| ALLUSION | • allusion n. An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned. • ALLUSION n. the act of alluding. |
| ALLUSIVE | • allusive adj. That contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints). • ALLUSIVE adj. alluding. |
| BACILLUS | • bacillus n. Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease. • bacillus n. Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium. • bacillus n. (Figurative, by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection. |
| CALLUSED | • callused v. Simple past tense and past participle of callus. • callused adj. Having calluses. • CALLUS v. to form a hard growth. |
| CALLUSES | • calluses n. Plural of callus. • calluses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of callus. • CALLUS v. to form a hard growth. |
| ENTELLUS | • entellus n. A small Asian monkey (Semnopithecus entellus, syn. Presbytis entellus) having bristly hairs on the crown… • ENTELLUS n. (Latin) an East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey, remarkable for the cap-like arrangement of the hair on the head. |
| GALLUSED | • GALLUSED adj. suspended by galluses. |
| GALLUSES | • galluses n. Braces/suspenders for trousers. • GALLUSES n. (dialect) braces for trousers. |
| ILLUSION | • illusion n. (Countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not. • illusion n. (Countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true. • illusion n. (Countable) A magician’s trick. |
| ILLUSIVE | • illusive adj. Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an… • ILLUSIVE adj. based on illusion, also ILLUSORY. |
| ILLUSORY | • illusory adj. Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal. • ILLUSORY adj. based on illusion, also ILLUSIVE. |
| LAPILLUS | • lapillus n. A fragment of lava ejected from a volcano. • lapillus n. (Zoology) One of the otoliths in finfish. • LAPILLUS n. (Latin) a small stone ejected by volcanic eruption. |
| MOLLUSCA | • Mollusca prop.n. The molluscs… • MOLLUSCUM n. a childhood skin problem causing small raised spots. |
| MOLLUSCS | • molluscs n. Plural of mollusc. • MOLLUSC n. (Latin) an animal belonging to a large phylum of invertebrates that includes snails, shellfish etc., also MOLLUSK. |
| MOLLUSKS | • mollusks n. Plural of mollusk. • MOLLUSK n. (Latin) an animal belonging to the large phylum of invertebrates, also MOLLUSC. |
| NUCELLUS | • nucellus n. (Botany) The tissue which surrounds and protects the embryo and lies inside of the integuments. • NUCELLUS n. (Latin) the mass of tissues within the integuments of a plant's ovule, containing the embryo sac. |
| TELLUSES | • TELLUS n. (Latin) the earth, esp. personified as a goddess. |
| VITELLUS | • vitellus n. (Biology) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. • vitellus n. (Botany) Perisperm in an early condition. • VITELLUS n. (Latin) the yolk of an egg. |