| COUPURE | • coupure n. (Fortification) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. • COUPURE n. (French) a passage cut through a glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. |
| EURIPUS | • euripus n. A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like… • euripus n. (By extension) A flux and reflux. • EURIPUS n. (Latin) a sea channel with strong currents. |
| GUIPURE | • guipure n. A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh. • GUIPURE n. (French) a kind of lace having no ground or mesh. |
| POURSUE | • poursue v. Obsolete form of pursue. • POURSUE v. (Spenser) to pursue, also PERSUE, POURSEW, PURSEW. |
| PUDEURS | • pudeurs n. Plural of pudeur. • PUDEUR n. (French) a sense of shame or embarrassment. |
| PULTURE | • pulture n. (Historical) The claim to food for men, horses, and dogs within the bounds of a forest, etc. • PULTURE n. a right to food for man, horse and dog in a forest, also PUTURE. |
| PURLIEU | • purlieu n. (Historical) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest… • purlieu n. The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood. • PURLIEU n. (French) a neighbourhood; a suburb. |
| PURPURE | • purpure n. (Heraldry) A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45… • purpure adj. (Heraldry) In blazon, of the colour purple. • PURPURE n. the heraldic colour purple. |
| PURSUED | • pursued v. Simple past tense and past participle of pursue. • PURSUE v. to follow, in order to overtake or capture, also PERSUE, POURSEW, POURSUE, PURSEW. |
| PURSUER | • pursuer n. One who pursues. • pursuer n. (Scotland, law) The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff. • PURSUER n. one that pursues. |
| PURSUES | • pursues v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pursue. • PURSUE v. to follow, in order to overtake or capture, also PERSUE, POURSEW, POURSUE, PURSEW. |
| PUTURES | • PUTURE n. (historical) a foresters' claim of subsistence within the bounds of a forest, also PULTURE. |
| RUPTURE | • rupture n. A burst, split, or break. • rupture n. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups. • rupture n. (Medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle. |
| UNPURSE | • unpurse v. (Transitive) To bring (one’s lips) back from a pursed expression. • UNPURSE v. to relax the lips from a pursed state. |
| UPCURVE | • upcurve n. An upward curve. • upcurve v. To curve upwards. • UPCURVE v. to curve upward. |
| UPROUSE | • uprouse v. (Transitive) To rouse up; rouse from sleep; awake; arouse. • UPROUSE v. to rouse up. |
| UPSURGE | • upsurge n. A sudden strong rise or flow. • upsurge v. (Intransitive) to surge up, or to become stronger or greater. • UPSURGE v. to surge up. |
| USURPED | • usurped v. Simple past tense and past participle of usurp. • USURP v. to seize and hold without legal authority. |
| USURPER | • usurper n. One who usurps. • USURPER n. one who usurps. |