| BIQUINTILE | • biquintile n. (Astrology) An aspect of two planets that are distant from each other by two fifths of a great circle (72 degrees). • BIQUINTILE n. the aspect of planets when they are twice the fifth part of a great circle (i.e. 144 degrees) from each other. |
| BISSEXTILE | • bissextile adj. Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars… • bissextile n. Synonym of leap year: a year with an intercalary day. • BISSEXTILE n. the extra day in the leap year. |
| CHRYSOTILE | • chrysotile n. (Mineralogy) A fibrous silicate mineral with the chemical formula Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4; a form of serpentine… • CHRYSOTILE n. an asbestiform variety of serpentine. |
| COLEOPTILE | • coleoptile n. (Botany) A pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses. • COLEOPTILE n. the first leaf in grasses and monocotyledons, a protecting plumule. |
| FLUVIATILE | • fluviatile adj. Of, pertaining to, or produced by rivers; fluvial. • FLUVIATILE adj. belonging to or formed by rivers or streams, also FLUVIATIC. |
| GEOTEXTILE | • geotextile n. Any strong, permeable fabric used in earthworks for any of a number of purposes, including separation… • GEOTEXTILE n. any strong synthetic fabric used in civil engineering, as to retain an embankment. |
| MERCANTILE | • mercantile adj. (Economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit. • mercantile adj. (Economics) Of or relating to mercantilism. • MERCANTILE adj. of or relating to merchants or trading. |
| NONHOSTILE | • nonhostile adj. Not hostile; free of hostility. • NONHOSTILE adj. not hostile. |
| PERCENTILE | • percentile n. (Statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts… • percentile n. (Statistics) Any one of the hundred groups so divided. • PERCENTILE n. the value below which falls a large number of statistical units e.g. exam scores. |
| PRODUCTILE | • productile adj. Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile. • PRODUCTILE adj. capable of being extended or prolonged. |
| PROJECTILE | • projectile n. An object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon. • projectile n. (Physics) any object propelled through space by the application of a force. • projectile adj. Projecting or impelling forward. |
| REFRACTILE | • refractile adj. Able to refract, refractive. • REFRACTILE adj. refractive, capable of being refracted. |
| RETRACTILE | • retractile adj. That can be retracted (as a cat’s claws). • RETRACTILE adj. capable of retraction, like the claws of a cat. |
| SUBFERTILE | • subfertile adj. Exhibiting subfertility. • SUBFERTILE adj. not very fertile. |
| TRAJECTILE | • TRAJECTILE adj. relating to trajectory. |