| CHALUMEAU | • chalumeau n. (Music) A woodwind instrument which was the predecessor of the clarinet. • chalumeau n. The lowest range of the clarinet, reaching up to written B♭ (B flat) above middle C. • CHALUMEAU n. (French) an early rustic reed instrument that developed into the clarinet. |
| COLUMELLA | • columella n. (Biology) Any of various small structures in plants or animals that are columnar in shape. • columella n. (Anatomy) The skin at the end of the septum which separates the nostrils. • columella n. (Comparative anatomy) In birds, reptiles, and amphibians, the small bone which carries vibration from… |
| DISPLUMED | • displumed v. Simple past tense and past participle of displume. • DISPLUME v. to deprive of feathers. |
| DISPLUMES | • displumes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of displume. • DISPLUME v. to deprive of feathers. |
| EMOLUMENT | • emolument n. (Formal) Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary. • EMOLUMENT n. payment; profit arising from employment. |
| FILOPLUME | • filoplume n. (Zoology, archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length. • FILOPLUME n. a slender hairlike feather. |
| GLUMELIKE | • glumelike adj. Resembling a glume. • GLUMELIKE adj. like a glume, an outer sterile bract enclosing the spikelet in grasses. |
| GLUMELLAS | • glumellas n. Plural of glumella. • GLUMELLA n. the membranous inner bract of a grass flower, aka the palea. |
| PLUMELESS | • plumeless adj. Without plumes. • PLUMELESS adj. without plumes. |
| PLUMELETS | • plumelets n. Plural of plumelet. • PLUMELET n. a small feather. |
| PLUMELIKE | • plumelike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a plume. • PLUMELIKE adj. like a plume. |
| PLUMERIAS | • plumerias n. Plural of plumeria. • PLUMERIA n. a flowering shrub, aka frangipani. |
| PLUMERIES | • plumeries n. Plural of plumery. • PLUMERY n. plumes collectively. |
| REILLUMED | • reillumed v. Simple past tense and past participle of reillume. • REILLUME v. to light again. |
| REILLUMES | • reillumes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reillume. • REILLUME v. to light again. |
| SEMIPLUME | • semiplume n. (Zoology) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather. • SEMIPLUME n. a feather with an ordinary shaft but a downy web. |
| UNILLUMED | • unillumed adj. (Archaic) Not illumed; unlit. • UNILLUMED adj. not illuminated. |
| VOLUMETER | • volumeter n. Any instrument used to measure the volume of a substance. • VOLUMETER n. an instrument for measuring the volume of a liquid or gas. |
| VOLUMETRY | • volumetry n. Volumetric analysis. • VOLUMETRY n. the act of measuring by volume. |