| BUMPTIOUS | • bumptious adj. Obtrusively pushy; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme. • BUMPTIOUS adj. offensively conceited or self-assertive. |
| DUPONDIUS | • dupondius n. (Historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, equal to two asses. • DUPONDIUS n. an old Roman coin. |
| EUROPIUMS | • EUROPIUM n. a rare earth metallic element. |
| GUMPTIOUS | • gumptious adj. (Colloquial) Having gumption. • GUMPTIOUS adj. possessing gumption. |
| IMPETUOUS | • impetuous adj. Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner. • impetuous adj. Characterized by sudden violence or vehemence. • IMPETUOUS adj. tending to act in a rash or impulsive manner. |
| OUTPUPILS | • OUTPUPIL n. a student sent to a different school from the one he or she would normally attend. |
| PECUNIOUS | • pecunious adj. With money, wealthy; financially independent. • pecunious adj. (Figuratively) rich (Of quality, etc.). • PECUNIOUS adj. having a lot of money. |
| 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. |
| POURSUITS | • poursuits n. Plural of poursuit. • POURSUIT n. (Spenser) pursuit. |
| PUMICEOUS | • pumiceous adj. Of or pertaining to pumice; resembling pumice. • PUMICEOUS adj. of or pertaining to pumice. |
| SPINULOUS | • spinulous adj. Covered with small spines. • SPINULOUS adj. covered with small spines, also SPINULOSE. |
| 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. |
| UPROUSING | • uprousing v. Present participle of uprouse. • UPROUSE v. to rouse up. |
| USUCAPION | • usucapion n. The acquisition of right or title to an object by means of the passage of time. The common law analogue… • USUCAPION n. the acquisition of a property through long usage, also USUCAPTION. |