| AUGUSTE | • auguste n. (Theater) A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface. • AUGUSTE n. (French) a circus clown of the white-faced, bungling type. |
| AUTEURS | • auteurs n. Plural of auteur. • AUTEUR n. (French) a film director, esp. when thought of as the creator of a particular genre and carrying a personal stamp, also AUTEURIST. |
| DUTEOUS | • duteous adj. (Archaic) dutiful. • duteous adj. (Archaic) Obsequious; submissively obedient. • DUTEOUS adj. devoted to duty; obedient. |
| FUTURES | • futures n. Plural of future. • futures n. Short for futures contract. • FUTURE n. the time yet to come. |
| GLUTEUS | • gluteus n. (Anatomy) Any of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur. • gluteus n. (Slang, informal) Short for gluteus maximus, either of a pair of large muscles in the human buttocks. • GLUTEUS n. (Greek) a buttock muscle, also GLUTAEUS. |
| LUTEOUS | • luteous adj. Yellowish. • luteous adj. Of or pertaining to mud. • LUTEOUS adj. golden-yellow. |
| MUTUELS | • MUTUEL n. (French) a system of betting on races. |
| MUTULES | • mutules n. Plural of mutule. • MUTULE n. (Latin) an ornamental block used in classical Greek architecture. |
| PLUTEUS | • pluteus n. (Architecture) A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church. • pluteus n. (Zoology) The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms. • PLUTEUS n. (Latin) a type of sea-urchin. |
| PUSTULE | • pustule n. (Dermatology) A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis. • pustule n. A pimple filled with pus. • pustule n. Anything like a pustule, on plants or animals; a small blister. |
| PUTURES | • PUTURE n. (historical) a foresters' claim of subsistence within the bounds of a forest, also PULTURE. |
| QUIETUS | • quietus n. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity. • quietus n. (Figuratively) Death. • quietus n. Final settlement (e.g., of a debt). |
| SUTURED | • sutured v. Simple past tense and past participle of suture. • SUTURE v. to unite by sewing. |
| SUTURES | • sutures n. Plural of suture. • SUTURE v. to unite by sewing. |
| TENUOUS | • tenuous adj. Thin in substance or consistency. • tenuous adj. Insubstantial. • TENUOUS adj. thin, slight, insubstantial, also TENUIOUS. |
| TUBULES | • tubules n. Plural of tubule. • TUBULE n. a small tube. |
| TUNEUPS | • tuneups n. Plural of tuneup. • tune-ups n. Plural of tune-up. • TUNEUP n. an adjustment to insure efficient operation. |
| UNTUNES | • untunes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of untune. • UNTUNE v. to put out of tune. |