AIGUILLE | • aiguille n. A needle-shaped peak. • aiguille n. An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting. • AIGUILLE n. (French) a needlelike peak of rock. |
ALLELUIA | • alleluia interj. A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah. • alleluia n. A liturgical form of hallelujah. • alleluia n. (Music) A choral composition incorporating alleluia in its text. |
ALLUSIVE | • allusive adj. That contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints). • ALLUSIVE adj. alluding. |
CAULICLE | • caulicle n. (Botany) A small stalk or stem, especially the rudimentary stalk of a seed embryo. • CAULICLE n. a short caulis or stem. |
DUALLIES | • DUALLIE n. a pickup truck with double rear wheels. |
GUERILLA | • guerilla n. Alternative spelling of guerrilla. • GUERILLA n. a member of an irregular force engaging in warfare or in the harassment of an army, also GUERRILLA. |
LAEVULIN | • laevulin n. Alternative form of levulin. • LAEVULIN n. a sugar occurring in certain plants, also LEVULIN. |
LALIQUES | • LALIQUE n. a style of cut glass or crystal. |
LAZULITE | • lazulite n. (Mineralogy) A semi-precious gemstone that is a basic phosphate of magnesium, iron and aluminium. • LAZULITE n. a mineral of a light indigo-blue color, a hydrous phosphate of alumina and magnesia. |
LIGULATE | • ligulate adj. Shaped like a strap or long tongue. • ligulate adj. Having a ligule. • LIGULATE adj. like a ligula. |
LINGULAE | • lingulae n. Plural of lingula. • LINGULA n. (Latin) a tonguelike process or part. |
LIQUABLE | • liquable adj. Capable of being melted. • LIQUABLE adj. able to be liquefied. |
QUINELLA | • quinella n. (Gambling, horse racing) A form of bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race… • quinella v. (Australia, New Zealand) To have two team members, horses, etc., finish first and second in the same event. • QUINELLA n. (Spanish) a bet whereby the bettor must pick first two winners of a race but not necessarily in order, also QUINELA, QUINIELA. |
RUELLIAS | • ruellias n. Plural of ruellia. • RUELLIA n. a plant of the acanthus family. |
SQUILLAE | • squillae n. Plural of squilla. • SQUILLA n. a kind of burrowing crustacean, a mantis shrimp. |
TAILLEUR | • tailleur n. A woman’s tailored suit. • TAILLEUR n. (French) a woman's tailored suit. |
TEQUILLA | • tequilla n. Archaic form of tequila. • TEQUILLA n. a Mexican alcoholic drink made from the agave plant, also TEQUILA. |
UILLEANN | • UILLEANN adj. (Irish) as in uilleann pipes, a kind of bagpipes developed in Ireland and operated by squeezing bellows under the arm, also UILLEAN. |
UNALLIED | • unallied adj. Not allied. • UNALLIED adj. not allied. |
UNLINEAL | • unlineal adj. Not lineal; not of a family line. • UNLINEAL adj. not lineal. |