| ANCILLA | • ancilla n. A maid. • ancilla n. An auxiliary or accessory. • ANCILLA n. (Latin) a helper. |
| ARMILLA | • armilla n. (Ancient Rome) An armband awarded as a military decoration in Ancient Rome. • armilla n. (Zoology) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs. • armilla n. (Astronomy) Alternative form of armill. |
| BARILLA | • barilla n. (Botany) Any of several not closely related saltmarsh plants that were once burnt to obtain soda ash… • barilla n. The alkali produced from the plant, an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching. • barilla n. Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. |
| CEDILLA | • cedilla n. (Orthography) In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark ⟨¸⟩ sometimes… • CEDILLA n. (Spanish) a mark placed under the letter c, to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade. |
| CODILLA | • codilla n. The tow obtained from flax or hemp. • CODILLA n. (Italian) the coarse tow of flax and hemp. |
| GORILLA | • gorilla n. The largest of the apes, belonging to the genus Gorilla, native to the forests of central Africa and… • gorilla n. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian. • gorilla n. (Informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth. |
| LATILLA | • LATILLA n. a peeled limb used in ceilings. |
| MAMILLA | • mamilla n. (Anatomy) The small projection of a mammary gland; a nipple. • mamilla n. A nipple-shaped protuberance. • MAMILLA n. (Latin) the nipple of the mammary gland, also MAMMILLA. |
| MANILLA | • manilla n. A penannular armlet, mostly in bronze, copper or gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage… • manilla adj. Alternative spelling of manila (“made of or colored like manila paper”). • manilla n. Alternative spelling of manila (“type of fiber”). |
| MAXILLA | • maxilla n. (Anatomy, zootomy) Synonym of jaw. • maxilla n. (Zootomy) One of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in many arthropods… • MAXILLA n. (Latin) the bone of either the upper or the under jaw. |
| MEGILLA | • megilla n. Alternative form of megillah. • MEGILLA n. (Hebrew) a scroll containing a book of the Old Testament, also MEGILLAH. |
| PAPILLA | • papilla n. (Anatomy) A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body. • papilla n. (Botany) A small fleshy projection on a plant. • PAPILLA n. (Latin) a nipple-like projection. |
| PERILLA | • perilla n. An East Asian herb with flavorful leaves used in cooking and as a garnish, Perilla frutescens. Also… • Perilla prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – the shiso herb, found in southeast and east Asia. • PERILLA n. (Latin) a genus of labiate herbs, of which one species is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage. |
| SQUILLA | • squilla n. A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks. • squilla n. (Botany, obsolete) The squill, the sea onion. • squilla n. (Zoology) The mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla. |
| VANILLA | • vanilla n. (Countable) Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing… • vanilla n. (Countable) The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant. • vanilla n. (Uncountable) The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant. |
| VEXILLA | • vexilla n. Plural of vexillum. • VEXILLUM n. (Latin) the web or vane of a feather, also VEXIL. |
| ZORILLA | • zorilla n. Alternative spelling of zorille. • ZORILLA n. (Spanish) a small African mammal, also ZORIL, ZORILLE, ZORILLO. |