Antilegomena :: Antilegomena (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena..

Aquatile :: Aquatile (a.) Inhabiting the water.

Attractile :: Attractile (a.) Having power to attract.

Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place..

Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) The Bastille, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison..

Beautiless :: Beautiless (a.) Destitute of beauty.

Bipartile :: Bipartile (a.) Divisible into two parts.

Biquintile :: Biquintile (n.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees..

Bissextile :: Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400..

Bissextile :: Bissextile (a.) Pertaining to leap year.

Cantile :: Cantile (v. i.) Same as Cantle, v. t..

Cantilena :: Cantilena (n.) See Cantabile.

Cantilever :: Cantilever (n.) Same as Cantalever.

Castile Soap :: Castile soap () A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap..

Coctile :: Coctile (a.) Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick..

Contractile :: Contractile (a.) tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues..

Cortile :: Cortile (n.) An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.

Dentile :: Dentile (n.) A small tooth, like that of a saw..

Distractile :: Distractile (a.) Tending or serving to draw apart.

Draintile :: Draintile (n.) A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.

Ductile :: Ductile (a.) Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people..

Ductile :: Ductile (a.) Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads..

Erectile :: Erectile (a.) Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

Exoptile :: Exoptile (n.) A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.

Exsertile :: Exsertile (a.) Capable of being thrust out or protruded.

Fertile :: Fertile (a.) Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or imagination..

Fertile :: Fertile (a.) Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers..

Fertile :: Fertile (a.) Containing pollen; -- said of anthers.

Fertile :: Fertile (a.) produced in abundance; plenteous; ample.

Fertilely :: Fertilely (adv.) In a fertile or fruitful manner.

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