These are the meanings of the letters AUCUPATION when you unscramble them.
- Auction (n.)
A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.
- Auction (n.)
The things sold by auction or put up to auction.
- Auction (v. t.)
To sell by auction.
- Captain (a.)
Chief; superior.
- Captain (n.)
A head, or chief officer
- Captain (n.)
A military leader; a warrior.
- Captain (n.)
A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.
- Captain (n.)
An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.
- Captain (n.)
By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.
- Captain (n.)
One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
- Captain (n.)
The foreman of a body of workmen.
- Captain (n.)
The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
- Captain (n.)
The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.
- Captain (v. t.)
To act as captain of; to lead.
- Caption (n.)
A caviling; a sophism.
- Caption (n.)
That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.
- Caption (n.)
The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
- Caption (n.)
The heading of a chapter, section, or page.
- Caution (n.)
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
- Caution (n.)
Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
- Caution (n.)
Security; guaranty; bail.
- Caution (v. t.)
To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed.
- Opuntia (n.)
A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.
- Paction (n.)
An agreement; a compact; a bargain.
- Tapioca (n.)
A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava.
- Utopian (a.)
Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
- Utopian (n.)
An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.