rumor rumor /ˈruːmɝ/

noun

1. () [American] Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth  ( hearsay , rumour [Canadian, British] , furphy [Informal, Australian] , rumor [American] )
   gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
     The rumor spread quickly throughout the small town.
   The rumor spread quickly throughout the small town.
   
   

verb

1. () [American] Tell or spread rumors  ( rumour [Canadian, British] , bruit , rumor [American] )
   tell or spread rumors
    It was rumored that the next president would be a woman
   It was rumored that the next president would be a woman
   

 byssus byssus /ˈbɪsəs/

noun

1. Tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface  ( beard , byssus )
   tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
   
   

 Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov /vlæˈdɪmɪr ˈɪlɪtʃ uːˈljaːnɔv/

noun

1. Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)  ( Lenin , Nikolai Lenin , Vladimir Ilich Lenin , Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov , Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov , Vladimir Lenin )
   Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)
   
   

 femoral nerve femoral nerve /fɪˈmɔːrəl nɝːv/

noun

1. One of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh  ( anterior crural nerve , femoral nerve , nervus femoralis )
   one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh