| BUPKUS | • bupkus n. Alternative form of bupkis. • BUPKUS n. (Yiddish) a very small amount, also BUBKES, BUBKIS, BUPKES, BUPKIS. |
| CUTUPS | • cutups n. Plural of cutup. • cut-ups n. Plural of cut-up. • CUTUP n. a mischievous person. |
| DUSTUP | • dustup n. (Informal) A scuffle or fight. • dustup n. (Informal, by extension) An argument or dispute. • dust-up n. Alternative spelling of dustup. |
| GAUPUS | • gaupus n. Alternative form of gawpus. • GAUPUS n. (dialect) a silly person, also GAWPUS. |
| LUPOUS | • lupous adj. Affected with or pertaining to lupus. • LUPOUS adj. pertaining to lupus, a skin disease. |
| OPULUS | • OPULUS n. (Latin) the guelder-rose. |
| PRUNUS | • prunus n. (Ceramics) A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the… • Prunus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. • PRUNUS n. (Latin) a genus of tree including plum. |
| PULLUS | • pullus n. (Zoology) A chick; a young bird in the downy stage. • PULLUS n. a chick or young bird. |
| PURSUE | • pursue v. (Transitive, intransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. • pursue v. (Transitive) To follow, travel down (A particular way, course of action etc.). • pursue v. (Transitive) To aim for, go after (A specified objective, situation etc.). |
| PUSHUP | • pushup n. Alternative form of push-up. • push-up adj. (Fashion) Supporting the breasts to increase their apparent size. • push-up adj. (Fashion) Designed to be worn rolled up. |
| QUIPUS | • quipus n. Plural of quipu. • QUIPU n. (Quechua) a device of knotted cords, used by Incas of Peru to calculate or order information, also QUIPO, QUIPPU. |
| RUMPUS | • rumpus n. A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel. • rumpus n. (New Zealand, Australia, Canada) A rumpus room. • RUMPUS n. a noisy disturbance. |
| 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. |
| SUNUPS | • sunups n. Plural of sunup. • sun-ups n. Plural of sun-up. • SUNUP n. sunrise. |
| UNSPUN | • unspun adj. Not spun. • unspun adj. Of fibers, not yet having been twisted into yarn or thread. • UNSPUN adj. not spun. |
| UPGUSH | • upgush n. (Archaic) A gushing upward. • upgush v. (Obsolete): To gush upward. • UPGUSH v. to gush up. |
| UPRUNS | • upruns v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uprun. • UPRUN v. to run up. |
| UPRUSH | • uprush n. An upwards rush. • uprush v. (Intransitive) To rush upward. • UPRUSH v. to rush up. |
| USURPS | • usurps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of usurp. • USURP v. to seize and hold without legal authority. |