| HUMOURING | • humouring v. Present participle of humour. • HUMOUR v. to indulge, also HUMOR. |
| INCURIOUS | • incurious adj. Lacking interest or curiosity; uninterested. • incurious adj. Apathetic or indifferent. • INCURIOUS adj. not curious, also UNCURIOUS. |
| INJURIOUS | • injurious adj. Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful. • injurious adj. Causing harm to one’s reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous. • INJURIOUS adj. causing injury. |
| NOURITURE | • nouriture n. Obsolete form of nurture. • NOURITURE n. nourishment, nurture, also NOURRITURE. |
| OUTDURING | • outduring v. Present participle of outdure. • OUTDURE v. (obsolete) to outlast. |
| PENURIOUS | • penurious adj. Miserly; excessively cheap. • penurious adj. Not bountiful; thin; scant. • penurious adj. Impoverished; wanting for money. |
| POURSUING | • poursuing v. Present participle of poursue. • POURSUE v. (Spenser) to pursue, also PERSUE, POURSEW, PURSEW. |
| PURDONIUM | • purdonium n. A coal scuttle. • PURDONIUM n. a kind of coal-scuttle introduced by a Mr Purdon. |
| RUBINEOUS | • rubineous adj. Of a glassy semitransparent crimson, like a ruby. • RUBINEOUS adj. ruby-red. |
| RUINOUSLY | • ruinously adv. In a way that will cause ruin. • RUINOUS adv. destructive. |
| RUMOURING | • rumouring v. Present participle of rumour. • RUMOUR v. to spread by hearsay, also RUMOR. |
| UNCURIOUS | • uncurious adj. Incurious; not eager to learn or find answers. • uncurious adj. Not odd; not strange. • UNCURIOUS adj. not curious, also INCURIOUS. |
| UNGUIFORM | • unguiform adj. Claw-shaped. • UNGUIFORM adj. shaped like a claw. |
| UNICOLOUR | • unicolour adj. (British spelling) Alternative form of unicolor. • UNICOLOUR adj. having one colour, also UNICOLOR, UNICOLORED, UNICOLOURED. |
| UNIPAROUS | • uniparous adj. (Zoology) Producing a single egg or offspring at one time. • uniparous adj. (Medicine) Primiparous. • uniparous adj. (Botany) Having a cluster of flowers that form a single axis at each branching. |
| UNIRAMOUS | • uniramous adj. Composed of only one branch. • UNIRAMOUS adj. esp. of the appendages of crustaceans, consisting of a single branch, also UNIRAMOSE. |
| UNSERIOUS | • unserious adj. Not serious; characterized by a lack of seriousness (Of attitude, approach, style etc.). • UNSERIOUS adj. not serious. |
| UPROUSING | • uprousing v. Present participle of uprouse. • UPROUSE v. to rouse up. |
| UREDINOUS | • uredinous adj. Relating to the uredo. • UREDINOUS adj. containing uredines, rust spores. |