📖 Definitions of "Rectrices"
noun
- 1
A governess; a rectoress.
- 2
A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rectrices"
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| rectosnoun | The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal. |
| rectusnoun | (anatomy) Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball. |
| rectanglesnoun | (geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles. |
| rectilineal | Alternative form of rectilinear. [In a straight line.] |
| rectilinear | In a straight line. |
| rectifiersnoun | A device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode. |
| rectorsnoun | A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university. |
| rectosigmoidnoun | A rectosigmoid junction. |
| quadratesnoun | (geometry) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. |
| rectorynoun | The residence of an Anglican rector. |
| parietesnoun | — |
| rectanglenoun | (geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles. |
| parietalsnoun | (anatomy) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull. |
| radiusesnoun | (geometry) A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center. |
| corticesnoun | (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. |
| vertebrasnoun | (anatomy) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord. |
| rectangular | Having a shape like a rectangle. |
| rectifiedverb | having been put right |
| rectoratenoun | Synonym of rectorship. |
| cortexesnoun | (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. |
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