CURTAILER | • curtailer n. One who curtails. • CURTAILER n. one who curtails. |
GARNITURE | • garniture n. Something that garnishes; a decoration, adornment or embellishment. • GARNITURE n. (French) embellishment, trimming; a set of decorative objects. |
IMMATURER | • immaturer adj. Comparative form of immature: more immature. • IMMATURE adj. not mature. |
PARURETIC | • paruretic adj. Having or relating to paruresis; unable to urinate in the presence of others. • paruretic n. A person who has paruresis. • PARURETIC n. one who suffers from an inability to urinate in the presence of others. |
QUAERITUR | • QUAERITUR v. (Latin) the question is asked. |
QUARTIERS | • quartiers n. Plural of quartier. • QUARTIER n. (French) a specified district in a French town or city. |
QUARTZIER | • quartzier adj. Comparative form of quartzy: more quartzy. • QUARTZY adj. like quartz. |
RAPTURISE | • rapturise v. Alternative form of rapturize. • RAPTURISE v. to put, or be put, in a state of rapture, also RAPTURIZE. |
RAPTURIZE | • rapturize v. (Transitive) To put in a state of rapture. • rapturize v. (Intransitive) To enter a state of rapture. • RAPTURIZE v. to put, or be put, in a state of rapture, also RAPTURISE. |
RECRUITAL | • recruital n. Recruitment. • recruital n. (Archaic) recuperation; improvement in health. • RECRUITAL n. the act of recruiting. |
RETIARIUS | • retiarius n. (Historical) A type of gladiator who uses a casting net (a rete or iaculum) as a weapon. • RETIARIUS n. (Latin) a gladiator armed with a net. |
RETICULAR | • reticular adj. Having the structure of a net or a network; netlike. • reticular adj. Of or pertaining to a reticulum. • RETICULAR adj. netted, netlike. |
RETINULAR | • retinular adj. Of or relating to the retinula. • RETINULAR adj. relating to the retinula, a pigmented cell in some arthropod compound eyes, from which the rhabdom arises. |
RUBRICATE | • rubricate adj. (Obsolete) Marked with red. • rubricate v. (Transitive) To write in the form of a rubric. • rubricate v. To create rubrication; to illuminate a manuscript with red letters. |
RURALITES | • ruralites n. Plural of ruralite. • RURALITE n. one who lives in the country, also RURALIST. |
STRIATURE | • striature n. A stria, or stripe. • STRIATURE n. a stria, a streak. |
TERRARIUM | • terrarium n. An enclosure wherein small animals are displayed, usually with some plants, in a naturalistic setting. • terrarium n. A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity. • TERRARIUM n. (Latin) a glass enclosure for plants. |
TRIQUETRA | • triquetra n. A shape formed of three vesicae piscium, sometimes with an additional circle, a symbol of things and… • TRIQUETRA n. (Latin) a symmetrical triangular ornament formed of three interlaced arcs or lobes. |
TRITURATE | • triturate v. To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize. • triturate v. To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring. • triturate v. To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle. |
TURBARIES | • turbaries n. Plural of turbary. • TURBARY n. a place where peat can be dug. |