absinth | (noun) strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise | Synonyms: absinthe |
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amaranth | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food | - |
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(noun) seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America | - |
billionth | (noun) one part in a billion equal parts | Synonyms: one-billionth |
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(noun) position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things | - |
coelacanth | (noun) fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa | Synonyms: Latimeria chalumnae |
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eighteenth | (noun) position 18 in a countable series of things | - |
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eleventh | (noun) position 11 in a countable series of things | - |
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fifteenth | (noun) position 15 in a countable series of things | - |
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fourteenth | (noun) position 14 in a countable series of things | - |
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helminth | (noun) worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes | Synonyms: parasitic worm |
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hyacinth | (noun) any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs | - |
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(noun) a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone | Synonyms: jacinth |
jacinth | (noun) a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone | Synonyms: hyacinth |
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labyrinth | (noun) complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost | Synonyms: maze |
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(noun) a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium | Synonyms: inner ear, internal ear |
millionth | (noun) one part in a million equal parts | Synonyms: one-millionth |
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(noun) position 1,000,000 in a countable series of things | - |
month | (noun) a time unit of approximately 30 days | - |
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(noun) one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year | Synonyms: calendar month |
nineteenth | (noun) position 19 in a countable series of things | - |
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ninth | (noun) one part in nine equal parts | Synonyms: one-ninth |
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(noun) position nine in a countable series of things | - |
perianth | (noun) collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils | Synonyms: chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium |
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platyhelminth | (noun) parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body | Synonyms: flatworm |
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plinth | (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: footstall, pedestal |
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pyracanth | (noun) any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries | Synonyms: fire thorn, firethorn, Pyracantha |
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quadrillionth | (noun) one part in a quadrillion equal parts | Synonyms: one-quadrillionth |
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quintillionth | (noun) one part in a quintillion equal parts | Synonyms: one-quintillionth |
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seventeenth | (noun) position 17 in a countable series of things | - |
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seventh | (noun) the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it | - |
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(noun) one part in seven equal parts | Synonyms: one-seventh |
(noun) position seven in a countable series of things | - |
sixteenth | (noun) one part in sixteen equal parts | Synonyms: one-sixteenth, sixteenth part |
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(noun) position 16 in a countable series of things | - |
tenth | (noun) a tenth part; one part in ten equal parts | Synonyms: one-tenth, ten percent, tenth part |
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(noun) position ten in a countable series of things | - |
terebinth | (noun) a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine | Synonyms: Pistacia terebinthus |
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thirteenth | (noun) position 13 in a countable series of things | - |
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tragacanth | (noun) a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing | - |
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trillionth | (noun) one part in a trillion equal parts | Synonyms: one-trillionth |
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twelvemonth | (noun) a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days | Synonyms: year, yr |
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