| AUTOCRITIQUE | • autocritique n. A self-criticism. • autocritique v. To criticize one’s own ideas. • AUTOCRITIQUE n. (French) self-criticism, esp. political. |
| ELUCUBRATION | • elucubration n. The act of elucubrating. • ELUCUBRATION n. (obsolete) lucubration. |
| MOUSQUETAIRE | • mousquetaire n. (Historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries… • mousquetaire n. (Historical) A woman’s cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century. • mousquetaire n. (Historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century. |
| NEURULATIONS | • neurulations n. Plural of neurulation. • NEURULATION n. the formation of a neurula. |
| OUTMEASURING | • outmeasuring v. Present participle of outmeasure. • OUTMEASURE v. to exceed in measure or extent. |
| OVERCAUTIOUS | • overcautious adj. Excessively cautious. • OVERCAUTIOUS adj. excessively cautious. |
| PAPULIFEROUS | • papuliferous adj. Pimply; covered with papulae. • PAPULIFEROUS adj. pimply. |
| PRIMULACEOUS | • primulaceous adj. (Botany) Characteristic of the primrose and other plants of the order Primulaceae. • PRIMULACEOUS adj. belonging to the Primula family. |
| SALUTIFEROUS | • salutiferous adj. (Now rare) Conducive to good health; healthy. • salutiferous adj. Conducive to safety or salvation. • SALUTIFEROUS adj. conducive to health or wellbeing. |
| SANGUIFEROUS | • sanguiferous adj. Conveying blood. • SANGUIFEROUS adj. bearing blood. |
| TUBOCURARINE | • tubocurarine n. (Pharmacology) Synonym of tubocurarine chloride. • TUBOCURARINE n. a toxic alkaloid obtained from the stem of a South American vine. |
| ULTRASERIOUS | • ultraserious adj. Extremely serious. • ULTRASERIOUS adj. extremely serious. |
| UNAUTHORISED | • unauthorised adj. Not authorised; having no authority. • UNAUTHORISED adj. not authorised, also UNAUTHORIZED. |
| UNAUTHORIZED | • unauthorized adj. Not having any authority. • unauthorized adj. Without official authorization. • UNAUTHORIZED adj. not authorized, also UNAUTHORISED. |
| UNIMOLECULAR | • unimolecular adj. (Chemistry, physics, of a reaction) involving a single molecule. • UNIMOLECULAR adj. consisting of one molecule only. |
| UNSAVOURIEST | • UNSAVOURY adj. not savoury, also UNSAVORY. |
| VOLUPTUARIES | • voluptuaries n. Plural of voluptuary. • VOLUPTUARY n. a sensualist; a person fond of luxury. |