| ARTICULATE | • articulate adj. Clear; effective. • articulate adj. Speaking in a clear and effective manner. • articulate adj. Consisting of segments united by joints. |
| AURICULATE | • auriculate adj. Alternative spelling of auriculated. • auriculate adj. (Botany, of leaves) Having two lobes, often curved, often near the base. • AURICULATE adj. having ears or ear-shaped appendages, also AURICULATED. |
| AVUNCULATE | • avunculate n. The relationship between a man and his sister’s children, generally her sons. • avunculate n. (In certain tribal peoples, for example, the Korowai) a special relationship between a man and a maternal… • AVUNCULATE n. the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son. |
| BILOCULATE | • biloculate adj. Having two loculi. • BILOCULATE adj. divided into two chambers or cavities, also BILOCULAR. |
| CALYCULATE | • calyculate adj. Calycular. • CALYCULATE adj. having a calyculus, a cuplike structure. |
| EMASCULATE | • emasculate adj. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak. • emasculate v. (Transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld. • emasculate v. (Transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. |
| FLOCCULATE | • flocculate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To collect together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool. • flocculate adj. Having flock form or forms. • flocculate n. A mass that has suffered flocculation. |
| FUNICULATE | • funiculate adj. Forming a narrow ridge. • FUNICULATE adj. forming a narrow ridge. |
| GENICULATE | • geniculate adj. (Anatomy, botany) Bent abruptly, with the structure of a knee. • geniculate adj. Having kneelike joints; able to bend at an abrupt angle. • geniculate adj. (Anatomy) Relating to a geniculate nucleus. |
| IMMACULATE | • immaculate adj. Absolutely tidy, having no blemish or stain. • immaculate adj. (Zoology) (botany) Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings. • immaculate adj. (Figurative) containing no mistakes. |
| INOSCULATE | • inosculate v. (Transitive) To homogenize; to make continuous. • inosculate v. (Intransitive) To open into. • inosculate v. (Transitive) To unite. |
| OPERCULATE | • operculate adj. Having an operculum. • operculate n. Any gastropod mollusc that has an operculum. • OPERCULATE adj. relating to the operculum, also OPERCULATED. |
| ORBICULATE | • orbiculate adj. Spherical or circular; orbicular. • orbiculate n. That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular. • ORBICULATE adj. having the shape of a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular, also ORBICULATED. |
| PANICULATE | • paniculate adj. Having a branched cluster of flowers. • PANICULATE adj. having or arranged in panicles, also PANICULATED. |
| PEDICULATE | • pediculate adj. Provided with a pedicel. • pediculate adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Pediculati. • pediculate n. (Zoology) Any member of the Pediculati. |
| RETICULATE | • reticulate adj. Network-like in form or appearance. • reticulate v. (Transitive) To distribute or move via a network. • reticulate v. (Transitive) To divide into or form a network. |
| UTRICULATE | • utriculate adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bladder, especially by being swollen or inflated. • UTRICULATE adj. like or having a utricle, also UTRICULAR. |
| VESICULATE | • vesiculate v. (Transitive) to make vesicular. • vesiculate v. (Intransitive) to become vesicular. • vesiculate adj. Vesicular. |