| BARBELLATE | • barbellate adj. (Botany) Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns. • BARBELLATE adj. having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. |
| BIOCELLATE | • biocellate adj. (Zoology) Having two ocelli, or eye-like spots. • BIOCELLATE adj. of animals and plants, marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli. |
| CANCELLATE | • cancellate adj. (Botany) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma; lattice-like. • cancellate adj. (Zoology) Having the surface covered with raised lines, crossing at right angles. • cancellate adj. (Anatomy) Cancellated. |
| CANTILLATE | • cantillate v. To chant, or to recite musically (especially in a synagogue). • CANTILLATE v. to chant or intone, esp. Hebrew scriptures in the Jewish liturgical service. |
| CARPELLATE | • carpellate adj. (Botany) Having functional carpels (and lacking stamens). • CARPELLATE n. a flower containing carpels. |
| CRENELLATE | • crenellate v. To furnish with crenelles. • crenellate v. To indent; to notch. • CRENELLATE v. to provide with battlements, also CRENELATE. |
| DISTILLATE | • distillate n. The liquid that has been condensed from vapour during distillation; normally a purified form or a fraction… • distillate n. (By extension) The essence of something. • distillate n. (Australia) Diesel fuel. |
| FIBRILLATE | • fibrillate v. (Intransitive) To make rapid irregular movements. • FIBRILLATE v. to undergo fibrillation. |
| FLABELLATE | • flabellate adj. (Botany, zoology) Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side… • FLABELLATE adj. fan-shaped. |
| FLAGELLATE | • flagellate v. (Transitive) To whip or scourge. • flagellate v. (Transitive) Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth. • flagellate adj. Resembling a whip. |
| MAMMILLATE | • mammillate adj. Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae. • mammillate adj. Bounded like a nipple; said of the apex of some shells. • MAMMILLATE adj. with nipple-like projections, also MAMILLATE, MAMMILLATED. |
| PISTILLATE | • pistillate adj. (Botany) Having functional pistils. • PISTILLATE adj. having a pistil or pistils; usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens. |
| POSTILLATE | • postillate v. To write postils; to comment. • postillate v. To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order. • POSTILLATE v. to explain by marginal notes. |
| ROSTELLATE | • rostellate adj. Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak. • ROSTELLATE adj. having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak. |
| SCUTELLATE | • scutellate adj. (Botany) saucer-shaped. • scutellate adj. (Zoology) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella, as in certain birds. • SCUTELLATE adj. shaped like a platter; covered with scutellae, also SCUTELLATED. |
| STIPELLATE | • stipellate adj. (Botany) Having stipels. • STIPELLATE adj. having stipels. |
| TESSELLATE | • tessellate v. (Transitive) To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile. • tessellate v. (Intransitive, geometry) Of a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge… • tessellate v. (Transitive, geometry) To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional… |