n.
A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth. →
n.
Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively. →
n.
One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe. →
v. t.
To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon. →