allargando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner | - |
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ampullar | (adjective) of or related to an ampulla | Synonyms: ampullary |
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ampullary | (adjective) of or related to an ampulla | Synonyms: ampullar |
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ancillary | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary |
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armillary | (adjective) of or relating to bracelets | - |
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axillary | (adjective) of or relating to the armpit | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the axil | Synonyms: alar |
bacillar | (adjective) relating to or produced by or containing bacilli | Synonyms: bacillary |
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(adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillary, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped |
bacillary | (adjective) relating to or produced by or containing bacilli | Synonyms: bacillar |
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(adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped |
bellarmine | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: greybeard, long-beard, longbeard |
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bollard | (noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) | Synonyms: bitt |
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capillarity | (noun) a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries | Synonyms: capillary action |
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capillary | (adjective) of or relating to hair | - |
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(adjective) long and slender with a very small internal diameter | Synonyms: hairlike |
(noun) a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action | Synonyms: capillary tube, capillary tubing |
(noun) any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules | Synonyms: capillary vessel |
carpellary | (adjective) belonging to or forming or containing carpels | - |
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caterpillar | (noun) a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | - |
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cellar | (noun) the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage | Synonyms: basement |
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(noun) storage space where wines are stored | Synonyms: wine cellar |
(noun) an excavation where root vegetables are stored | Synonyms: root cellar |
cellarage | (noun) a storage area in a cellar | - |
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(noun) a charge for storing goods in a cellar | - |
cellaret | (noun) sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | Synonyms: minibar |
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cerebellar | (adjective) relating to or associated with the cerebellum | - |
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collar | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, catch, pinch, taking into custody |
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(noun) a figurative restraint | Synonyms: leash |
(noun) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over | Synonyms: neckband |
(noun) necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck | Synonyms: choker, dog collar, neckband |
(noun) a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it | - |
(noun) the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot | Synonyms: shoe collar |
(noun) a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part | - |
(noun) anything worn or placed about the neck | - |
(noun) (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal | - |
(verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
(verb) furnish with a collar | - |
(verb) seize by the neck or collar | - |
collarbone | (noun) bone linking the scapula and sternum | Synonyms: clavicle |
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collard | (noun) variety of kale having smooth leaves | - |
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collards | (noun) kale that has smooth leaves | Synonyms: collard greens |
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collarless | (adjective) without a collar | - |
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corollary | (noun) (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition | - |
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(noun) a practical consequence that follows naturally | - |
dollar | (noun) a symbol of commercialism or greed | Synonyms: dollar mark, dollar sign |
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(noun) a piece of paper money worth one dollar | Synonyms: buck, clam, dollar bill, one dollar bill |
(noun) a United States coin worth one dollar | - |
(noun) the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents | - |
dollarfish | (noun) small food fish of Atlantic coast | Synonyms: Poronotus triacanthus |
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(noun) any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies | Synonyms: Atlantic moonfish, horse-head, horsefish, horsehead, moonfish, Selene setapinnis |
dullard | (noun) a person who evokes boredom | Synonyms: bore |
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(noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dolt, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person |
fritillary | (noun) butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver | - |
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(noun) any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers | Synonyms: checkered lily |
gaillardia | (noun) any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy | - |
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glabellar | (adjective) of or relating to the glabella | - |
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inframaxillary | (adjective) relating to the lower jaw | Synonyms: mandibular |
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interstellar | (adjective) between or among stars | - |
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mallard | (noun) wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed | Synonyms: Anas platyrhynchos |
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mammillaria | (noun) any cactus of the genus Mammillaria | - |
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maxillaria | (noun) any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers | - |
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maxillary | (adjective) of or relating to the upper jaw | - |
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(noun) the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium | Synonyms: maxilla, upper jaw, upper jawbone |
medullary | (adjective) of or relating to the medulla of any body part | - |
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(adjective) containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow | - |
(adjective) of or relating to the medulla oblongata | - |
narcodollar | (noun) money (especially in the form of US dollars) obtained from narcotrafficking. | Synonyms: narco-dollar |
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papillary | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling papilla | Synonyms: papillose |
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patellar | (adjective) near or relating to the patella or kneecap | - |
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pillar | (noun) (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure | Synonyms: column |
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(noun) a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) | Synonyms: column |
(noun) a fundamental principle or practice | - |
(noun) a prominent supporter | Synonyms: mainstay |
(noun) anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower | Synonyms: column, tower |
pillared | (adjective) having pillars | - |
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pollard | (noun) a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed | - |
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(noun) a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage | - |
(verb) convert into a pollard | Synonyms: poll |
pupillary | (adjective) of or relating to the pupil of the eye | - |
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saltcellar | (noun) a small container for holding salt at the dining table | - |
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scillaren | (noun) a crystalline steroidal glycoside present in squill (Drimia maritima). | - |
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stellar | (adjective) being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars | Synonyms: astral |
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(adjective) indicating the most important performer or role | Synonyms: leading, prima, star, starring |
umbellar | (adjective) bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels | Synonyms: umbellate |
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unpillared | (adjective) lacking pillars | - |
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vitellarium | (noun) A modified part of the ovary that in many flatworms and rotifers produces yolk-filled cells serving to nourish the true eggs. | - |
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