| ACULEUS | • aculeus n. (Botany) A sharp spike or other projection growing on a plant, as in some brambles and roses. • aculeus n. A sting. • ACULEUS n. (Latin) a prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. |
| BASCULE | • bascule n. A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers. • bascule n. (Firearms) The portion of a breech-loading firearm that pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber. • BASCULE n. (French) a type of bridge. |
| CULEXES | • CULEX n. (Latin) a genus of insects, including the mosquito. |
| LOCULED | • loculed adj. Having (a specified kind or number of) locules. • LOCULED adj. having loculi, small hollows. |
| LOCULES | • locules n. Plural of locule. • LOCULE n. a small, cell-like chamber, also LOCULUS. |
| MACULED | • maculed v. Simple past tense and past participle of macule. • MACULE v. to blur in printing, also MACKLE. |
| MACULES | • macules n. Plural of macule. • MACULE v. to blur in printing, also MACKLE. |
| NUCULES | • nucules n. Plural of nucule. • NUCULE n. the stone of a fleshy fruit. |
| OSCULES | • oscules n. Plural of oscule. • OSCULE n. a small mouthlike aperture e.g. in a sponge. |
| PICULET | • piculet n. A small woodpecker of the genus Picumnus and other genera in subfamily Picumninae. • PICULET n. a small tropical American woodpecker. |
| RECULED | • reculed v. Simple past tense and past participle of recule. • RECULE v. (Spenser) to recoil, also RECOYLE, RECUILE, REQUOYLE. |
| RECULES | • RECULE v. (Spenser) to recoil, also RECOYLE, RECUILE, REQUOYLE. |
| SACCULE | • saccule n. (Biology, anatomy) A small sac, pouch, or cyst. • saccule n. (Anatomy) The smaller of the two fluid-filled sacs forming part of the labyrinth of the inner ear (the… • SACCULE n. a small sac, also SACCULUS. |
| SPICULE | • spicule n. A sharp, needle-like piece. • spicule n. A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials. • spicule n. (Biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates… |
| VOCULES | • vocules n. Plural of vocule. • VOCULE n. a slight vowel sound completing the articulation of certain consonants. |