| 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. |
| CLITELLUM | • clitellum n. (Biology) A glandular swelling in the epidermis of some annelid worms; it secretes a viscous fluid in… • CLITELLUM n. (Latin) a region in the body walls of certain annelid worms. |
| 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… |
| SCUTELLUM | • scutellum n. Any of several shield-shaped structures in insects, grasses etc. • SCUTELLUM n. (Latin) a scale on a bird's leg. |
| 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. |
| TELLURATE | • tellurate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any oxyanion of tellurium; any salt of telluric acid. • TELLURATE n. a salt of telluric acid. |
| TELLURIAN | • tellurian adj. (Formal or literary) Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly science fiction) inhabiting… • tellurian adj. (Mineralogy) Of a mineral: containing tellurium. • tellurian n. (Astronomy, historical) Alternative spelling of tellurion (“instrument used to show how the rotation… |
| TELLURIDE | • telluride n. (Countable, inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane. • telluride n. (Countable, organic chemistry) Any organic compound of general formula R2Te (R not = H), the tellurium… • telluride n. (Uncountable, mineralogy) sylvanite. |
| TELLURION | • tellurion n. (Astronomy, historical) An instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its… • TELLURION n. an apparatus representing earth and sun, showing day and night, the seasons etc., also TELLURIAN. |
| TELLURISE | • tellurise v. Alternative spelling of tellurize. • TELLURISE v. to combine with tellurium, a rare nonmetallic element, also TELLURIZE. |
| TELLURITE | • tellurite n. (Mineralogy) A yellowish mineral, tellurium dioxide (TeO2). • tellurite n. (Inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion TeO32- derived from tellurous acid; any salt containing this anion. • TELLURITE n. a salt of tellurous acid. |
| TELLURIUM | • tellurium n. (Uncountable) The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic… • tellurium n. (Countable) A single atom of this element. • tellurium n. A variant spelling of tellurion. |
| TELLURIZE | • tellurize v. (Chemistry, transitive) To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium. • TELLURIZE v. to combine with tellurium, a rare nonmetallic element, also TELLURISE. |
| TELLUROUS | • tellurous adj. (Chemistry) Containing tellurium in a higher valency than in telluric compounds. • TELLUROUS adj. of or containing tellurium, esp. in a low oxidation state. |