichen. |
| 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. |
| MIAOUING | • miaouing v. Present participle of miaou. • MIAOU v. to make the sound of a crying cat, also MEOW, MEOU, MIAOW, MIAUL. |
| MISUNION | • misunion n. A bad or wrong union or alliance. • MISUNION n. a bad union. |
| MUCINOID | • mucinoid adj. Resembling mucin. • mucinoid n. Alternative form of mucoid. • MUCINOID adj. of or like mucin, a substance produced by mucous membranes, also MUCINOUS. |
| MUNITION | • munition n. (Chiefly in the plural) Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition. • munition n. (Chiefly in the plural, military, NATO) Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast… • munition n. (Rare, obsolete) A tower or fortification. |
| NIHONIUM | • nihonium n. The synthetic transactinide chemical element with atomic number 113. • NIHONIUM n. a highly radioactive element, of which only a few atoms have ever been produced. |
| NIOBIUMS | • niobiums n. Plural of niobium. • NIOBIUM n. a metallic element, formerly called columbium. |
| ONCIDIUM | • oncidium n. (Botany) Any of the genus Oncidium of tropical orchidaceous plants. • ONCIDIUM n. any of a genus of tropical orchidaceous plants. |
| OPIUMISM | • opiumism n. (Dated) opium addiction. • OPIUMISM n. opium addiction. |
| UNIONISM | • unionism n. The support of advocacy of a union, especially of a trade union. • unionism n. (Often capitalised) Support for the North (the Union) during the American Civil War. • unionism n. (Often capitalised) Support for the continuance of the United Kingdom (especially with respect to Northern Ireland). |