| FECULENT | • feculent adj. Dirty with faeces or other impurities. • FECULENT adj. full of filth or waste matter. |
| MOLECULE | • molecule n. (Chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties… • molecule n. A tiny amount. • MOLECULE n. the smallest unit of matter that has the chemical and physical properties of a particular chemical compound. |
| NUBECULA | • nubecula n. (Astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds. • nubecula n. (Medicine) A slight spot on the cornea. • nubecula n. (Medicine) A cloudy object or appearance in urine. |
| PECULATE | • peculate v. To embezzle. • PECULATE v. to embezzle. |
| PECULIAR | • peculiar adj. Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual. • peculiar adj. Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular. • peculiar adj. (Dated) One’s own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others. |
| PECULIUM | • peculium n. (Law, historical) The savings of a son or a slave, with the father’s or master’s consent; a little property… • peculium n. A special fund for private and personal uses. • PECULIUM n. (Latin) private property. |
| RECULING | • reculing v. Present participle of recule. • RECULE v. (Spenser) to recoil, also RECOYLE, RECUILE, REQUOYLE. |
| SAECULUM | • saeculum n. A length of time roughly equal to the potential lifetime of a human being or, equivalently, the complete… • SAECULUM n. (Latin) an astronomical or geological age, also SECULUM. |
| SECULARS | • seculars n. Plural of secular. • Seculars prop.n. Plural of Secular. • SECULAR n. a layman; a clergyman not bound by monastic rules. |
| SECULUMS | • seculums n. Plural of seculum. • SECULUM n. (Latin) an astronomical or geological age, also SAECULUM. |
| SPECULAR | • specular adj. Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective. • specular adj. (Medicine) Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum. • specular adj. Assisting sight, like a lens etc. |
| SPECULUM | • speculum n. (Medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice. • speculum n. A mirror, especially one used in a telescope. • speculum n. (Ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually… |