| 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. |
| INDULINS | • indulins n. Plural of indulin. • INDULIN n. a blue dye, also INDULINE. |
| INDUSIAL | • indusial adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects. • INDUSIAL adj. of or like an indusium, the protective cover of an insect's wing. |
| INSULINS | • insulins n. Plural of insulin. • INSULIN n. a protein hormone produced in the pancreas of animals. |
| LINGUISA | • LINGUISA n. a spicy Portuguese sausage, also LINGUICA. |
| LINGUIST | • linguist n. One who studies linguistics. • linguist n. A person skilled in languages. • linguist n. A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces. |
| LUMINISM | • luminism n. (Art) An American artistic style of the 19th century, characterised by effects of light in landscapes. • LUMINISM n. a style of realist landscape painting. |
| LUMINIST | • luminist n. (Painting) A painter who works in the style of luminism. • LUMINIST n. a painter who uses the effects of light. |
| PILINUTS | • pili␣nuts n. Plural of pili nut. • PILINUT n. the nut of trees of the burseraceous genus, also PILI. |
| QUIBLINS | • QUIBLIN n. (obsolete) a quibble, also QUILLET. |
| QUISLING | • quisling n. (Derogatory) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. • quisling v. Present participle of quisle. • Quisling n. Alternative letter-case form of quisling. |
| SCUNGILI | • SCUNGILE n. (Italian) the meat of a mollusc or conch, eaten as a delicacy, also SCUNGILLE. |
| SILURIAN | • Silurian adj. (Geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the Llandovery, Wenlock, Ludlow and… • Silurian adj. (Archaeology) Of or related to the Silures, a pre-Roman British tribe. • Silurian n. A member of the Silures, an ancient tribe of Britannia. |
| SLUICING | • sluicing v. Present participle of sluice. • sluicing n. The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching. • sluicing n. (Linguistics) A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except… |
| SUBTILIN | • subtilin n. A particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. • SUBTILIN n. an antibiotic. |
| SUILLINE | • suilline adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to a pig or the pig family (Suidae). • SUILLINE adj. of pigs. |