| COVERUP | • coverup n. Alternative spelling of cover-up. • cover-up n. An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake. • cover-up n. An item of clothing to be worn over a swimsuit while not in the water. |
| OVERSUP | • oversup v. (Obsolete) To eat (supper) excessively. • OVERSUP v. to sup to excess. |
| PARVENU | • parvenu n. A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through… • parvenu adj. Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu. • PARVENU n. (French) one that has suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the manner associated with it. |
| PAVIOUR | • paviour n. Alternative form of pavior. • PAVIOUR n. a person who lays paving-stones; a machine for tamping down paving-stones, also PAVER, PAVIOR. |
| PREVUED | • prevued v. Simple past tense and past participle of prevue. • PREVUE v. (US) to preview, also PREVIEW. |
| PREVUES | • prevues v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevue. • PREVUE v. (US) to preview, also PREVIEW. |
| PULVERS | • pulvers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pulver. • PULVER v. to reduce to powder. |
| PURVEYS | • purveys v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purvey. • PURVEY v. to supply. |
| PURVIEW | • purview n. (Law) The enacting part of a statute. • purview n. (Law) The scope of a statute. • purview n. Scope or range of interest or control. |
| PYRUVIC | • pyruvic adj. (Biochemistry) Of or pertaining to pyruvic acid or its derivatives. • PYRUVIC adj. as in pyruvic acid. |
| UPCURVE | • upcurve n. An upward curve. • upcurve v. To curve upwards. • UPCURVE v. to curve upward. |
| UPRIVER | • upriver adv. Towards the source of a river. • upriver adv. Against the current. • upriver adj. Towards the source of a river. |
| VAPOURS | • vapours n. Plural of vapour. • VAPOUR v. to turn into vapour, also VAPOR. |
| VAPOURY | • vapoury adj. Resembling or characteristic of vapour. • vapoury adj. (Archaic) Affected with the vapours; peevish. • VAPOURY adj. full of vapour; affected with the vapours, also VAPORY. |