| AUTOGRAPH | • autograph n. A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person. • autograph n. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting. • autograph adj. Written in the author’s own handwriting. |
| AUTOPHAGY | • autophagy n. (Cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within… • autophagy n. (Cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion. • autophagy n. (Rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself. |
| BOUGHPOTS | • boughpots n. Plural of boughpot. • bough␣pots n. Plural of bough pot. • BOUGHPOT n. (archaic) a pot for boughs as an ornament, also BOWPOT. |
| PAUGHTIER | • PAUGHTY adj. (Scots) haughty. |
| PINCHGUTS | • pinchguts n. Plural of pinchgut. • pinch-guts n. Plural of pinch-gut. • PINCHGUT n. a niggard. |
| PLIGHTFUL | • plightful adj. Full of risk or danger; risky; dangerous; perilous. • plightful adj. Full of plight; plighted; pledged; devoted. • plightful adj. Indicating plight; dire; grim; grievous. |
| PREBOUGHT | • prebought v. Simple past tense and past participle of prebuy. • PREBUY v. to buy in advance. |
| PUTONGHUA | • putonghua n. Alternative letter-case form of Putonghua. • Putonghua prop.n. Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People’s Republic of China; the state-designated national… • PUTONGHUA n. the official spoken language of China. |
| SHTUPPING | • shtupping v. Present participle of shtup. • SHTUP v. (vulgar Yiddish) to have sexual intercourse with, also SCHTUP. |
| STRAPHUNG | • straphung v. Simple past tense and past participle of straphang. • STRAPHANG v. of a passenger in a train or bus, to hold on to a strap for safety. |
| UPBROUGHT | • upbrought v. Simple past tense and past participle of upbring. • UPBRING v. to bring up. |
| UPDRAUGHT | • updraught n. (Britain) Alternative spelling of updraft. • UPDRAUGHT n. an upwards movement of air, also UPDRAFT. |
| UPGATHERS | • upgathers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of upgather. • UPGATHER v. to gather up. |
| UPGROWTHS | • upgrowths n. Plural of upgrowth. • UPGROWTH n. the process of growing up. |
| UPLIGHTED | • uplighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of uplight. • UPLIGHT v. to light to a higher brightness. |
| UPLIGHTER | • uplighter n. Synonym of uplight. • UPLIGHTER n. a light-fitting that throws light upwards. |
| UPRIGHTED | • uprighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of upright. • UPRIGHT v. to raise or restore to an upright position. |
| UPRIGHTLY | • uprightly adv. In an upright manner. • UPRIGHT adv. vertical. |
| UPTIGHTER | • uptighter adj. Comparative form of uptight: more uptight. • UPTIGHT adj. tense; straitlaced. |
| UPWROUGHT | • upwrought adj. Wrought-up. • UPWROUGHT adj. wrought up. |