| OLEATE | • oleate n. (Organic chemistry) any salt or ester of oleic acid. • OLEATE n. a salt of oleic acid. |
| GALEATE | • galeate adj. Of or relating to a galea. • galeate adj. (Botany) Helmet-shaped. • GALEATE adj. helmet-shaped, also GALEATED. |
| MALEATE | • maleate n. (Organic chemistry) any salt or ester of maleic acid. • MALEATE n. a salt of malic acid, also MALATE. |
| PALEATE | • paleate adj. (Botany) Bearing paleae. • PALEATE adj. like a palea. |
| PILEATE | • pileate adj. Pileated. • PILEATE adj. of a mushroom, having a pileus, an umbrella-shaped portion, also PILEATED. |
| ACULEATE | • aculeate adj. Having a sting; sharp like a prickle. • aculeate adj. Having prickles or sharp points. • aculeate adj. (Entomology) Having a stinger; stinging. |
| MALLEATE | • malleate adj. (Zoology) Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer. • malleate adj. (Malacology, of a shell) Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered. • malleate v. (Rare) To beat into shape with a hammer. |
| NUCLEATE | • nucleate adj. Having a nucleus; nucleated. • nucleate v. To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus. • nucleate n. Any salt of a nucleic acid. |
| ANUCLEATE | • anucleate adj. (Cytology) Which does not have a nucleus. • ANUCLEATE adj. without a nucleus, also ANUCLEATED. |
| COCHLEATE | • cochleate adj. Having the form of a snail’s shell; spiral; turbinated. • cochleate n. A particulate composed of lipid bilayers rolled up into a spiral. • COCHLEATE adj. having the form of a snail shell, also COCHLEATED. |
| ENUCLEATE | • enucleate v. (Transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell). • enucleate v. (Transitive, medicine) To extract (an object) intact from an enclosed space. • enucleate v. (Archaic) To explain; to lay bare. |
| LINOLEATE | • linoleate n. Any salt or ester of linoleic acid. • LINOLEATE n. a salt of linoleic acid. |
| BINUCLEATE | • binucleate adj. (Biology) having two nuclei. • binucleate n. A cell that has two nuclei. • BINUCLEATE adj. having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells, also BINUCLEATED. |
| UNINUCLEATE | • uninucleate adj. Having a single nucleus. • UNINUCLEATE adj. having a single nucleus. |
| MONONUCLEATE | • mononucleate adj. (Biology, of a cell) Having a single nucleus. • mononucleate n. A cell that has a single nucleus. • MONONUCLEATE adj. having a single nucleus, also MONONUCLEATED. |
| POLYNUCLEATE | • polynucleate adj. Polynuclear. • POLYNUCLEATE adj. having many nuclei. |
| MULTINUCLEATE | • multinucleate adj. (Biology) having more than one nucleus; multinuclear. • multinucleate n. A multinucleated cell. • MULTINUCLEATE adj. having many nuclei, also MULTINUCLEATED. |