of A star in the constellation Crux the Southern Cross
arcus
arcus
noun
(entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
(medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
(meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
(palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore
aruac
auric
auric
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.
(obsolete) Of, or pertaining to the ear; aural
Pertaining to an aura.
bruce
bruce
noun
(Australian slang) A man.
bruch
burch
burck
cacur
carua
carum
carus
carus
noun
(medicine) coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy
catur
cebur
chiru
chiru
noun
The Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsonii.
chura
churl
churl
noun
(Theodism) A freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall.
(archaic) A countryman, a peasant, a rustic.
(archaic) A person who is stingy, especially with money; a selfish miser, a niggard.
(derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
A bondman or serf.
A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.
churm
churm
noun
Alternative form of chirm
churn
churn
noun
(telecommunications) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
(telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
A milk churn.
A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
verb
(US, informal, finance, travel) To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
(finance) To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.
(informal, travel, aviation) To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
(intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
(of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
(transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
churr
churr
noun
A low vocal sound made by some birds.
Alternative spelling of chirr (“insect sound”)
verb
Alternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”)
To make the low vocal sound of some birds.
clour
clour
noun
(Scotland) A blow or impingement.
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To inflict a blow on; punch.
(Scotland, transitive) To make a dent or bump on; ding.
corfu
cornu
cornu
noun
A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
corum
courb
courb
verb
(obsolete) To bend; to bow.
cours
cours
noun
Obsolete form of course.
court
court
noun
(Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
(Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the House Ownership Scheme.
(Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
(often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
(sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone
The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
The session of a judicial assembly.
one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
verb
(intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
(intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.
(transitive) To attempt to attract.
(transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
(transitive) To engage in behavior leading to mating.
(transitive) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
(transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
(transitive) To seek to achieve or win.
(transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
crius
crius
Proper noun
A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia.
croup
croup
noun
(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
verb
(obsolete outside dialects) To croak, make a hoarse noise.
crout
crout
noun
(archaic) sauerkraut
cruce
cruck
cruck
noun
(architecture) A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs.
A vehicle that has features of both a car and a truck.
verb
(dialectal, transitive) To make lame.
crude
crude
adj
(archaic) Immature or unripe.
(grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
(obsolete) Uncooked, raw.
Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
In a natural, untreated state.
Lacking concealing elements.
Lacking tact or taste.
noun
Any substance in its natural state.
Crude oil.
cruds
cruds
noun
plural of crud
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crud
crudy
crudy
adj
(obsolete) crude; raw
cruel
cruel
adj
(slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
Harsh; severe.
Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
adv
(nonstandard) To a great degree; terribly.
noun
Alternative form of crewel
verb
(Australia, transitive, intransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.
(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
cruet
cruet
noun
(Britain) A stand for these containers.
(Christianity) A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.
A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.
crull
crull
adj
(obsolete) curly; curled
crumb
crumb
noun
(figuratively) A bit, small amount.
(slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).
(slang) A nobody; a worthless person.
A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
A small piece of other material, such as rubber.
A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
verb
(transitive) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
(transitive) To cover with crumbs.
crump
crump
adj
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Hard or crusty; dry baked
(obsolete) Crooked; bent.
noun
The sound of a muffled explosion.
verb
(intransitive) To produce such a sound.
(intransitive, US, medical slang) (of one's health) to decline rapidly (but not as rapidly as crash).
crunk
crunk
adj
(US, slang) Crazy and intoxicated.
noun
A type of hip hop that originated in the southern United States.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To cry like a crane.
crunt
cruor
cruor
noun
The clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore.
The colouring matter of the blood.
crura
crura
noun
plural of crus
cruse
cruse
noun
(heraldry) An oil lamp or similar emblem.
(religion or obsolete) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
crush
crush
noun
(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
(dated) A party or festive function.
(informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
(informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
(slang) A group or gang.
(television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
(uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
A crowd control barrier.
A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
A violent crowding.
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
verb
(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
(figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
(film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
(intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
(transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
To oppress or grievously burden.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
crust
crust
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada) The top or bottom slice of a loaf of bread; The end piece of a loaf; The heel.
(Britain, informal) A living.
(astronomy, by extension) The outermost layer of any terrestrial planet.
(geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
(music) Ellipsis of crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)
(uncountable, informal) Nerve, gall.
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
An outer layer composed of pastry
The bread-like base of a pizza.
The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To form a crust.
(transitive) To cover with a crust.
cruth
cruth
noun
Alternative spelling of crwth
cuber
cuber
noun
A player of Rubik's cube.
Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
cuero
cukor
cumar
curat
curat
noun
(obsolete) A cuirass or breastplate.
Obsolete spelling of curate
curbs
curbs
noun
plural of curb
curby
curby
adj
(of a horse) Affected by curbs (swellings around the hock).
curch
curch
noun
(Scotland) A square piece of linen formerly worn by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
curds
curds
noun
plural of curd
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curd
curdy
curdy
adj
Like, or full of, curd; coagulated.
cured
cured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cure
curer
curer
noun
A healer.
A person who, or device which preserves food by curing.
cures
cures
noun
plural of cure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cure
curet
curet
noun
Alternative form of curette
curfs
curfs
noun
plural of curf
curia
curia
noun
(historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice
(historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
(historical) The Roman senate during the republic
curie
curie
noun
3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
curin
curio
curio
noun
A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
curls
curls
noun
Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head.
plural of curl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curl
curly
curly
adj
(typography) Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
Complicated and difficult; knotty.
Having curls.
noun
a person or animal with curly hair.
curns
currs
currs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curr
curry
curry
noun
A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder.
Curry powder.
Obsolete form of quarry.
One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To scurry; to ride or run hastily
(transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub.
(transitive) To cook or season with curry powder.
(transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
(transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
(transitive) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
(transitive, computing) To perform currying upon.
(transitive, obsolete) To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).
(transitive, obsolete) To hurry.
cursa
curse
curse
noun
(slang, dated, derogatory, usually with "the") A woman's menses.
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
A vulgar epithet.
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
verb
(intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
(transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
(transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
curst
curst
adj
Archaic spelling of cursed.
verb
Archaic spelling of cursed: simple past tense and past participle of curse
curua
curve
curve
adj
(obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
noun
(algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
(informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
(topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
verb
(intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
(transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
(transitive) To bend; to crook.
(transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
(transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
curvy
curvy
adj
(euphemistic, of women) Overweight.
Buxom or curvaceous.
Having curves.
cuter
cuter
adj
comparative form of cute: more cute
cyrus
cyrus
Proper noun
An ancient king of Persia.
druce
druci
drucy
ducor
duroc
duroc
noun
A pig of a reddish breed developed in North America.
ecrus
ecrus
noun
plural of ecru
eruca
eruca
noun
(cooking) Arugula or rocket.
(zoology) Caterpillar; larva.
eruct
eruct
verb
(formal) To burp or belch.
eucre
eucre
noun
Dated form of euchre.
excur
excur
verb
(rare) To digress.
(rare) To pass beyond limits; to go to or towards an extreme.
(rare) To take an excursion.
furca
guric
hucar
incur
incur
verb
(chiefly law, accounting) to render somebody liable or subject to
(obsolete, intransitive) to fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger
(obsolete, transitive) to enter or pass into
(transitive) to bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to
lucre
lucre
noun
Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
lurch
lurch
noun
A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has not yet pegged his/her 31st hole.
A sudden or unsteady movement.
An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
verb
(obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
(obsolete, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk.
(obsolete, intransitive) To rob.
(obsolete, transitive) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
(transitive) To defeat in the game of cribbage with a lurch (double score as explained under noun entry).
To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
macur
mucor
mucor
noun
(obsolete) The property of being mucid.
mucro
mucro
noun
(botany, zoology) A pointed end, often sharp, abruptly terminating an organ, such as a projection at the tip of a leaf; the posterior tip of a cuttlebone; or the distal part of the furcula in Collembola.
occur
occur
verb
(impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
(intransitive) To happen or take place.
(intransitive) To present or offer itself.
(intransitive, sciences) To be present or found.
orcus
rauch
recur
recur
verb
(dated) To speak, write or think about something again; to return or go back (to a subject).
(intransitive) To happen again.
(intransitive, computing) To recurse.
(obsolete) To go back to using or doing something.
(obsolete) To go to a location again; to return (to a place).
(obsolete) To have recourse (to someone or something) for assistance, support etc.; to turn or appeal to (someone or something).
To come to the mind again.
recut
recut
verb
to cut again.
ruach
ruach
noun
(Judaism) One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to emotion and morality.
ruche
ruche
noun
A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.
A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
verb
To bunch up (fabric); to ruck up.
To flute or pleat (fabric).
rucks
rucks
noun
plural of ruck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ruck
rucky
runch
runch
noun
The wild radish.
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To grind, as with the teeth; to crunch.
runck
runic
runic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.
rutch
rutch
verb
(US, informal) To slide; to scooch; to shuffle.
(especially Pennsylvania Dutch English) To squirm; to move around frequently.
rutic
scaur
scaur
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A steep cliff or bank.
scour
scour
noun
A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.
A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.
The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
verb
(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
(transitive) To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water.
(transitive) To search an area thoroughly.
(transitive, intransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along.
(transitive, intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To cleanse (something) without rubbing.
(transitive, intransitive, veterinary medicine) To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.
(transitive, veterinary medicine) To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.
scrub
scrub
adj
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
noun
(US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
(by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
(medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
(obsolete, slang) Informal attire or dress code; morning dress
A cancellation.
A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
A worn-out brush.
An exfoliant for the body.
An instance of scrubbing.
One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
One who scrubs.
Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
verb
(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
(audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
(databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
(intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
(intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
(transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
(transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
scruf
scrum
scrum
name
(software engineering) Alternative letter-case form of Scrum
noun
(Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.
(rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
(software engineering) In Agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
Hostile shoving between two groups.
verb
(rugby, intransitive) To form a scrum.
scurf
scurf
noun
(botany) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
(figurative) The foul remains of anything adherent.
(obsolete, slang) A low, mean person.
A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).
A skin disease.
Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
sucre
sucre
noun
The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.
truce
truce
noun
a period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties
an agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time
truck
truck
noun
(UK, rail transport) A railroad car, chiefly one designed to carry goods
(US, often attributive) Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
(US, rail transport) Abbreviation of railroad truck or wheel truck; a pivoting frame, one attached to the bottom of the bed of a railway car at each end, that rests on the axle and which swivels to allow the axle (at each end of which is a solid wheel) to turn with curves in the track.
(countable, uncountable, US, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods.
(historical) The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned by the employer [forbidden in the 19th century by the Truck Acts].
(nautical) On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout. "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck".
(obsolete, often in the plural) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
(road transport, Singapore, Malaysia) A lorry with a closed or covered carriage.
(theater) A platform with wheels or casters.
(usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
Any smaller wagon/cart or vehicle of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal, used to move and sometimes lift goods, like those in hotels for moving luggage or in libraries for moving books.
Dirt or other messiness.
The ball on top of a flagpole.
The part of a skateboard or roller skate that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate, kingpin, and bushings, and sometimes mounted with a riser in between.
verb
(intransitive) To drive a truck.
(intransitive) To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
(intransitive) To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.
(intransitive, US, Canada, slang) To persist, to endure.
(intransitive, US, slang) To travel, to proceed.
(intransitive, film production) To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To deceive; cheat; defraud.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
(transitive) To convey by truck.
(transitive) To trade, exchange; barter.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).
(transitive, slang) To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
(transitive, slang) To run over or through a tackler in American football.
turco
ugric
ugric
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a group of languages that includes Hungarian, Khanty and Mansi.
Proper noun
A group of languages that includes Hungarian, Khanty and Mansi.
ulcer
ulcer
noun
(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.
(pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
(pathology) Peptic ulcer.
ulric
unhcr
upcry
upcry
verb
To outcry.
urbic
ureic
ureic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from urea.