| AUGUSTNESS | • augustness n. The state or quality of being august or noble. • AUGUSTNESS n. the state of being august. |
| AUTOGAMOUS | • autogamous adj. Self-fertilizing. • AUTOGAMOUS adj. self-fertilizing, also AUTOGAMIC. |
| AUTOGENOUS | • autogenous adj. Produced independently of an external cause or influence. • autogenous adj. (Anatomy) Developed from an independent centre of ossification. • AUTOGENOUS adj. self-generated. |
| AUTOGUIDES | • autoguides v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoguide. • AUTOGUIDE n. a system whereby information on traffic conditions is collected by roadside sensors and relayed to drivers via receivers in their vehicles. |
| AUTOLOGOUS | • autologous adj. Derived from part of the same individual (i.e. from the recipient rather than a different donor). • AUTOLOGOUS adj. involving a situation in which the donor and the recipient (of blood, skin, bone, etc.) are the same person. |
| FULGURATES | • fulgurates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fulgurate. • FULGURATE v. to flash like lightning. |
| GRATUITOUS | • gratuitous adj. Given freely; unearned. • gratuitous adj. Unjustified or unnecessary; not called for by the circumstances. • GRATUITOUS adj. done freely; needless. |
| OUTRAGEOUS | • outrageous adj. Violating morality or decency; provoking indignation or affront. • outrageous adj. Transgressing reasonable limits; extravagant, immoderate. • outrageous adj. Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. |
| PUTONGHUAS | • PUTONGHUA n. the official spoken language of China. |
| SITUTUNGAS | • situtungas n. Plural of situtunga. • SITUTUNGA n. (Swahili) a species of African antelope, also SITATUNGA. |
| SQUETEAGUE | • squeteague n. The weakfish, a silvery edible American sciaenoid fish, Cynoscion regalis. • SQUETEAGUE n. (Native American) an American sciaenoid fish, aka weakfish, abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States. |
| SUBJUGATED | • subjugated v. Simple past tense and past participle of subjugate. • SUBJUGATE v. to bring under the yoke; to make subservient. |
| SUBJUGATES | • subjugates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subjugate. • SUBJUGATE v. to bring under the yoke; to make subservient. |
| SUBJUGATOR | • subjugator n. A person who subjugates or conquers. • SUBJUGATOR n. one who subjugates. |
| SURROGATUM | • surrogatum n. (Scottish law) A thing put in the place of another; a substitute. • SURROGATUM n. something that stands in place of something else, e.g. a price instead of the thing itself. |
| UNFRAUGHTS | • UNFRAUGHT v. to unload. |
| UPDRAUGHTS | • updraughts n. Plural of updraught. • UPDRAUGHT n. an upwards movement of air, also UPDRAFT. |
| USTULATING | • USTULATE v. to give a charred appearance to. |
| USUCAPTING | • usucapting v. Present participle of usucapt. • USUCAPT v. to acquire by long possession. |