(historical) A thick cloth of the 13th and 14th centuries, made from particoloured worsted interwoven so as to resemble veins of marble, and sometimes adorned with figures of animals etc.
marcianus
marguerie
margullie
marihuana
marihuana
noun
Alternative spelling of marijuana
marijuana
marijuana
noun
The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.
The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
marquisal
marquises
marquises
noun
plural of marquis
plural of marquise
marrubium
marrubium
noun
Any of the genus Marrubium of bitter aromatic plants; horehound.
marsupial
marsupial
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
noun
A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as kangaroos or koalas, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like shrew opossums.
marsupian
marsupian
noun
(obsolete) marsupial
marsupium
marsupium
noun
A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.
The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young.
martineau
martyrium
martyrium
noun
(rhetoric) Confirming something by referring to one's own experience.
A tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr.
masticura
mastigure
mastigure
noun
Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
masuriums
matagouri
matagouri
noun
A thorny shrub endemic to New Zealand, taxonomic name Discaria toumatou.
matricula
matricula
noun
(obsolete) A document indicating that a student has passed a course of study.
(obsolete) A register of students who are enrolled.
An identification card issued by the Mexican consulate.
maurandia
mauritian
mauritian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture.
Noun
A person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent.
Proper noun
Mauritian Creole.
mauritius
mauritius
Proper noun
in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
Main island of the nation of the Republic of Mauritius.
Given name; e.g.,
mavournin
mavournin
noun
Alternative form of mavourneen
mccurtain
measuring
measuring
noun
Act of measurement.
verb
present participle and gerund of measure
megacurie
megacurie
noun
The unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies
melanuria
melanuria
noun
(medicine) The excretion of urine of an abnormally dark colour, caused by the presence of melanin or other pigments or by the action of phenol, creosote, resorcin, and other coal-tar derivatives.
melanuric
melanuric
adj
Relating to melanuria.
melituria
menuridae
mercurial
mercurial
adj
(comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted.
(not comparable, Roman mythology) Pertaining to Mercury, the Roman god of, among other things, commerce, financial gain, communication, and thieves and trickery; hence (comparable), money-making; crafty.
(not comparable, astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1).
(not comparable, astronomy) Pertaining to the planet Mercury.
(not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury.
(not comparable, medicine) Caused by the action of mercury or a mercury compound.
noun
(astrology) A person born under the influence of the planet Mercury; hence, a person having an animated, lively, quick-witted or volatile character.
(chemistry) A chemical compound containing mercury.
(obsolete) Any of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua).
(pharmacology, historical) A preparation of mercury, especially as a treatment for syphilis.
(anatomy) A peritoneal fold supporting the ovary and its blood vessels and nerves as the mesentery does the intestine; the mesovarium.
micturate
micturate
verb
(intransitive, physiology, formal) To urinate.
miliarium
miniature
miniature
adj
Smaller than normal.
noun
(chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
(role-playing games, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
A musical composition which is short in duration.
A particular feature or trait.
A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
verb
(transitive) To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.
miracular
mirandous
mirandous
adj
(formal) Amazing; miraculous.
misaunter
mithraeum
mithraeum
Noun
Cave-like places of worship of the followers of Mithraism.
mosasauri
mournival
mournival
noun
(card games, obsolete) In the game of gleek, four cards of the same face value.
mugearite
mugearite
noun
A kind of orthoclase-bearing basalt that is made up of olivine, apatite, and opaque oxides.
muhajirun
muliebral
muliebral
adj
Womanly, feminine, relating to or in the manner of an adult woman.
muliebria
muliebria
noun
(medicine, archaic) The female genitals.
mullerian
mullerian
adj
Alternative form of Müllerian
multipara
multipara
noun
A woman who has given birth to more than one child.
multipart
multipart
adj
(computing) of computer printout that is printed in multiple copies on paper having two or four continuous sheets rolled together with interleaving carbon paper; after printing it is separated on a decollator
having multiple parts
multirate
multirate
adj
Involving or occurring at more than one rate.
multiyear
multiyear
adj
Having a duration of multiple years.
muncerian
muradiyah
muraenids
muraenids
noun
plural of muraenid
muraenoid
muraenoid
adj
(zoology) Like or relating to the moray eels (genus Muraena) or others in family Muraenidae.
muralists
muralists
noun
plural of muralist
muricated
muricated
adj
Synonym of muricate
muricidae
muscarine
muscarine
noun
(biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.
musterial
mutesarif
mutilator
mutilator
noun
Agent noun of mutilate; one who mutilates.
myiarchus
nautiform
nautiform
adj
Shaped like the hull of a ship.
nectarium
nectarium
noun
(botany) Synonym of nectary
neurilema
neurilema
noun
Dated form of neurilemma.
neurinoma
neurinoma
Noun
A schwannoma.
numerical
numerical
adj
(obsolete) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical.
of or pertaining to numbers
nursemaid
nursemaid
noun
A woman or girl employed to care for children.
verb
(colloquial) To care for or look after.
To tend to as a nursemaid.
oratorium
origanums
origanums
noun
plural of origanum
ossuarium
ossuarium
noun
A charnel house; an ossuary.
parfumoir
paroarium
partinium
pastorium
pastorium
noun
(US, Southern US) A parsonage, in some Baptist churches.
pathrusim
pauperism
pauperism
noun
The state of being a pauper; poverty.
periareum
perinaeum
perinaeum
noun
Alternative spelling of perineum
pharmuthi
plenarium
pluralism
pluralism
noun
(ecclesiastical) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.
(law) The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.
(philosophy) The belief that a plural predicate refers to its individuals rather than to a collective.
(philosophy) The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.
(politics) The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.
(politics) The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.
(sociology) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.
The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.
practicum
practicum
noun
(US) A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.
(US) A science exam in which students are questioned about specimens or other objects placed in front of them.
precarium
precarium
noun
A form of land tenure in which a petitioner receives a property for a specific amount of time without any change of ownership.
prolabium
punnigram
quadrimum
quagmired
quagmired
adj
(of a person or thing) Sunk in a quagmire
(of a road etc) Resembling a quagmire
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quagmire
quagmires
quagmires
noun
plural of quagmire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quagmire
quakerism
quakerism
Noun
The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.
A behaviour, belief, etc. that is characteristic of Quakers.
querimans
radiumize
radiumize
verb
(transitive, rare) To treat with radium.
ramequins
ramequins
noun
plural of ramequin
rheumatic
rheumatic
adj
Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.
Resembling or relating to rheumatism.
noun
(rare) A person suffering from rheumatism
rheumatiz
rheumatiz
noun
(dialect) rheumatism
rhinarium
rhinarium
noun
The naked surface of skin around the external openings of the nostrils of the nose in most mammals, usually more or less moist and embossed.
rhopalium
rhopalium
noun
(zoology) One of the marginal sensory bodies of medusae belonging to the Discophora
rhumbaing
rhumbaing
verb
present participle of rhumba
ritualism
ritualism
noun
The belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions to be carried out.
rosariums
rosariums
noun
plural of rosarium
roumanian
rugmaking
rugmaking
Noun
The manufacture of rugs.
rumanians
ruminants
ruminants
noun
plural of ruminant
ruminated
ruminated
adj
(botany) ruminate
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ruminate
ruminates
ruminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ruminate
ruminator
ruminator
noun
One who ruminates; one who meditates or reflects.
rummaging
rummaging
noun
The act of one who rummages.
verb
present participle of rummage
ruralisms
ruralisms
noun
plural of ruralism
sacrarium
sacrarium
noun
(anatomy) The complex sacrum of any bird.
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates)
The area surrounding the altar of a Christian church; the sanctuary or piscina. Sometimes specifically a drain directly to the earth, perhaps including reference to a basin, for washing vessels from consecration.
samariums
saturnism
saturnism
noun
(medicine, dated) lead poisoning
scoparium
semilunar
semilunar
adj
Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.
noun
(anatomy) The lunate bone, or semilunar bone.
seminuria
seminuria
noun
Synonym of spermaturia
semirural
semirural
adj
Moderately rural; transcending both urbanity and province; developing
semiurban
semiurban
adj
Partially urban.
septarium
septarium
noun
(geology) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
shinarump
simarouba
simarouba
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Simarouba.
simarubas
simulacra
simulacra
noun
plural of simulacrum
simulacre
simulacre
noun
A simulacrum.
simulator
simulator
noun
A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.
One who simulates or feigns.
solariums
solariums
noun
plural of solarium
sphaerium
squadrism
squadrism
noun
(historical) A policy of violence by squads of Fascists in Italy after the First World War.
strumatic
strumatic
adj
scrofulous; strumous
submarine
submarine
adj
(baseball) Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow.
Existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea.
Hidden or undisclosed.
noun
(baseball) A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
(informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
A boat that can go underwater.
A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
Any submarine plant or animal.
verb
(intransitive) To operate or serve on a submarine.
(intransitive, automotive) To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).
(intransitive, sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself.
(transitive) To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
submatrix
submatrix
noun
(mathematics) A matrix formed by selecting certain rows and columns from a larger matrix.
sucramine
summaries
summaries
noun
plural of summary
summarily
summarily
adv
(duration) Over a short period of time, briefly.
(manner) In a summary manner.
summarise
summarise
verb
Alternative form of summarize
summarist
summarist
noun
One who summarizes.
summarize
summarize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
(transitive, intransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).
surmisant
surmisant
adj
Aware through having made a surmise; suspecting.
surnaming
surnaming
verb
present participle of surname
tambourgi
tambourin
tambourin
noun
(obsolete) An old lively Provençal dance, common on the stage.
Obsolete form of tambourine (percussion instrument)
targumist
targumist
Noun
The writer of a targum; one versed in the targums.
targumize
tartufism
tartufism
noun
Alternative form of tartuffism
tauriform
tauriform
adj
Having the form of a bull.
terrarium
terrarium
noun
A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity.
An enclosure wherein small animals are displayed, usually with some plants, in a naturalistic setting.
tourmalin
trapezium
trapezium
noun
(anatomy) The trapezium bone of the wrist.
(geometry, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.
(geometry, US, dated) A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral.
(restrictively) A quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel.
A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
traumatic
traumatic
adj
(dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
(medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.
noun
(dated, medicine) A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.
triadenum
trigamous
trigamous
adj
(botany) Having three kinds of flowers — male, female, and hermaphrodite — in the same flower head.
Living in or involving trigamy.
tripsacum
triumphal
triumphal
adj
Of, relating to, or being a triumph.
That celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory.
noun
(obsolete) A token of victory.
truantism
tucumcari
tucumcari
Proper noun
a city in New Mexico, USA
tularemia
tularemia
noun
(pathology) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis.