| ARTICLE | • article n. A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine… • article n. An object, a member of a group or class. • article n. (Grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In… |
| AURICLE | • auricle n. (Biology) Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe. • auricle n. (Anatomy) Synonym of atrium. • AURICLE n. the outer projecting part of the ear; an upper cavity of the heart. |
| CALICLE | • calicle n. (Zoology) Any cup-shaped depression. • calicle n. (Botany, zoology) A calyculus. • CALICLE n. a cup-shaped anatomical structure. |
| CUBICLE | • cubicle n. A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment. • cubicle n. A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing. • cubicle n. (UK, Australia) A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use. |
| CUTICLE | • cuticle n. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis. • cuticle n. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail. • cuticle n. Dead or cornified epidermis. |
| FUNICLE | • funicle n. (Botany) The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed. • funicle n. (Entomology) Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and… • FUNICLE n. a cordlike anatomical structure. |
| OSSICLE | • ossicle n. (Anatomy) A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear. • ossicle n. (Zoology) Bone-like joint or plate, especially… • OSSICLE n. a small bone. |
| PANICLE | • panicle n. (Botany) A compound raceme. • PANICLE n. a loosely branched flower cluster. |
| PEDICLE | • pedicle n. (Zoology) A fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve molluscs to a substrate. • pedicle n. (Zoology) The attachment point for antlers in cervids. • pedicle n. A stalk that attaches a tumour to normal tissue. |
| RADICLE | • radicle n. (Botany) The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which… • radicle n. (Botany) A rootlet. • radicle n. (Chemistry) Archaic form of radical. |
| RETICLE | • reticle n. A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment. • reticle n. (Obsolete) Alternative form of reticule (“a little bag”). • RETICLE n. a network of lines in the eyepiece of an optical instrument. |
| SANICLE | • sanicle n. Any of several plants, of the genus Sanicula, having palmate compound leaves and small flowers arranged… • SANICLE n. a wild flower, with astringent properties. |
| SILICLE | • silicle n. (Botany) A short silique, such as the seed capsule (fruit) of shepherd’s purse. • SILICLE n. a seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long, also SILICULA, SILICULE. |
| TUNICLE | • tunicle n. (Obsolete) A small tunic. • tunicle n. A vestment worn by an archdeacon. • tunicle n. (Anatomy) A tunica; a membrane or membranous sheath of skin. |
| UTRICLE | • utricle n. (Biology) A small cell, sac, or bladder-like protuberance in an animal or plant… • UTRICLE n. a saclike cavity in the inner ear, also UTRICULUS. |
| VEHICLE | • vehicle n. A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals. • vehicle n. A medium for expression of talent or views. • vehicle n. A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint. |
| VESICLE | • vesicle n. (Cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell. • vesicle n. A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as… • vesicle n. (Anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ. |
| WAVICLE | • wavicle n. (Quantum mechanics) A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle. • WAVICLE n. a subatomic particle that can act like both a wave and a particle. |