| COLUMBARIUM | • columbarium n. (Historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons… • columbarium n. A pigeonhole in such a dovecote. • columbarium n. A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns… |
| COMMUNIQUES | • communiques n. Misspelling of communiqués. • communiqués n. Plural of communiqué. • COMMUNIQUE n. (French) an official communication; esp. an official statement reporting on a meeting, conference etc. |
| COMPLUVIUMS | • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| CUMULONIMBI | • cumulonimbi n. Plural of cumulonimbus. • cumulo-nimbi n. Plural of cumulo-nimbus. • CUMULONIMBUS n. a type of cloud. |
| FUMATORIUMS | • fumatoriums n. Plural of fumatorium. • FUMATORIUM n. (Latin) a place for smoking or fumigation, also FUMATORY. |
| GUMMIFEROUS | • gummiferous adj. That produces gum (or latex etc). • GUMMIFEROUS adj. producing gum. |
| MULTANIMOUS | • multanimous adj. Having many minds or aspects; many-sided. • MULTANIMOUS adj. having a many-sided mind. |
| MULTICOLUMN | • multicolumn adj. (Chiefly computing) Of or pertaining to more than one column. • MULTICOLUMN adj. having many columns. |
| MULTIVOLUME | • multivolume adj. (Of a written work) Having multiple volumes. • multivolume adj. (Computing) Of or relating to more than one volume, or storage area. • MULTIVOLUME adj. comprising more than one volume. |
| MURMURATION | • murmuration n. An act or instance of murmuring. • murmuration n. (Ornithology, collective) A flock of starlings. • murmuration n. An emergent order in a multi-agent social system. |
| MURMUROUSLY | • murmurously adv. In a murmurous manner. • MURMUROUS adv. full of murmurs. |
| MUSCATORIUM | • muscatorium n. Synonym of flabellum (“fan used in religious ceremonies”). • MUSCATORIUM n. (Latin) a flabellum, a fan; esp. the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. |
| MUSEUMGOERS | • museumgoers n. Plural of museumgoer. • museum-goers n. Plural of museum-goer. |
| NONALUMINUM | • nonaluminum adj. (North America) Not of or pertaining to aluminum. • NONALUMINUM adj. not made of aluminum, also NONALUMINIUM. |
| NUMMULATION | • nummulation n. (Physiology, rare) The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as… • NUMMULATION n. the arrangement of blood corpuscles in rouleaus. |
| RUMGUMPTION | • rumgumption n. (UK, dialect, archaic) rough and homely common sense. • rumgumption n. (UK, dialect, archaic) shrewdness of intellect. • RUMGUMPTION n. (Scots) common sense, also RUMBLEGUMPTION, RUMELGUMPTION, RUMLEGUMPTION, RUMMELGUMPTION, RUMMLEGUMPTION. |
| SUBOPTIMUMS | • suboptimums n. Plural of suboptimum. • SUBOPTIMUM n. something that is less than optimal. |
| SUMMERHOUSE | • summerhouse n. A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year. • summerhouse n. An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather. • summer-house n. Alternative spelling of summerhouse. |