acetabulum /a-si-tabˈū-ləm or -sē-/ (zoology)

1. The hollow that receives the head of the thigh bone
2. One of the cotyledons of the placenta of ruminants
3. The cavity that receives a leg in the body of insects
4. (in various invertebrates) a sucker

acetabˈūlar adjective

• capableness
• capablenesses
• capable of
• capabler
• capablest
• capably
• capacious
• capaciously
• capaciousness
• capaciousnesses
• capacitance
• capacitances
• capacitate
• capacitated
• capacitates
• capacitating
• capacitation
• capacitations
• capacities
• capacitor
• capacitors
• capacity
• capacity for heat
• cap and bells
• cap and collar mortgage