| APTERIUM | • apterium n. (Ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird. • APTERIUM n. a bare patch on a bird's skin. |
| GAZUMPER | • gazumper n. One who gazumps. • GAZUMPER n. one that gazumps (cheats by raising the agreed price). |
| PENUMBRA | • penumbra n. A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse. • penumbra n. (Astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun’s surface but lighter than the… • penumbra n. (Figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories. |
| PLUMERIA | • plumeria n. Frangipani. • Plumeria prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – the frangipanis. • PLUMERIA n. a flowering shrub, aka frangipani. |
| PREHUMAN | • prehuman adj. Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens. • prehuman n. One of the human-like creatures prior to Homo sapiens. • PREHUMAN n. a prototype of man. |
| RAMPAUGE | • rampauge n. Obsolete form of rampage. • rampauge v. Obsolete form of rampage. • RAMPAUGE v. (Scots) to rampage. |
| SUPERMAN | • superman n. (Chiefly philosophy) An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development;… • superman n. A man of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers. • Superman prop.n. A fictional comic-book superhero with superhuman strength and speed, x-ray vision, and the ability to fly. |
| SUPERMAX | • supermax n. A prison with the highest possible level of security. • supermax adj. Being, or pertaining to, such a prison. • SUPERMAX n. a jail with the highest level of security. |
| TEMPURAS | • tempuras n. Plural of tempura. • TEMPURA n. (Japanese) a dish of vegetables and shrimp dipped in batter and deep-fried. |
| UMPIRAGE | • umpirage n. (Law, archaic) The office (or term of office) of an umpire. • UMPIRAGE n. the function of an umpire. |
| UPMAKERS | • upmakers n. Plural of upmaker. • UPMAKER n. one who makes up galley proofs arranged in page mode. |
| UPMARKET | • upmarket adj. Designed for customers with a high income. • upmarket adv. Towards the more expensive end of the market. • upmarket v. To make or become upmarket. |
| UPSTREAM | • upstream adj. In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver. • upstream adj. (Metaphoric) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on… • upstream adv. Against the current. |