| ILLEGITIMACY | • illegitimacy n. The state or condition of being illegitimate. • ILLEGITIMACY n. the state of being illegitimate. |
| ILLEGITIMATE | • illegitimate adj. Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards. • illegitimate adj. Not in accordance with the law. • illegitimate adj. Not sanctioned by marriage. |
| ILLIMITATION | • illimitation n. Lack of limitations; freedom from checks or restraints. • ILLIMITATION n. the state of being illimitable. |
| ILLUMINATING | • illuminating adj. Providing illumination or light. • illuminating adj. (Figuratively) Providing clarification or explanation; educational, revealing. • illuminating v. Present participle of illuminate. |
| ILLUMINATION | • illumination n. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. • illumination n. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights. • illumination n. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb). |
| ILLUMINATIVE | • illuminative adj. Of, capable of, or causing illumination. • ILLUMINATIVE adj. of, relating to, or producing illumination. |
| LIMELIGHTING | • limelighting v. Present participle of limelight. • LIMELIGHT v. to light with limelight. |
| LIMINALITIES | • liminalities n. Plural of liminality. |
| LIMITATIONAL | • limitational adj. Relating to limitations. • LIMITATIONAL adj. relating to limitation. |
| METHICILLINS | • methicillins n. Plural of methicillin. • METHICILLIN n. a semisynthetic penicillin used esp. in the form of its sodium salt. |
| MILLISIEVERT | • millisievert n. (Physics) A unit of ionizing radiation equal to 10-3 sieverts. • MILLISIEVERT n. one thousandth of a sievert. |
| MULTIBILLION | • multibillion adj. Having a value of several billion (in general, at least two billion). • multi-billion adj. Having more than 1,000,000,000; in the billion range. • multi-billion adj. (In the old numbering system, chiefly Britain), more than 1,000,000,000,000; in the old billion range. |
| MULTICIPITAL | • multicipital adj. (Botany) Having many heads or stems from one crown or root. • MULTICIPITAL adj. many-headed. |
| MULTIMILLION | • multimillion adj. Having several millions; costing or worth many millions of dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency. • multi-million adj. Alternative spelling of multimillion. • MULTIMILLION adj. comprising many millions. |
| MULTIPLICITY | • multiplicity n. The state of being made of multiple diverse elements. • multiplicity n. (Mathematics) The number of values for which a given condition holds. • multiplicity n. A large indeterminate number. |
| MULTIUTILITY | • multiutility n. A utility company providing multiple types of service, such as both gas and electricity. • MULTIUTILITY n. a public utility that provides more than one essential service, such as gas and electricity. |
| POINTILLISME | • POINTILLISME n. a painting technique using separate dots of pure colour rather than blends, also POINTILLISM. |
| POINTILLISMS | • pointillisms n. Plural of pointillism. • POINTILLISM n. a painting technique using separate dots of pure colour rather than blends, also POINTILLISME. |
| SILLIMANITES | • sillimanites n. Plural of sillimanite. • SILLIMANITE n. a silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure; aka fibrolite. |
| VERTICILLIUM | • verticillium n. Any of many fungi, of the genus Verticillium, that cause wilt in plants. • VERTICILLIUM n. a fungus some species of which cause plant disease. |