| COMPLUVIUM | • compluvium n. (Architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the… • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| IMPLEXUOUS | • IMPLEXUOUS adj. not simple; involved; complicated. |
| IMPUNDULUS | • IMPUNDULU n. (Bantu) a mythical bird with magical powers, often identified with the secretary bird. |
| LUMPSUCKER | • lumpsucker n. Any of the scorpaeniform fish in the family Cyclopteridae, with adhesive pelvic discs. • LUMPSUCKER n. a kind of fish, covered with lumps, also LUMPFISH. |
| MULTIGROUP | • multigroup adj. Of or pertaining to more than one group. • MULTIGROUP adj. comprising many groups. |
| OPERCULUMS | • OPERCULUM n. (Latin) an anatomical part that serves as a lid or cover, also OPERCELE, OPERCULE. |
| PARIMUTUEL | • parimutuel n. Alternative form of pari-mutuel. • pari-mutuel n. (Horse racing) Any betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool;… • pari-mutuel n. A booth used to place such bets, or a machine used to record bets and calculate payoffs. |
| PLUTONIUMS | • plutoniums n. Plural of plutonium. • PLUTONIUM n. a naturally radioactive, silvery, metallic transuranic element. |
| POSTULATUM | • postulatum n. A postulate. • POSTULATUM n. (Latin) a postulate. |
| PRAELUDIUM | • praeludium n. Obsolete spelling of preludium. • præludium n. Obsolete spelling of preludium. • PRAELUDIUM n. (Latin) a prelude. |
| PROPAGULUM | • propagulum n. (Botany) A runner terminated by a germinating bud. • propagulum n. A gemma or bud affecting asexual propagation in many algae. • PROPAGULUM n. a body with the capacity to give rise to a new plant e.g. seed, spore, bulbil, fragment etc., also PROPAGULE. |
| SPIRACULUM | • spiraculum n. A spiracle. • SPIRACULUM n. a breathing-hole; a vent, orifice. |
| SUBPHYLUMS | • subphylums n. Plural of subphylum. • SUBPHYLUM n. (Latin) the taxonomic division below a phylum. |
| SUGARPLUMS | • sugarplums n. Plural of sugarplum. • sugar-plums n. Plural of sugar-plum. • sugar␣plums n. Plural of sugar plum. |
| SULPHONIUM | • sulphonium n. Alternative spelling of sulfonium. • SULPHONIUM n. the positively charged group SH3, its salts or derivatives, also SULFONIUM. |
| UNCRUMPLED | • uncrumpled v. Simple past tense and past participle of uncrumple. • UNCRUMPLE v. to smooth out, remove the crumpling from. |
| UNCRUMPLES | • uncrumples v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uncrumple. • UNCRUMPLE v. to smooth out, remove the crumpling from. |
| UNPLUMBING | • unplumbing v. Present participle of unplumb. • UNPLUMB v. to remove lead from. |