| PRESIDIO | • presidio n. A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control. • PRESIDIO n. (Spanish) a Spanish fort. |
| APSIDIOLE | • apsidiole n. Alternative form of apsidole. • APSIDIOLE n. a subsidiary apse, a rounded extension at the end of a building, esp. at the east end of a church. |
| INSIDIOUS | • insidious adj. Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner. • insidious adj. Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful. • insidious adj. (Nonstandard) Treacherous. |
| PRESIDIOS | • presidios n. Plural of presidio. • PRESIDIO n. (Spanish) a Spanish fort. |
| STASIDION | • stasidion n. Synonym of kathisma (“hinged seat used in monastic churches”). • STASIDION n. (Modern Greek) a stall in a Greek church. |
| APSIDIOLES | • apsidioles n. Plural of apsidiole. • APSIDIOLE n. a subsidiary apse, a rounded extension at the end of a building, esp. at the east end of a church. |
| OBSIDIONAL | • obsidional adj. Pertaining to a siege. • OBSIDIONAL adj. of or relating to a siege, also OBSIDIONARY. |
| STASIDIONS | • STASIDION n. (Modern Greek) a stall in a Greek church. |
| BASIDIOCARP | • basidiocarp n. (Mycology) A mushroom which has basidia. • BASIDIOCARP n. the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics. |
| INSIDIOUSLY | • insidiously adv. In an insidious manner. • INSIDIOUS adv. developing or advancing gradually and imperceptibly. |
| OBSIDIONARY | • obsidionary adj. Obsidional; relating to a siege. • OBSIDIONARY adj. of or relating to a siege, also OBSIDIONAL. |
| BASIDIOCARPS | • basidiocarps n. Plural of basidiocarp. • BASIDIOCARP n. the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics. |
| BASIDIOSPORE | • basidiospore n. (Biology) A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota. • BASIDIOSPORE n. a spore produced by a basidium. |
| BASIDIOMYCETE | • basidiomycete n. (Mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium. • BASIDIOMYCETE n. any fungus of a subdivision Basidiomycotina that includes the agarics. |
| BASIDIOSPORES | • basidiospores n. Plural of basidiospore. • BASIDIOSPORE n. a spore produced by a basidium. |
| INSIDIOUSNESS | • insidiousness n. A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious. • INSIDIOUS n. developing or advancing gradually and imperceptibly. |
| BASIDIOMYCETES | • basidiomycetes n. Plural of basidiomycete. • Basidiomycetes prop.n. A taxonomic class within the phylum Basidiomycota – the mushrooms that produce spores from a basidium. • BASIDIOMYCETE n. any fungus of a subdivision Basidiomycotina that includes the agarics. |
| BASIDIOSPOROUS | • BASIDIOSPOROUS adj. of or like a basidiospore, a spore produced by a basidium. |
| BASIDIOMYCETOUS | • basidiomycetous adj. Relating to the basidiomycetes. • BASIDIOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a basidiomycete. |
| INSIDIOUSNESSES | • insidiousnesses n. Plural of insidiousness. • INSIDIOUSNESS n. INSIDIOUS, developing or advancing gradually and imperceptibly. |