| BACILLAEMIA | • bacillaemia n. (Pathology) The presence of bacilli in the bloodstream. • BACILLAEMIA n. the presence of bacilli in the blood, also BACILLEMIA. |
| BLAEBERRIES | • blaeberries n. Plural of blaeberry. • BLAEBERRY n. (Scots) the bilberry, also BILBERRY. |
| DROSOPHILAE | • drosophilae n. Plural of drosophila. • DROSOPHILA n. a kind of fruit-fly. |
| ELAEAGNUSES | • elaeagnuses n. Plural of elaeagnus. • ELAEAGNUS n. another name for oleaster, a Eurasian shrub or small tree cultivated as an ornamental. |
| ELAEOPTENES | • elaeoptenes n. Plural of elaeoptene. • ELAEOPTENE n. the liquid part of a volatile oil. |
| FENESTELLAE | • fenestellae n. Plural of fenestella. • FENESTELLA n. a recess in church wall for storing communion vessels. |
| LAEVIGATING | • laevigating v. Present participle of laevigate. • lævigating v. Present participle of lævigate. • LAEVIGATE v. to smooth, polish, also LEVIGATE. |
| LAEVOGYRATE | • laevogyrate adj. Alternative form of levogyrate. • LAEVOGYRATE adj. of, having or causing laevorotation. |
| LAEVOROTARY | • laevorotary adj. Alternative form of levorotary. • LAEVOROTARY adj. of, having or causing laevorotation. |
| LEGIONELLAE | • legionellae n. Plural of legionella. • LEGIONELLA n. a bacterium of the genus Legionella, esp. one that causes legionnaires' disease. |
| PALAEOGAEAS | • PALAEOGAEA n. the Old World as a biological region. |
| PALAEOLITHS | • palaeoliths n. Plural of palaeolith. • PALAEOLITH n. a Stone Age artefact, also PALEOLITH. |
| PALAEOTYPES | • palaeotypes n. Plural of palaeotype. • PALAEOTYPE n. a nineteenth century phonetic adaptation of ordinary alphabetical type. |
| PALAEOTYPIC | • palaeotypic adj. Relating to the palaeotype phonetic alphabet. • PALAEOTYPIC adj. of or like a palaeotype, a nineteenth century phonetic adaptation of ordinary alphabetical type. |
| PREMAXILLAE | • premaxillae n. Plural of premaxilla. • PREMAXILLA n. (Latin) a bone in front of the maxilla, also PREMAXILLARY. |
| SALMONELLAE | • salmonellae n. Plural of salmonella. • SALMONELLA n. a genus of rodlike bacteria, associated with poisoning by contaminated food. |
| SPELAEOLOGY | • spelaeology n. Alternative form of speleology. • SPELAEOLOGY n. the study and exploration of caves, also SPELEOLOGY. |
| SPELAEOTHEM | • SPELAEOTHEM n. a term for depositional features, such as stalactites and stalagmites, found in caves, also SPELEOTHEM. |
| VORTICELLAE | • vorticellae n. Plural of vorticella. • VORTICELLA n. a sessile protozoan of the genus Vorticella, which has a long contractile stalk and a ciliated body shaped like an inverted bell. |