A traditional Fijian cottage with a steep thatched roof and wide windows.
cure
cure
noun
(engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering.
(figurative) A solution to a problem.
(obsolete) Care, heed, or attention.
A method, device or medication that restores good health.
A process of preservation, as by smoking.
A process of solidification or gelling.
Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
verb
(intransitive) To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
(intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
(intransitive) To solidify or gel.
(obsolete) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
(obsolete, intransitive) To become healed.
(transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
(transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
(transitive) To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
(transitive) To restore to health.
To preserve (food), typically by salting.
drue
duer
dure
dure
adj
(archaic) hard; harsh; severe; rough
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure.
ecru
ecru
adj
Of a beige colour.
noun
A beige colour.
eruc
eure
eure
noun
Obsolete form of ewer.
euro
euro
noun
A coin with a face value of one euro.
Abbreviation of European in any sense.
Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).
The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
feru
grue
grue
adj
(linguistics) Green or blue.
(philosophy) Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.
noun
(slang) Nutraloaf, a bland mixture of foods served in prisons.
A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.
A shiver, a shudder.
Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To be frightened; to shudder with fear.
huer
huer
noun
A balker or conder; one who watches shoals of fish so that they can be caught.
One who cries out or gives an alarm.
hure
jure
kure
lure
lure
noun
(also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
(falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
(music) Alternative form of lur
A velvet smoothing brush.
verb
(intransitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.
(transitive) To attract fish with a lure.
(transitive, falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.
mure
mure
adj
(obsolete) mural (as a postmodifier)
noun
(obsolete) husks of fruit from which the juice has been squeezed. Perhaps an old spelling of myrrh
(obsolete) wall
verb
(archaic) To enclose or imprison within walls.
(obsolete) to wall in or fortify
peru
prue
pure
pure
adj
(Bermuda, slang) A lot of.
(of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
(of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
(phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
Free of foreign material or pollutants.
Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
Mere; that and that only.
adv
(Liverpudlian, Scotland) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
noun
Alternative form of puer (“dung (e.g. of dogs)”)
One who, or that which, is pure.
verb
(golf) to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately
(transitive, obsolete) To cleanse; to refine.
reub
reus
roue
rube
rube
noun
(US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
(derogatory) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
rude
rude
adj
Crudely made; primitive.
Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
rued
rued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rue
ruel
ruen
ruer
rues
rues
noun
plural of rue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rue
rufe
rule
rule
noun
(law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
(mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
(obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
(obsolete) Revelry.
(printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
A normal condition or state of affairs.
A regulating principle.
A regulation, law, guideline.
A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
verb
(intransitive) To decide judicially.
(obsolete, intransitive) To revel.
(slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.
(transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
(transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
(transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
rume
rune
rune
noun
(obsolete) A roun (secret or mystery).
(programming, in the Go programming language) A Unicode code point.
A Finnish or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala.
A letter or mark used as a mystical or magic symbol.
A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.
A verse or song, especially one with mystical or mysterious overtones; a spell or an incantation.
ruse
ruse
noun
(countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
(countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
(uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.
verb
(intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.
(intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
suer
suer
noun
One who sues; a suitor.
sure
sure
adj
(followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.
(obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.
(obsolete) Free from danger; safe; secure.
Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
adv
(archaic) Without fail, surely.
(modal adverb) Without doubt, certainly.
intj
Yes, expressing noncommittal agreement or consent.
Yes; of course.
You're welcome; polite response to being thanked.
true
true
adj
(chiefly probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
(logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
(of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.
(of a mechanical part) Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.
(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
(of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence
Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
Genuine; legitimate, valid.
Loyal, faithful.
Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false.
adv
(archaic) Truthfully.
(of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.
noun
(countable, obsolete) A pledge or truce.
(uncountable) The state of being in alignment.
(uncountable, obsolete) Truth.
verb
To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.
To straighten (of something that is supposed to be straight).
ufer
urde
urea
urea
noun
(chemistry, countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R₁R₂N)CO(NR₃R₄).
(organic chemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH₂)₂, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
urep
urey
urge
urge
noun
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
verb
(transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
(transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
(transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.
(transitive) To press onward or forward.
(transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
(transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
(transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
(transitive, obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
user
user
noun
(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
(derogatory) An exploiter, an abuser (a person who "uses" people, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly and/or unethically).
(law, dated) In land law, meaning either 1. or 2. above or use. Usually in singular form to mean use wherever there is assiduous re-use of precedents and aloof textbooks verbatim.
A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer/client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.