| COUPURES | • coupures n. Plural of coupure. • COUPURE n. (French) a passage cut through a glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. |
| CROUPOUS | • croupous adj. (Medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or… • CROUPOUS adj. pertaining to croup. |
| CUPREOUS | • cupreous n. A reddish-brown color, like that of polished copper. • cupreous adj. Of or of the nature of copper. • cupreous adj. (Chemistry) Containing copper. |
| CUTPURSE | • cutpurse n. A thief who steals from others’ purses or pockets in public. • cut-purse n. Alternative spelling of cutpurse. • CUTPURSE n. (historical) a person who stole by slitting purses worn at the belt. |
| PIRARUCU | • pirarucu n. A fish, the arapaima (Arapaima gigas). • PIRARUCU n. (Tupi) a large South American fish, aka arapaima. |
| PUNCTURE | • puncture n. The act or an instance of puncturing. • puncture n. A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object. • puncture n. (Specifically) A hole in a vehicle’s tyre, causing the tyre to deflate. |
| PURLICUE | • purlicue n. The space between one’s forefinger and thumb. • PURLICUE v. to summarise in conclusion, also PIRLICUE. |
| PURPURIC | • purpuric adj. (Medicine) Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it). • purpuric adj. (Medicine, archaic) Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause);… • purpuric adj. (Chemistry, not comparable) purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially… |
| UNPUCKER | • unpucker v. (Transitive) To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of. • UNPUCKER v. to remove the wrinkles from. |
| UPCURLED | • upcurled v. Simple past tense and past participle of upcurl. • UPCURL v. to curl up. |
| UPCURVED | • upcurved adj. Curving upwards. • UPCURVE v. to curve upward. |
| UPCURVES | • upcurves n. Plural of upcurve. • upcurves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upcurve. • UPCURVE v. to curve upward. |
| UPPERCUT | • uppercut n. (Boxing) A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent’s chin. • uppercut n. (Cricket) A cut shot that sends the ball over the wicket-keeper’s head. • uppercut v. To strike with an uppercut. |