| CAULICULUSES | • CAULICULUS n. one of the slender stems springing from the caules or main stalks supporting the volutes in the Corinthian capital. |
| CIRROCUMULUS | • cirrocumulus n. (Physics, meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without… • CIRROCUMULUS n. (Latin) a type of cloud. |
| DIVERTICULUM | • diverticulum n. (Anatomy) A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder. • DIVERTICULUM n. a blind passage or tunnel. |
| GUBERNACULUM | • gubernaculum n. A part or structure that serves as a guide… • GUBERNACULUM n. in mammals, the cord supporting the testicles in the scrotal sac. |
| HIBERNACULUM | • hibernaculum n. (Zoology) The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter. • hibernaculum n. (Botany) A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental… • HIBERNACULUM n. (Latin) a shelter occupied during the winter by a dormant animal (as an insect or reptile). |
| INFUNDIBULUM | • infundibulum n. (Anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity or organ. • INFUNDIBULUM n. a funnel-shaped body part (e.g. the nares). |
| MONTICULUSES | • MONTICULUS n. a little hill, also MONTICLE. |
| PANNICULUSES | • PANNICULUS n. a thin, sheetlike garment, also PANNICLE, PANNIKEL. |
| POSTSTIMULUS | • poststimulus adj. Following a stimulus. • POSTSTIMULUS adj. following on a stimulus. |
| RANUNCULUSES | • ranunculuses n. Plural of ranunculus. • RANUNCULUS n. a genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot and buttercups. |
| RECEPTACULUM | • receptaculum n. (Anatomy) A receptacle. • RECEPTACULUM n. (Latin) a receptacle. |
| SUBOPERCULUM | • suboperculum n. (Anatomy) The lower opercular bone in fishes. • SUBOPERCULUM n. in fishes, a bone below and partly behind the gill cover. |
| SUPERNACULUM | • supernaculum adv. (Obsolete) According to the rules of an old drinking game in which the drinker upturned the empty cup… • supernaculum adv. To the last drop, to the bottom. • supernaculum n. (Obsolete) Excellent wine that one would wish to drink to the last drop. |