AECIDIAL | • aecidial adj. Of or relating to the aecidium. • AECIDIAL adj. relating to an aecidium, a cup-shaped fructification in rust fungi, also AECIAL. |
ALCIDINE | • alcidine adj. Resembling or characteristic of an auk. • ALCIDINE adj. pertaining to a family of seabirds, the auks. |
ALEXINIC | • ALEXINIC adj. related to alexin. |
ALGICIDE | • algicide n. A substance that kills, or inhibits the growth of, algae. • ALGICIDE n. a substance used to kill algae. |
CILIATED | • ciliated adj. Having cilia. • ciliated adj. Endowed with vibratory motion. • CILIATED adj. having cilia, fine hairlike structures on the surface of a cell. |
CILIATES | • ciliates n. Plural of ciliate. • CILIATE n. a member of the Ciliata, a subclass of Protozoa. |
CIPAILLE | • CIPAILLE n. (French) a pie with layers of meat and pastry, a traditional Quebec dish. |
DEICIDAL | • deicidal adj. Of or pertaining to deicide. • DEICIDAL adj. relating to deicide, the killing of a god. |
DEIFICAL | • deifical adj. Alternative form of deific. • DEIFICAL adj. godlike, also DEIFIC. |
FELICIAS | • felicias n. Plural of felicia. • FELICIA n. any member of a South African genus of herbs. |
IRENICAL | • irenical adj. Peaceful, conciliatory; promoting peace, especially over theological or ecclesiastical disputes. • IRENICAL adj. peaceful in purpose, also IRENIC, EIRENIC, EIRENICAL. |
LACINIAE | • laciniae n. Plural of lacinia. • LACINIA n. (Latin) a long narrow lobe in a leaf. |
LAICISED | • laicised v. Simple past tense and past participle of laicise. • LAICISE v. to free from clerical control, also LAICIZE. |
LAICISES | • laicises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of laicise. • LAICISE v. to free from clerical control, also LAICIZE. |
LAICIZED | • laicized v. Simple past tense and past participle of laicize. • laicized adj. Freed from ecclesiastical control. • laicized adj. Secularized. |
LAICIZES | • laicizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of laicize. • LAICIZE v. to free from clerical control, also LAICISE. |
LIMACINE | • limacine adj. Characteristic of slugs (of the family Limacidae). • limacine n. Any slug of the family Limacidae. • LIMACINE adj. resembling a slug. |
SALICINE | • salicine n. Archaic form of salicin. • SALICINE n. a bitter crystalline glucoside obtained from willow-bark, etc. and used medicinally as an analgesic, etc., also SALICIN. |
SILICATE | • silicate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates. • SILICATE v. to combine with silica. |