| AUTUMN | • autumn n. Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded… • autumn n. (By extension) The time period when someone or something is past its prime. • autumn n. (Fashion) A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing. |
| GUMNUT | • gumnut n. The hard woody fruit of trees of the genus Eucalyptus. • GUMNUT n. the woody fruit of the eucalyptus. |
| LUTEUM | • luteum n. Corpus luteum. • LUTEUM n. (Latin) a hormone-secreting body. |
| MAKUTU | • makutu n. (New Zealand) curse, magical curse. • MAKUTU n. (Maori) Polynesian witchcraft. • MAKUTU v. to cast a spell upon. |
| MUKTUK | • muktuk n. The skin and blubber of a whale, traditionally used as food by the Inuit. • MUKTUK n. (Inuit) whale skin used for food. |
| MULTUM | • multum n. An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops. • MULTUM n. (Latin) an extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops. |
| MUTUAL | • mutual adj. Having the same relationship, each to each other. • mutual adj. Collective, done or held in common. • mutual adj. Reciprocal. |
| MUTUCA | • MUTUCA n. (Tupi) a large Brazilian biting fly, also MOTUCA. |
| MUTUEL | • MUTUEL n. (French) a system of betting on races. |
| MUTULE | • mutule n. (Architecture) Any of the rectangular blocks under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple… • MUTULE n. (Latin) an ornamental block used in classical Greek architecture. |
| MUTUUM | • mutuum n. (Roman law, civil law) A loan of a fungible thing to be restored by a similar thing of the same kind… • mutuum n. A contract in which movables are loaned in this way. • MUTUUM n. (historical) a bailment consisting of goods for consumption, such as corn, coal etc., to be returned in goods of the same amount. |
| OUTSUM | • outsum v. (Transitive, archaic) To exceed in number or quantity. • outsum v. (Transitive) To exceed in total; outweigh. • OUTSUM v. to outnumber. |
| QUOTUM | • quotum n. A part or proportion; a fraction; quota. • QUOTUM n. (Latin) a share, also QUOTA. |
| SCUTUM | • scutum n. (Historical, Roman antiquity) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with… • scutum n. (Zoology) A scute. • scutum n. (Zoology) A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum). |
| SPUTUM | • sputum n. (Physiology) Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from… • SPUTUM n. (Latin) thick mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract esp in certain diseases of the lungs, chest, or throat. |
| TUMOUR | • tumour n. (Oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia. • TUMOUR n. an abnormal swelling or enlargement, now esp. a new growth of cells in the body without inflammation, also TUMOR. |
| TUMULI | • tumuli n. Plural of tumulus. • TUMULUS n. (Latin) a mound over a grave. |
| TUMULT | • tumult n. Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd. • tumult n. Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds. • tumult n. A riot or uprising. |
| UMLAUT | • umlaut n. (Linguistics) An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that… • umlaut n. (Linguistics) The umlaut process (as above) that occurred historically in Germanic languages whereby… • umlaut n. (Linguistics) A vowel so assimilated. |