| COUPLING | • coupling n. Act of joining together to form a couple. • coupling n. A device that couples two things together. • coupling n. (Software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules. |
| LISPOUND | • lispound n. (Historical) A unit of weight formerly used in the Baltic countries, varying between 17 and 19 pounds. • LISPOUND n. (Dutch) a varying weight, 12 to 34 pounds, used in Orkney and Shetland, also LISPUND. |
| NEUROPIL | • neuropil n. A fibrous network of nervous tissue that forms the gray matter of the brain. • NEUROPIL n. a network of axons, dendrites and synapses within the central nervous system. |
| PLUTOING | • plutoing v. Present participle of pluto. • PLUTO v. to reduce in importance. |
| PLUTONIC | • plutonic adj. Alternative letter-case form of Plutonic. • plutonic adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Containing plutonium in a higher oxidation state. • Plutonic adj. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Synonym of Plutonian (“of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman… |
| POLONIUM | • polonium n. A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84. • POLONIUM n. a rare highly radioactive metallic chemical element, present in some uranium ores. |
| POULAINE | • poulaine n. A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries. • poulaine n. A shoe in such a style. • poulaine n. Rare form of poleyn (“knee armor”). |
| PROULING | • prouling v. Present participle of proul. • PROUL v. to prowl, also PROLE, PROLL. |
| PULMONIC | • pulmonic adj. Of, pertaining to, or produced by the lungs; pulmonary. • pulmonic adj. (Phonetics, phonology) Of a speech sound: produced by pushing air from or into the lungs. • pulmonic n. (Obsolete) A medicine for treating a lung disease. |
| PULSIONS | • pulsions n. Plural of pulsion. • PULSION n. the act of driving forward; propulsion. |
| PURLOINS | • purloins v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purloin. • PURLOIN v. to steal; to filch. |
| SOUPLING | • SOUPLE v. to make supple. |
| UNIPOLAR | • unipolar adj. Having a single pole. • unipolar adj. (Psychology, medicine) Not both depressive and manic; not bipolar. • unipolar adj. (Politics) Of or relating to an international system in which one state wields most of the cultural… |
| UNPOLISH | • unpolish v. (Transitive) To deprive of polish; to make impolite. • UNPOLISH v. to remove polish from. |
| UNPOLITE | • unpolite adj. (Obsolete) Unsophisticated, not refined; coarse, uncultured. • unpolite adj. (Now chiefly North America) Lacking in good manners; impolite, discourteous. • UNPOLITE adj. not polite. |
| UNSPOILT | • unspoilt adj. Not spoilt, decayed or corrupted. • UNSPOILT adj. not spoilt. |
| UPSILONS | • upsilons n. Plural of upsilon. • UPSILON n. (Greek) a Greek letter, also YPSILON. |