See Also: acious(dictionary)

pinoleum (iou) and acious (iou)


pinoleum (iou)



pinoleum noun. L19.
[from Latin pinus PINE noun2 + oleum OIL noun.]
A material used for blinds, consisting of thin strips of pine-wood coated with oil-paint and threaded close together to form a flat flexible sheet which can be rolled up.

acious (iou)



-acious suffix.
[Repr. French -acieux, or from Latin -acis, -ax added chiefly to verbal stems to form adjectives + -OUS.]
Forming adjectives meaning 'given to, inclined to' or 'having much', as audacious, pugnacious, vivacious.