| CALCULUSES | • calculuses n. Plural of calculus. • CALCULUS n. (Latin) a branch of mathematics. |
| CAULICULUS | • cauliculus n. (Architecture) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and… • CAULICULUS n. one of the slender stems springing from the caules or main stalks supporting the volutes in the Corinthian capital. |
| COLLICULUS | • colliculus n. (Anatomy) A small elevation; a knoll. • COLLICULUS n. a small elevation, as on the surface of the optic lobe of the brain. |
| CORNICULUM | • corniculum n. (Anatomy) A small horn-like part or process. • CORNICULUM n. (Latin) a small hornlike part or process. |
| CURRICULUM | • curriculum n. The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university. • curriculum n. (Obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running. • CURRICULUM n. (Latin) a program of educational resources etc. |
| FASCICULUS | • fasciculus n. (Anatomy) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers. • fasciculus n. One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle. • FASCICULUS n. (Latin) a little bundle; a fascicle, also FASCICLE, FASCICULE. |
| FONTICULUS | • fonticulus n. Synonym of fontanelle (“membranous spot on the head of a baby”). • fonticulus n. A small artificial ulcer produced by caustics or a lancet. • fonticulus n. (Anatomy) The depression just over the top of the breastbone. |
| HOMUNCULUS | • homunculus n. A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm. • homunculus n. The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain. • Homunculus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Homunculidae – certain extinct monkeys that are possible ancestors… |
| MONTICULUS | • monticulus n. A little elevation. • MONTICULUS n. a little hill, also MONTICLE. |
| OPERCULUMS | • OPERCULUM n. (Latin) an anatomical part that serves as a lid or cover, also OPERCELE, OPERCULE. |
| PANNICULUS | • panniculus n. (Anatomy) A dense layer of fatty tissue growth, consisting of subcutaneous fat in the lower abdominal area. • panniculus n. A thin, sheet-like investment. • PANNICULUS n. a thin, sheetlike garment, also PANNICLE, PANNIKEL. |
| RANUNCULUS | • ranunculus n. Any plant of the genus Ranunculus; the buttercup or crowfoot. • Ranunculus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – the ranunculuses, including the buttercup etc. • RANUNCULUS n. a genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot and buttercups. |
| RETICULUMS | • reticulums n. Plural of reticulum. • RETICULUM n. (Latin) a network. |
| SPIRACULUM | • spiraculum n. A spiracle. • SPIRACULUM n. a breathing-hole; a vent, orifice. |
| SURCULUSES | • SURCULUS n. (Latin) a sucker. |
| TENACULUMS | • tenaculums n. Plural of tenaculum. • TENACULUM n. (Latin) a surgical hook or forceps. |
| TENTACULUM | • tentaculum n. (Zoology) A tentacle. • tentaculum n. (Anatomy) One of the stiff hairs situated around the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed… • tentaculum n. Tentacle. |
| TUBERCULUM | • tuberculum n. Tubercle. • TUBERCULUM n. a tubercle. |
| UMBRACULUM | • umbraculum n. (Botany) Any umbrella-shaped appendage, such as the cap borne on the seta of Marchantia. • UMBRACULUM n. (Latin) an umbrella or umbrella-like structure. |
| VIBRACULUM | • vibraculum n. (Biology) A long, whiplike, modified zooid on the surface of certain colonies of bryozoa. • VIBRACULUM n. (Latin) one of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. |