| ANTIFUR | • antifur adj. Opposed to the killing of animals for their fur. • ANTIFUR adj. opposed to wearing animal fur. |
| CURTAIN | • curtain n. A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light. • curtain n. A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater. • curtain n. (Theater, by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises. |
| NATRIUM | • natrium n. (Chiefly obsolete, rare) sodium. • NATRIUM n. sodium. |
| NUTRIAS | • nutrias n. Plural of nutria. • NUTRIA n. (Spanish) the coypu, or its fur. |
| PURITAN | • puritan n. (Often disapproving) A puritanical person. • puritan adj. (Often disapproving) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty)… • Puritan n. A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety. |
| QUINTAR | • quintar n. Alternative form of qintar. • QUINTAR n. (Albanian) a monetary unit of Albania, equal to one-hundredth of a lek, also QINDAR, QINTAR. |
| RAINOUT | • rainout n. (Countable) Something which has been cancelled due to interfering rain. • rainout n. (Countable) Such a cancellation. • rainout n. (Uncountable) radioactive fallout deposited by means of rain. |
| RUINATE | • ruinate v. (Transitive, now rare) To reduce to ruins; to destroy. • ruinate v. (Intransitive) To fall; to tumble. • ruinate adj. Falling into ruin; decrepit. |
| TAURINE | • taurine adj. Pertaining to a bull; bull-like. • taurine n. (Organic chemistry, biochemistry) An amino-sulfonic acid, NH2CH2CH2SO3H, that has regulatory functions… • Taurine adj. (Astrology) Of or pertaining to the zodiacal sign Taurus. |
| TRIDUAN | • triduan adj. Lasting three days. • triduan adj. Happening every third day. • triduan n. An event lasting three days. |
| TURACIN | • turacin n. (Organic chemistry) A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou. • TURACIN n. a red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou. |
| UNITARD | • unitard n. A skin-tight garment covering the torso and the legs, sometimes the arms and feet. • UNITARD n. a leotard that also covers the legs. |
| UNITARY | • unitary adj. Having the quality of oneness. • unitary adj. (Government, of a system of government or administration) That concentrates power in a single body… • unitary adj. (Mathematics, of an algebra) That contains an identity element. |
| UPTRAIN | • uptrain v. (Transitive) To train up; educate. • UPTRAIN v. (obsolete) to train up, educate. |
| URANITE | • uranite n. A dark, lustrous, heavy mineral, a source of uranium and radium. • URANITE n. a mineral, aka autunite or torbernite. |
| URINANT | • urinant adj. (Heraldry): Of a fish: oriented vertically, with the head to base and tail to chief, as if positioned for diving. • URINANT adj. diving head downward. |
| URINATE | • urinate v. (Urology) To pass urine from the body. • URINATE v. to discharge urine. |