| ADULTEROUS | • adulterous adj. Of, or characterized by adultery. • ADULTEROUS adj. relating to, characterized by, or given to adultery. |
| CLOUDBURST | • cloudburst n. A sudden heavy rainstorm. • cloud-burst n. Alternative form of cloudburst. • cloud␣burst n. Alternative form of cloudburst. |
| COCULTURED | • cocultured v. Simple past tense and past participle of coculture. • COCULTURE v. to grow (two or more organisms) in the same growing medium or culture. |
| DOLICHURUS | • DOLICHURUS n. (Greek) a dactylic hexameter with a redundant syllable at the end. |
| FURLOUGHED | • furloughed v. Simple past tense and past participle of furlough. • FURLOUGH v. to grant a leave of absence to. |
| OUTLUSTRED | • outlustred v. Simple past tense and past participle of outlustre. • OUTLUSTRE v. (Shakespeare) to exceed in lustre, also OUTLUSTER. |
| PLUNDEROUS | • plunderous adj. Tending to plunder. • PLUNDEROUS adj. of or like plunder. |
| PRELUDIOUS | • preludious adj. (Archaic) preludial. • PRELUDIOUS adj. of or pertaining to a prelude, also PRELUDIAL. |
| QUADRUPOLE | • quadrupole n. (Physics) A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point… • quadrupole n. (Physics) A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles. • QUADRUPOLE n. a system composed of two dipoles of equal but oppositely directed moment. |
| RIDICULOUS | • ridiculous adj. Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd. • ridiculous adj. (Informal) astonishing, extreme, unbelievable. • RIDICULOUS adj. arousing or deserving ridicule. |
| STRIDULOUS | • stridulous adj. Emitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound. • stridulous adj. (Pathology) Relating to stridor. • STRIDULOUS adj. squeaky. |
| ULTRASOUND | • ultrasound n. (Physics) Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz. • ultrasound n. (Medicine) The use of ultrasonic waves for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. • ultrasound v. (Transitive, intransitive) To treat with ultrasound. |
| UNCLOUDIER | • UNCLOUDY adj. not cloudy. |
| UNCOLOURED | • uncoloured adj. Britain standard spelling of uncolored. • UNCOLOURED adj. not coloured, also UNCOLORED. |
| UNDULATORS | • undulators n. Plural of undulator. • UNDULATOR n. one that undulates. |
| UNDULATORY | • undulatory adj. That undulates, or that causes undulations. • UNDULATORY adj. moving in the manner of undulations, or waves. |
| UNLABOURED | • unlaboured adj. (British spelling) Not laboured. • UNLABOURED adj. not laboured, also UNLABORED. |
| UNLIQUORED | • unliquored adj. Not intoxicated; sober. • unliquored adj. (Obsolete) Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry. • UNLIQUORED adj. (Milton) not in liquor, sober. |
| UNTROUBLED | • untroubled adj. Without worries; free from care. • UNTROUBLED adj. not troubled. |