%acular%

n. A yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones.
Syn. -- macula, yellow spot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not vernacular. [ 1913 Webster ]

A nonvernacular expression. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Opaque. [ Obs. ] Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. oracularius. See Oracle. ] 1. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism. [ 1913 Webster ]

They have something venerable and oracular in that unadorned gravity and shortness in the expression. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- O*rac"u*lar*ly, adv. -- O*rac"u*lar*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. piacularis: cf. F. piaculaire. ] 1. Expiatory; atoning. Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad. “Piacular pollution.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being piacular; criminality; wickedness. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. réceptaculaire. ] (Bot.) Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show. “Spectacular sports.” G. Hickes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display of pomp or of scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration of some event; a spectacular play. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pertaining to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a spiracle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like supernaculum; first-rate; as, a supernacular wine. [ R. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Sustenance. ] (Anat.) Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formed in latticework; latticed. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence, common; low. “Horribly tabernacular.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. tentaculaire. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a tentacle or tentacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality, opposed to literary or learned forms. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

a. [ L. vernaculus born in one's house, native, fr. verna a slave born in his master's house, a native, probably akin to Skr. vas to dwell, E. was. ] Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language. “A vernacular disease.” Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

His skill in the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vernacular idiom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of making vernacular, or the state of being made vernacular. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]