| ADULARIA | • adularia n. (Mineralogy) A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities… • ADULARIA n. a transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, aka moonstone. |
| ALFILARIA | • alfilaria n. Common storksbill (Erodium cicutarium), a flowering plant of the family Geraniaceae. • ALFILARIA n. (Spanish) a Californian weed, aka pin grass, also ALFILERIA. |
| ANTIMALARIA | • antimalaria adj. Acting to relieve or prevent a malaria infection. • ANTIMALARIA adj. of a drug, used to combat malaria, also ANTIMALARIAL. |
| ARMILLARIA | • armillaria n. Any of the genus Armillaria of parasitic fungi; a honey fungus. • Armillaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Physalacriaceae – honey mushrooms. • ARMILLARIA n. any fungus of the genus Armillaria, the honey fungus. |
| CALCEOLARIA | • calceolaria n. (Botany) Any plant of the genus Calceolaria. • CALCEOLARIA n. any plant of the South American genus Calceolaria, the plants of which are largely cultivated for the beauty of their slipper-like flowers. |
| CROTALARIA | • crotalaria n. (Botany) Any of the genus Crotalaria of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs. • Crotalaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the rattlepods, of Africa. • CROTALARIA n. any plant of the sunn hemp genus Crotalaria. |
| FILARIA | • filaria n. Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that live in the blood of vertebrates… • Filaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Filariidae – certain filarial worms. • FILARIA n. (Latin) a parasitic worm, also FILARIID. |
| FRITILLARIA | • fritillaria n. (Botany) Any plant in the genus Fritillaria. • Fritillaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – the fritillary flowering plants. • Fritillaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fritillariidae – many small free-swimming tunicates. |
| MALARIA | • malaria n. A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days. • malaria n. (Archaic) Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever. • MALARIA n. an infectious tropical disease. |
| MAMMILLARIA | • mammillaria n. (Botany) Any member of the cactus genus Mammillaria. • Mammillaria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – the nipple cacti. • MAMMILLARIA n. a plant belonging to the Mammillaria genus of flowering cactus, with nipple-shaped tubercles in rows. |
| MICROFILARIA | • microfilaria n. (Biology) The very small larva of a filarial worm. • MICROFILARIA n. the minute larval form of a filarial worm. |
| PEDICELLARIA | • pedicellaria n. (Biology) A small, stalk-shaped structure of the sea urchin and other echinoderms, which has three pincer-like… • PEDICELLARIA n. each of numerous organs like small pincers on the outside of an echinoderm. |
| RADIOLARIA | • radiolaria n. The members of the taxonomic subclass Radiolaria; radiolarians. • Radiolaria prop.n. A taxonomic subclass within the class Actinopodea – the radiolaria, numerous species, most of them extinct… • Radiolaria prop.n. Radiozoa. |
| SCROPHULARIA | • Scrophularia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – the figworts, native principally to Asia. • SCROPHULARIA n. a plant of the figwort genus. |
| SOLARIA | • solaria n. Plural of solarium. • SOLARIUM n. (Latin) a room exposed to the sun. |
| TALARIA | • talaria n. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The winged sandals worn by certain gods and goddesses, especially… • TALARIA n. (Latin) small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury or Hermes. |
| UTRICULARIA | • Utricularia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Lentibulariaceae – the bladderworts. • UTRICULARIA n. any plant of the bladderwort genus Utricularia. |
| VELARIA | • velaria n. Plural of velarium. • VELARIUM n. (Latin) an awning over an ancient Roman theatre. |
| VIBRACULARIA | • vibracularia n. Plural of vibracularium. • VIBRACULARIUM n. a long bristle, a modified zooid, in some Polyzoa. |