| AUGURSHIP | • augurship n. (Historical) The office (or period of office) of an augur in ancient Rome. • AUGURSHIP n. the office, or period of office, of an augur. |
| CRAPULOUS | • crapulous adj. Characterized by excessive eating or drinking. • crapulous adj. Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking. • crapulous adj. Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating. |
| MARSUPIUM | • marsupium n. The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young. • marsupium n. A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae. • MARSUPIUM n. (Latin) the pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young. |
| OPUSCULAR | • OPUSCULAR adj. of or like an opuscule. |
| PAURAQUES | • pauraques n. Plural of pauraque. • PAURAQUE n. a long-tailed nocturnal bird. |
| PIRARUCUS | • pirarucus n. Plural of pirarucu. • PIRARUCU n. (Tupi) a large South American fish, aka arapaima. |
| PURSUABLE | • pursuable adj. Able to be pursued or followed. • PURSUABLE adj. capable of being pursued. |
| PURSUANCE | • pursuance n. A search for something; a pursuit or quest. • pursuance n. A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution. • pursuance n. The state of being pursuant; consequence. |
| RAPTUROUS | • rapturous adj. Full of rapture. • RAPTUROUS adj. in a state of rapture. |
| SUGARPLUM | • sugarplum n. Alternative spelling of sugar-plum. • sugar-plum n. A round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar. • sugar-plum n. (Dated) A piece of flattery. |
| SUMPTUARY | • sumptuary adj. Relating to expenditure or expense, especially on luxury goods. • sumptuary adj. (Law, historical). • SUMPTUARY adj. relating to or regulating expense; relating to the control or moderation of extravagance. |
| SUPERSAUR | • SUPERSAUR n. a very large dinosaur. |
| SUPPURATE | • suppurate v. (Intransitive) To form or discharge pus. • suppurate v. (Transitive) To cause to generate pus. • SUPPURATE v. to discharge pus. |
| UNIPAROUS | • uniparous adj. (Zoology) Producing a single egg or offspring at one time. • uniparous adj. (Medicine) Primiparous. • uniparous adj. (Botany) Having a cluster of flowers that form a single axis at each branching. |
| VAPOUROUS | • vapourous adj. Alternative spelling of vaporous. • VAPOUROUS adj. like vapour, also VAPOROUS. |