MARKS' NEW UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY [MUD]
- A dictionary of rare words and words not usually found in a dictionary – mostly relating to scientific, technical or medical matters. Please contact us if you would like access to the dictionary at harlunsoc@yahoo.co.uk
Examples from the dictionary...............
accipitrine: adj. Of or like a hawk.
accordant: adj. (arch) Agreeable, compatible, harmonious.
aceric: adj. Pertaining to maple.
acerose: adj. (bot) Needle-pointed as in pine needles. (L)
acerous: adj. (zool) Without horns or antennae. (Gk)
acetabulum: n. One of two chambers of the sucker of the tentacle of an
octopus. It uses it to produce low pressure and suction.
acetamide: n. (chem) An amphoteric, white, crystalline solid having the formula
NH2C2H3O. ….......................
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rhytidectomy: n. Removal of wrinkles from the skin esp the face.
ria: n. (geol) A drowned river valley.
rial: n. Currency of Arabia = 100 halalas.
riant: adj. Laughing, gay, smiling.
Richter: adj. A scale from 1-8 representing the force of an earthquake.
ricin: n. A highly toxic albumin found in the beans of the castor-oil plant.
ridgil: n. An animal with one testicle.
riel: n. Currency of Cambodia = 100 cents.
riff: n. (mus) Phrase played repeatedly esp on a guitar.
riffle: n. A shallow or rapid next to a pool in a river.
Rigel: n. A star of magnitude 1.2 in the constellation of Orion.
right caudate nucleus: n. Region of the brain activated by eating chocolate.
right ventral tegmentum: n. Region of the brain activated by eating chocolate.
rigwelter: n. A sheep that has rolled over and cannot get up again. 2. n. A
strong beer brewed in Yorkshire.
Rihani matrix: n. A pattern that describes the filling of electron shells of the
chemical elements.
ril: n. A hollow in a saucer into which a cup fits.
rille: n. A cleft or narrow valley on the moon's surface.
rillmark: n. Shape in rock formed by water - when deposited.
rime: v. Steam is said to rime when it changes directly to ice. (eg snow,
frost) (Ant. sublime)