| AUTOCUTIES | • autocuties n. Plural of autocutie. • AUTOCUTIE n. a young and attractive but inexperienced female televison presenter. |
| AUTOECIOUS | • autoecious adj. Pertaining to a fungus, most often a rust, completing its life cycle on one host. • AUTOECIOUS adj. of fungus, etc., passing through all life stages on same species of host, also AUTECIOUS. |
| 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. |
| CAUTIOUSLY | • cautiously adv. In a cautious manner. • CAUTIOUS adv. exercising prudence. |
| GRATUITOUS | • gratuitous adj. Given freely; unearned. • gratuitous adj. Unjustified or unnecessary; not called for by the circumstances. • GRATUITOUS adj. done freely; needless. |
| HAUSTORIUM | • haustorium n. A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host. • haustorium n. A cellular structure, growing into or around another structure to absorb water or nutrients, such as a cotyledon. • HAUSTORIUM n. (Latin) one of the sucker-like rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. |
| INCAUTIOUS | • incautious adj. Careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution. • INCAUTIOUS adj. lacking in caution. |
| OUTDACIOUS | • outdacious adj. (Dated, nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of audacious. • OUTDACIOUS adj. (colloquial) audacious. |
| QUOTATIOUS | • quotatious adj. Tending to use quotations. • QUOTATIOUS adj. tending to quote. |
| SUDATORIUM | • sudatorium n. A hot room used to induce sweating, steam room, steam bath, sauna. • SUDATORIUM n. (Latin) a sweat room in a bath. |
| SUTURATION | • suturation n. The creation of a suture; a stitching together. • SUTURATION n. the act of applying sutures. |
| ULULATIONS | • ululations n. Plural of ululation. • ULULATION n. a howling. |
| USTULATION | • ustulation n. An act of burning, especially roasting. • ustulation n. (Medicine) A burning sensation. • USTULATION n. burning; roasting. |
| USUCAPTION | • usucaption n. The acquisition of right or title to an object or property by means of the simple passage of time. • USUCAPTION n. the acquisition of a property through long usage, also USUCAPION. |
| USURPATION | • usurpation n. The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority. • usurpation n. Trespass onto another’s property without permission. • usurpation n. A taking or use without right. |