homunculus /hō- or ho-mungˈkyŭ-ləs/, also homuncule /-kūl/ or homuncle /-mungˈkl/

1. A tiny man capable of being produced artificially according to Paracelsus, endowed with magical insight and power
2. A dwarf, manikin
3. A dwarf of normal proportions (medicine)
4. A minute human form believed by the spermatist school of preformationists to be contained in the spermatozoon

homuncˈūlar adjective

• venatic
• venatical
• venatically
• venation
• venational
• venations
• venator
• venatorial
• venators
• vend
• vendace
• vendaces
• vendage
• vendange
• vendanges
• Vendean
• vended
• vendee
• vendees
• vender
• venders
• vendetta
• vendettas
• vendeuse
• vendeuses