| CASTELLAN | • castellan n. (Obsolete) A feudal lord with a fortified manor. • castellan n. (Chiefly historical) The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord. • CASTELLAN n. the governor of a castle or fortification, also CHATELAIN. |
| CASTELLUM | • castellum n. (Historical) A small Roman detached fort or fortlet used as a watch tower or signal station. • CASTELLUM n. (Latin) a small Roman fort, a mile-castle. |
| HAUSTELLA | • haustella n. Plural of haustellum. • HAUSTELLUM n. the sucking organ or proboscis of an insect or crustacean. |
| HOSTELLED | • hostelled v. Simple past tense and past participle of hostel. • HOSTEL v. to stay overnight in hostels when travelling. |
| HOSTELLER | • hosteller n. One who keeps a hostel or inn. • hosteller n. (Obsolete) A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. • HOSTELLER n. a person who lives in or uses a hostel, esp. a youth hostel, also HOSTELER. |
| ROSTELLAR | • rostellar adj. Pertaining to a rostellum. • ROSTELLAR adj. pertaining to a rostellum, a small beaklike process or extension of some part. |
| ROSTELLUM | • rostellum n. A small beak-like process or extension; a small rostrum. • rostellum n. (Botany) A projecting part of the column in the flower of an orchid that separates the male stamen from… • rostellum n. (Biology) A retractable protruding part at the anterior end of a soft-bodied tapeworm; the scolex from… |
| STELLATED | • stellated adj. Star-shaped; stellate. • stellated adj. (Geometry) Of a polyhedron, having its edges or planes extended to form a new shape. • STELLATED adj. star-shaped; starry, also STELLATE. |
| STELLERID | • stellerid n. (Zoology) A starfish. • STELLERID n. a starfish, also STELLERIDAN. |
| STELLIONS | • stellions n. Plural of stellion. • STELLION n. (Latin) an East Mediterranean lizard with starry spots, also STELLIO. |
| STELLITES | • stellites n. Plural of stellite. • STELLITE n. a cobalt-base alloy with chromium and other metals, used to make cutting tools and for surfaces subject to heavy wear. |
| STELLULAR | • stellular adj. Having the shape or appearance of little stars; radiated. • stellular adj. Marked with star-like spots of colour. • STELLULAR adj. starlike; having starlike spots. |