APTERAL | • apteral adj. (Zoology) apterous, wingless. • apteral adj. (Architecture) Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their… • APTERAL adj. wingless, also APTEROUS. |
CATERAN | • cateran n. (Historical) A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan. • cateran n. A freebooter, marauder. • CATERAN n. (Scots) a military irregular or brigand. |
DIPTERA | • Diptera prop.n. A taxonomic order within the superorder Endopterygota – true flies. • DIPTERA n. an extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers. |
ENTERAL | • enteral adj. Of, pertaining to, within, or by way of the intestine; enteric. • ENTERAL adj. pertaining to the enteron. |
ITERANT | • iterant adj. Marked by repetition or iteration. • ITERANT adj. repeating. |
ITERATE | • iterate v. (Computing) to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set. • iterate v. (Computing, mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action. • iterate v. (Transitive, archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat. |
LATERAD | • laterad adv. (Anatomy) Toward the side; away from the mesial plane. • LATERAD adv. toward the side. |
LATERAL | • lateral adj. To the side; of or pertaining to the side. • lateral adj. (UK) Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking. • lateral adj. (Phonetics, phonology) (of a consonant, especially the English clear l) Pertaining to sounds generated… |
LITERAL | • literal adj. Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or… • literal adj. Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties. • literal adj. (Theology) (broadly) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given scripture is… |
PATERAE | • paterae n. Plural of patera. • PATERA n. (Latin) a type of Roman shallow dish. |
SANTERA | • santera n. A woman who crafts santos (religious statues). • SANTERA n. (Spanish) a priestess of santeria. |
STERANE | • sterane n. (Organic chemistry) A tetracyclic hydrocarbon related to the steroids. • STERANE n. any of a class of saturated polycyclic hydrocarbons found in crude oils. |
TERAOHM | • teraohm n. Alternative spelling of tera-ohm. • tera-ohm n. One million million (1012) ohms. Symbol: TΩ. • TERAOHM n. one trillion ohms. |
TUATERA | • tuatera n. Alternative form of tuatara. • TUATERA n. (Maori) a primitive reptile found in New Zealand, of the genus Hatteria, also TUATARA. |
VETERAN | • veteran n. A person with long experience of a particular activity. • veteran n. (Figurative) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity. • veteran n. A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also… |