| ACUMINOUS | • acuminous adj. Characterized by acumen; keen. • ACUMINOUS adj. characterized by acumen. |
| ALUMINOUS | • aluminous adj. (Chemistry) of or pertaining to alumina or alum. • ALUMINOUS adj. pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina. |
| BOTULINUM | • botulinum n. An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin. • BOTULINUM n. a powerful bacterial toxin, also BOTULIN, BOTULINUS. |
| CONTINUUM | • continuum n. A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although… • continuum n. A continuous extent. • continuum n. (Mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space. |
| EUPHONIUM | • euphonium n. A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch; a sax horn. • EUPHONIUM n. a musical instrument like a tuba but with somewhat higher pitch. |
| FULMINOUS | • fulminous adj. Explosive. • fulminous adj. (Figurative) furious. • FULMINOUS adj. relating to thunder and lightning, also FULMINEOUS. |
| HOMUNCULI | • homunculi n. Plural of homunculus. • HOMUNCULUS n. a little man; a manikin, also HOMUNCLE, HOMUNCULE. |
| HUMOURING | • humouring v. Present participle of humour. • HUMOUR v. to indulge, also HUMOR. |
| INOCULUMS | • inoculums n. Plural of inoculum. • INOCULUM n. (Latin) the material used in an inoculation. |
| PLUTONIUM | • plutonium n. The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive… • plutonium n. (Countable, historical) Alternative form of ploutonion. • PLUTONIUM n. a naturally radioactive, silvery, metallic transuranic element. |
| PURDONIUM | • purdonium n. A coal scuttle. • PURDONIUM n. a kind of coal-scuttle introduced by a Mr Purdon. |
| RUMOURING | • rumouring v. Present participle of rumour. • RUMOUR v. to spread by hearsay, also RUMOR. |
| SULFONIUM | • sulfonium n. (Inorganic chemistry) the univalent H3S+ cation, derived from sulfane. • sulfonium n. (Organic chemistry) any derivative of this cation in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by… • SULFONIUM n. the positively charged group SH3, its salts or derivatives, also SULPHONIUM. |
| UNANIMOUS | • unanimous adj. Based on unanimity, assent or agreement. • unanimous adj. Sharing the same views or opinions, and being in harmony or accord. • UNANIMOUS adj. of one mind. |
| UNGUIFORM | • unguiform adj. Claw-shaped. • UNGUIFORM adj. shaped like a claw. |
| UNIRAMOUS | • uniramous adj. Composed of only one branch. • UNIRAMOUS adj. esp. of the appendages of crustaceans, consisting of a single branch, also UNIRAMOSE. |
| UNTIMEOUS | • untimeous adj. (Archaic) untimely. • UNTIMEOUS adj. untimely. |