Altivolant :: Altivolant (a.) Flying high.

Circumvolant :: Circumvolant (a.) Flying around.

Colander :: Colander (n.) A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like..

Inviolaness :: Inviolaness (n.) The state of being inviolate.

Jambolana :: "Jambolana (n.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit..

Myrobolan :: Myrobolan (n.) A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America..

Ortolan :: Ortolan (n.) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting..

Ortolan :: Ortolan (n.) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe)..

Ortolan :: Ortolan (n.) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). See Sora..

Polander :: Polander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole.

Ponvolant :: Ponvolant (n.) A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge..

Pozzolana :: Pozzolana (n.) Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water..

Pozzuolana :: Pozzuolana (n.) Alt. of Pozzolan.

Puzzolan :: Puzzolan (n.) Alt. of Puzzolan.

Puzzolana :: Puzzolana (n.) See Pozzuolana.

Sea Colander :: Sea colander () A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes..

Solan Goose :: Solan goose () The common gannet.

Solanaceous :: Solanaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more..

Soland :: Soland (n.) A solan goose.

Solander :: Solander (n.) See Sallenders.

Solania :: Solania (n.) Solanine.

Solanicine :: Solanicine (n.) An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance..

Solanidine :: Solanidine (n.) An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste..

Solanine :: Solanine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina..

Solano :: Solano () A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain..

Solanoid :: Solanoid (a.) Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.

Solanum :: Solanum (n.) A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade..

Tolane :: Tolane (n.) A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene..

Tremolando :: Tremolando (a.) Same as Tremando.

Velivolant :: Velivolant (a.) Flying with sails; passing under full sail.

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