-(o)lent, -(u)lent

1. Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
2. To sour slightly.

1. Desirous of the good of others, of a kindly disposition, charitable, generous.
2. With the literal force of the Latin bene volens: Well-wishing, well-disposed to or unto others.

1. An inclination to perform kind, charitable acts.
2. Characterized by a kindly act; such as, a gift given out of generosity.

Desiring strife or differences.

1. Suitable to be used by people for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.
2. Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by people.

1. The swallow that makes the edible bird's-nest.
2. The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.

The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of algae. They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance resemble isinglass.

Affected with or characterized by flatus (gas in the the stomach or the intestinal tract) or flatulence (excessive amount of gas in the stomach or intestine).

1. Having a fluffy or woolly appearance.
2. Composed of or containing wooly masses.
3. A reference to a fluid or culture containing whitish shreds of mucus.
4. Flaky, waxy, and woollike, as the secretion covering some insects.

1. Engaging in fraud; deceitful; not honest, true, or fair, and intended to deceive people.
2. Characterized by, constituting, or gained by fraud; such as, fraudulent business practices.
3. Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus, fraud, "deceit".

A tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in the southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; synonyms: okra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's finger (small finger-shaped sponge cake), Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus.