See Also: lunule(dictionary)
Lunule(medicine)
secondary(dictionary)
secondary(dictionary)
Secondary(medicine)
secondary succession(medicine)
secondary structure(medicine)
secondary site(medicine)
secondary sex characters(medicine)
secondary saturation(medicine)

secondary modern (oh) and lunule (iou)


secondary modern (oh)



n [C]
a type of school that existed in Britain until the 1960s, where children who had not passed a special examination were sent

lunule (iou)



lunule noun. L16.
[formed as LUNULA: see -ULE.]
A mark shaped like a half moon. Only in L16.
Geometry. = LUNE noun3 1. M18.
Anatomy, Zoology, & Botany. A crescent-shaped mark, spot, etc.; spec. the pale area at the base of a fingernail. Cf. LUNULA 3. E19.
Conchology. The crescent-shaped depression in front of the umbo of a shell; = LUNULA 4. E19.