plural feminine noun
91Ratitae — noun used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders • Syn: ↑superorder Ratitae • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • Member Meronyms: ↑ …
92matins — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English matines, from Anglo French, from Late Latin matutinae, from Latin, feminine plural of matutinus Date: 14th century 1. the night office forming… …
93nones — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle English nonys, from Anglo French nones, from Latin nonae, from feminine plural of nonus ninth Date: 14th century 1. the ninth day before the ides according to ancient Roman… …
94novella — noun (plural novellas or novelle) Etymology: Italian, from feminine of novello new, from Latin novellus Date: 1898 1. plural novelle a story with a compact and pointed plot 2. plural usually novellas a work of fiction intermediate in length and… …
95Sarcophaga — noun flesh flies • Syn: ↑genus Sarcophaga • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Calliphoridae, ↑family Calliphoridae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …
96homiletics — noun 1. the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies • Derivationally related forms: ↑homiletical • Hypernyms: ↑theology, ↑divinity 2. the art of preaching • Hypernyms: ↑art, ↑ …
97-aceae — noun plural suffix Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feminine plural of aceus aceous plants of the nature of < Rosaceae > in names of families of plants …
98-inae — noun plural suffix Etymology: New Latin īnae, from Latin, feminine plural of īnus members of the subfamily of in all names of zoological subfamilies in recent classifications < Felinae > …
99-itis — noun suffix (plural itises; also itides or ites) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin & Greek; Latin, from Greek, from feminine of itēs ite 1. disease or inflammation < bronchitis > 2. plural usually itises condition likened to a disease chiefly in… …
100logistics — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: French logistique art of calculating, logistics, from Greek logistikē art of calculating, from feminine of logistikos of calculation, from logizein to calculate, from logos reason Date …
