| ACUPUNCTURES | • acupunctures n. Plural of acupuncture. • acupunctures v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture. • ACUPUNCTURE n. the complementary therapy of puncturing the skin with needles at specified points in order to cure illness. |
| AQUACULTURES | • aquacultures n. Plural of aquaculture. • AQUACULTURE n. the practice of using the sea, lakes etc. for fish-farming, also AQUICULTURE. |
| AQUICULTURES | • aquicultures n. Plural of aquiculture. • AQUICULTURE n. the practice of using the sea, lakes etc. for fish-farming, also AQUACULTURE. |
| CREPUSCULOUS | • crepusculous adj. Alternative form of crepuscular. • CREPUSCULOUS adj. relating to twilight, also CREPUSCULAR. |
| CUPULIFEROUS | • cupuliferous adj. (Botany) Bearing, or furnished with, a cupule. • CUPULIFEROUS adj. bearing cupules. |
| EQUINUMEROUS | • equinumerous adj. (Mathematics) Having equal cardinality. • EQUINUMEROUS adj. having the same number of members. |
| FURFURACEOUS | • furfuraceous adj. Made of bran. • furfuraceous adj. Resembling bran; having or characterised by small flakes that resemble bran; resembling dandruff. • FURFURACEOUS adj. containing bran or particles resembling bran, also FURFUROUS. |
| FURUNCULOSES | • furunculoses n. Plural of furunculosis. • FURUNCULOSIS n. an affliction of boils. |
| GROUPUSCULES | • groupuscules n. Plural of groupuscule. • GROUPUSCULE n. a small clique or faction. |
| MUSCULATURES | • musculatures n. Plural of musculature. • MUSCULATURE n. the muscles of all or a part of the animal body. |
| NEUROHUMOURS | • neurohumours n. Plural of neurohumour. • NEUROHUMOUR n. a neurohormone, esp. a neurotransmitter, also NEUROHUMOR. |
| PRESUMPTUOUS | • presumptuous adj. Going beyond what is right, proper, or appropriate because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance. • PRESUMPTUOUS adj. overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy). |
| RANUNCULUSES | • ranunculuses n. Plural of ranunculus. • RANUNCULUS n. a genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot and buttercups. |
| SUBOPERCULUM | • suboperculum n. (Anatomy) The lower opercular bone in fishes. • SUBOPERCULUM n. in fishes, a bone below and partly behind the gill cover. |
| SUBSTRUCTURE | • substructure n. The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation). • substructure n. The earth or gravel that the railway tracks are embedded in. • substructure n. (Marxism) Synonym of base (“the forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and… |
| SUPERNACULUM | • supernaculum adv. (Obsolete) According to the rules of an old drinking game in which the drinker upturned the empty cup… • supernaculum adv. To the last drop, to the bottom. • supernaculum n. (Obsolete) Excellent wine that one would wish to drink to the last drop. |
| UNCOURAGEOUS | • uncourageous adj. Lacking courage. • UNCOURAGEOUS adj. not courageous. |
| UNSCULPTURED | • unsculptured adj. Not sculptured. • UNSCULPTURED adj. not sculptured. |
| UNSTRUCTURED | • unstructured adj. Lacking structure. • UNSTRUCTURED adj. lacking structure or organization. |
| USURIOUSNESS | • usuriousness n. Quality of being usurious. • USURIOUSNESS n. the state of being usurious. |