| AVANTURINE | • avanturine n. Alternative form of aventurine. • AVANTURINE n. a glass containing golden or green flecks; quartz containing mica flakes, also AVENTURIN, AVENTURINE. |
| AVENTURINE | • aventurine n. A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles. • aventurine n. (Mineralogy, by extension) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica. • AVENTURINE n. a glass containing golden or green flecks; quartz containing mica flakes, also AVANTURINE, AVENTURIN. |
| AZURINE | • azurine adj. Sky-blue; azure. • azurine n. A type of rudd or redeye, the blue roach of Europe (Scardinius erythrophthalmus, syn. Leuciscus caeruleus)… • AZURINE n. a freshwater fish, the blue roach. |
| DATURINE | • daturine n. (Organic chemistry, archaic) atropine. • daturine n. (Organic chemistry, archaic) hyoscyamine. • DATURINE n. a poison. |
| DOURINE | • dourine n. Covering sickness. • DOURINE n. (French) a disease of horses. |
| FIGURINE | • figurine n. A small carved or molded figure; a statuette. • FIGURINE n. a small modelled or sculpted figure. |
| LEMURINE | • lemurine adj. Lemuroid. • lemurine n. Lemuroid. • LEMURINE adj. like a lemur. |
| MERCAPTOPURINE | • mercaptopurine n. (Pharmacology) An thiol antimetabolite C5H4N4S that interferes especially with the metabolism of purine… • MERCAPTOPURINE n. an antimetabolite sometimes used in the treatment of acute leukemia. |
| MURINE | • murine adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse. • murine adj. More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea… • murine n. (Zoology) Any murine mammal. |
| NEURINE | • neurine n. (Organic chemistry) A ptomaine, related to choline, formed during putrefaction of biological tissues. • NEURINE n. a very poisonous ptomaine formed in putrefying flesh. |
| PARADOXURINE | • paradoxurine adj. Of, or pertaining to, the genus Paradoxurus. • PARADOXURINE n. any of a number of palm civet species. |
| PETAURINE | • petaurine adj. (Zoology) Relating to the possum family Petauridae. • PETAURINE n. the flying phalanger. |
| PURINE | • purine n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and… • PURINE n. a white crystalline substance which with oxygen forms uric acid, also PURIN. |
| SCIURINE | • sciurine adj. Pertaining to or characteristic of squirrels. • sciurine n. A member of the squirrel subfamily of Sciurinae. • SCIURINE n. a member of the squirrel family, also SCIURID, SCIUROID. |
| TAMBOURINE | • tambourine n. A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame… • tambourine n. A tambourine dove. • tambourine n. A kind of Provençal dance. |
| TAURINE | • taurine adj. Pertaining to a bull; bull-like. • taurine n. (Organic chemistry, biochemistry) An amino-sulfonic acid, NH2CH2CH2SO3H, that has regulatory functions… • Taurine adj. (Astrology) Of or pertaining to the zodiacal sign Taurus. |
| URINE | • urine n. (Physiology) Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored… • urine v. (Archaic) To urinate. • URINE v. to discharge a liquid containing body wastes. |
| VULTURINE | • vulturine adj. Pertaining to or having characteristics of vultures. • vulturine adj. Predaceous. • VULTURINE adj. like a vulture; rapacious, also VULTURISH, VULTUROUS. |
| XENURINE | • xenurine n. Any armadillo of the former genus Xenurus (now Cabassous). • XENURINE n. any armadillo of the genus Xenurus. |