*nup*

n. the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. fully developed; adult; mature; -- of people and animals; as, Act like a grownup!.
Syn. -- adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. nénufar: cf. Sp. nenúfar, It. nenufár; all fr. Per. nīlūfar. ] (Bot.) The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Nupson. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ Per. nūfar. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf. Nymphaea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A trade name. ] A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic; Advil and Motrin and Nuprin are trademarks of brands of ibuprofen tablets. [ Trademark. ]
Syn. -- ibuprofen, isobutylphenyl propionic acid, Advil, Motrin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Of doubtful origin. ] A simpleton; a fool. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nuptialis, fr. nuptiae marriage, wedding, fr. nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the head of the bride was covered with a veil; cf. Gr. &unr_; bride, nymph: cf. F. nuptial. ] Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then, all in heat,
They light the nuptial torch. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Nuptials Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Celebration of that nuptial, which
We two have sworn shall come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. post- + nuptial. ] Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A married male Indian; a brave; -- correlative of squaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a pallial sinus. See under Sinus. [ 1913 Webster ]