| ANTINUCLEAR | • antinuclear adj. Opposed to the production or use of nuclear weapons, or opposed to the generation of electricity from nuclear power. • antinuclear adj. Serving as protection from nuclear devices. • antinuclear adj. Against the nucleus of a biological cell. |
| CURVILINEAR | • curvilinear adj. (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilineal. • curvilinear adj. (Geometry, art) Formed by curved lines. • CURVILINEAR adj. bounded by curved lines, also CURVILINEAL. |
| HOMONUCLEAR | • homonuclear adj. (Chemistry, of a molecule) Having atoms of only one element, especially having elements of only a single isotope. • homonuclear adj. (Organic chemistry, of a reaction etc) Taking place within the same ring of a compound. • HOMONUCLEAR adj. of or relating to a molecule composed of identical nuclei. |
| INTERLINEAR | • interlinear adj. (Of text) inserted between the lines of a text. • interlinear adj. Having alternate lines of text in different languages. • interlinear n. A translated text having alternate lines in different languages. |
| LEISUREWEAR | • leisurewear n. Clothing worn for leisure or as general casual wear. • LEISUREWEAR n. clothes suitable for leisure activities. |
| MATRILINEAR | • matrilinear adj. Alternative form of matrilineal. • MATRILINEAR adj. of descent or kinship, reckoned through the mother or through females alone, also MATRILINEAL. |
| MONONUCLEAR | • mononuclear adj. (Biology) Having a single nucleus. • mononuclear adj. (Chemistry) monocyclic. • mononuclear n. (Biology) A cell having a single nucleus. |
| MULTILINEAR | • multilinear adj. Having many lines. • multilinear adj. Having many linear aspects. • multilinear adj. (Mathematics, of a function etc) That is linear in each variable separately. |
| PATRILINEAR | • patrilinear adj. Alternative form of patrilineal. • PATRILINEAR adj. traced through the father or through males alone, also PATRILINEAL. |
| POLYNUCLEAR | • polynuclear adj. (Biology) having multiple nuclei. • polynuclear adj. (Chemistry) polycyclic. • POLYNUCLEAR adj. chemically polycyclic esp. with respect to the benzene ring. |
| POSTNUCLEAR | • postnuclear adj. After the discovery of nuclear energy. • postnuclear adj. After a nuclear war. • postnuclear adj. (Linguistics) After the nucleus. |
| RECTILINEAR | • rectilinear adj. In a straight line. • rectilinear adj. (Geometry, art) Formed from straight lines. • RECTILINEAR adj. moving in or forming a straight line, also RECTILINEAL. |