(Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
(Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest.
(chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
(literary or humorous, usually in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
(plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located.
The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution.
abulyeit
abutilon
abutilon
noun
Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
alburtis
antiblue
antiblue
adj
(US, colloquial) Anti-police.
(particle physics) Describing one of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to blue in a quark.
baculite
baculite
noun
(paleontology) Any of the extinct genus Baculites of cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
bailouts
bailouts
noun
plural of bailout
bucktail
bucktail
noun
The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
cubitale
dutiable
dutiable
adj
On which duty must be paid when imported or sold.
noun
Any dutiable item.
fabulist
fabulist
noun
(figurative) A liar.
A person who writes or tells fables.
habitual
habitual
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.
Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
Regular or usual.
noun
(colloquial) One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
(grammar) A construction representing something done habitually.
halibuts
halibuts
noun
plural of halibut
istanbul
jubilant
jubilant
adj
In a state of elation.
jubilate
jubilate
verb
To show elation or triumph; to rejoice.
latibule
nubilate
nubilate
verb
(obsolete) To cloud.
rubytail
rubytail
noun
A European wasp, Chrysis ignita, with a bright red underside of the abdomen.
sabulite
sabulite
noun
An explosive containing ammonium nitrate, calcium silicide and trinitrotoluene.
suitable
suitable
adj
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
suitably
suitably
adv
In a suitable manner; with propriety.
tablinum
tablinum
noun
(historical) An anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry and often containing the family statues and archives.
taboulis
taboulis
noun
plural of tabouli
thibault
tribular
tribular
adj
tribual
tribunal
tribunal
noun
(Philippines, historical) A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners.
(law) An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
tshiluba
tshiluba
Proper noun
A Bantu language spoken by about 6.3 million people in the Kasaï Occidental and Kasaï Oriental provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
tubicola
turbinal
turbinal
adj
(anatomy) Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.