| ABUSE | • abuse n. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. • abuse n. Misuse; improper use; perversion. • abuse n. (Obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception. |
| AGUES | • agues v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ague. • AGUE n. a malarial fever. |
| AMUSE | • amuse v. (Transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (an individual)… • amuse v. To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny. • amuse v. (Transitive, archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude. |
| AUNES | • aunes n. Plural of aune. • AUNE n. (obsolete) an ell; a French measure of cloth. |
| AURES | • Aurès prop.n. (By ellipsis) The Aurès Mountains, located in northeastern Algeria. • Aurès prop.n. A natural region in Algeria. • AURIS n. (Latin) the ear. |
| BEAUS | • beaus n. Plural of beau. • BEAU n. (French) a boyfriend. |
| CAUSE | • cause n. (Countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action;… • cause n. (Uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion. • cause n. (Countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends. |
| HAUSE | • hause n. (Nautical) Obsolete form of hawse. • hause n. (Scotland, Northern England) A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass. • Hause prop.n. A surname. |
| PAUSE | • pause v. (Intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort. • pause v. (Intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait. • pause v. (Intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. |
| SALUE | • SALUE v. (obsolete) to salute. |
| SAUCE | • sauce n. A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food. • sauce n. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India) Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in… • sauce n. (Slang, usually “the”) Alcohol, booze. |
| SAUTE | • saute v. Alternative form of sauté. • sauté v. (Transitive) To cook (food) using a small amount of fat in an open pan over a relatively high heat… • sauté n. A dish prepared this way. |
| SUAVE | • suave adj. Charming, confident and elegant. • suave n. Sweet talk. • SUAVE adj. (French) sophisticated and smoothly affable. |
| UKASE | • ukase n. An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or (later) emperor. • ukase n. (Figuratively) Any absolutist order or arrogant proclamation. • Ukase n. Alternative letter-case form of ukase. |
| URASE | • urase n. Alternative form of urease. • URASE n. an enzyme that converts urea to a salt, also UREASE. |
| UREAS | • ureas n. Plural of urea. • UREA n. a substance found in mammalian urine, the chief form in which nitrogenous waste is excreted. |
| URSAE | • URSA n. (Latin) a female bear. |
| USAGE | • usage n. Habit, practice. • usage n. Utilization. • USAGE n. a generally accepted practice or procedure, also USANCE, USAUNCE. |
| USNEA | • usnea n. Any lichen of the genus Usnea. • Usnea prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Parmeliaceae – the beard lichens. • USNEA n. (Persian) a genus of lichens. |
| UVEAS | • uveas n. Plural of uvea. • UVEA n. the posterior pigment-bearing layer of the pupil of the eye. |