(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.
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.
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.
cubeb
cubeb
noun
The tailed pepper, Piper cubeba; an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
cubed
cubed
adj
(mathematics) Raised to the third power.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cube
cuber
cuber
noun
A player of Rubik's cube.
Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
cubes
cubes
noun
(euphemistic) testicles.
plural of cube
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cube
cueca
cueca
noun
A family of musical styles from parts of South America.
Any of the dances associated with the cueca musical style.
cuero
cueva
cukes
cukes
noun
plural of cuke
culet
culet
noun
(historical) A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
A small, flat face often cut at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone.
culex
culex
noun
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
cumae
cumae
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl.
cunea
cunei
cunei
noun
plural of cuneus
cuneo
cuney
cunye
cupel
cupel
noun
A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
verb
To refine by means of a cupel.
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
curie
curie
noun
3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
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.
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).
cusec
cusec
noun
A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic foot per second.
cusie
cuter
cuter
adj
comparative form of cute: more cute
cutes
cutes
noun
(informal) cuteness
plural of cutis
cutey
cutey
noun
Alternative form of cutie
cutie
cutie
noun
(by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma.
A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand.
A cute person or animal.
cuvee
cuvee
noun
Alternative form of cuvée
daube
daube
noun
A stew of braised meat, usually beef.
dauke
daune
debug
debug
noun
The action, or a session, of reviewing source code to find and eliminate errors.
verb
(US) To remove insects from (somewhere), especially lice.
(computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.
(electronics) To remove a hidden electronic surveillance device from (somewhere).
debus
debus
verb
(chiefly military) To get off a bus.
debut
debut
noun
(Philippines) The coming-of-age celebration of a woman's eighteenth birthday.
(also attributive) The first public presentation of a theatrical play, motion picture, opera, musical composition, dance, or other performing arts piece.
A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
The first appearance of a debutante in society.
verb
(intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance
(transitive, chiefly US) to formally introduce, as to the public
decus
degum
degum
verb
(transitive) To remove gum from.
dehue
delua
deluc
demur
demur
noun
An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop.
verb
(intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
(intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
(intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer.
(intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry
(transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off
(transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
demus
depue
depuy
detur
detur
noun
(US, Harvard University) A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.
deuce
deuce
noun
(Canada, US, slang) A piece of excrement.
(Canada, slang) A two-year prison sentence.
(baseball) A curveball.
(card games) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
(dice games) A cast of dice totalling two.
(dice games) A side of a die with two spots.
(epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
(in the plural) 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
(restaurants, slang) A table seating two diners.
(tennis) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
A '32 Ford.
A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle fingers, a peace sign.
deuna
deuno
dielu
digue
digue
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of dike
dogue
douce
douce
adj
(dialect) Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober.
(obsolete) Sweet; nice; pleasant.
douse
douse
noun
A blow or strike, especially to the face.
A sudden plunging into water.
verb
(intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.
(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
(transitive) To strike, beat, or thrash.
(transitive, intransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
(transitive, nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly
druce
drupe
drupe
noun
(botany) a kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
druse
druse
noun
(botany) An aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants.
(mineralogy) An inner surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
(ophthalmology) A tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye.
druze
duane
duane
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
dubhe
dubhe
Proper noun
A multiple star in the constellation of Ursa Major and part of the Plough; Alpha (α) Ursae Majoris.
dubre
duces
duces
noun
plural of dux
duded
duded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dude.
dudes
dudes
noun
(slang, as a collective noun) Any group of people, regardless of gender.
plural of dude
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dude
duels
duels
noun
plural of duel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duel
duena
duero
duets
duets
noun
plural of duet
dukes
dukes
noun
(MTE, slang) One's parents.
plural of duke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duke
dukey
dukey
noun
(obsolete, UK, slang) A penny gaff.
dukie
dulce
dulce
adj
(obsolete) sweet
noun
(obsolete) sweetness
Alternative form of dulse
seaweed; kelp
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make sweet; to soothe.
duler
dulse
dulse
noun
A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland.
dunce
dunce
noun
An unintelligent person.
dunes
dunes
noun
plural of dune
dunne
duole
duped
duped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dupe
duper
duper
noun
a person who dupes another
dupes
dupes
noun
plural of dupe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dupe
duple
duple
adj
(of time or music) Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure.
(poetry) Having two beats in each foot.
(rare) Double.
dupre
dured
dured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dure
duree
durer
dures
dures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dure
duret
durex
durex
Proper noun
A brand of condom; sometimes used as a generic term for a condom.
A brand of adhesive tape; sometimes used as the generic term for adhesive tape.
dusen
duvet
duvet
noun
(Britain, New Zealand, US) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.
(US) Short for duvet cover.
duxes
duyne
ecrus
ecrus
noun
plural of ecru
edlun
educe
educe
noun
An inference.
verb
(transitive) To cause or generate; to bring about.
(transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
(transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
(transitive, chemistry) To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
(transitive, now rare) To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
educt
educt
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) A reactant.
That which is educed.
verb
(engineering) To educe, to extract.
ehudd
ejusd
eleut
elihu
elude
elude
verb
(transitive) To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
(transitive) To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.
(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
(transitive) To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
elura
elurd
elute
elute
verb
(transitive) To separate one substance from another by means of a solvent; to wash; to cleanse.
embue
embue
verb
Obsolete form of imbue.
embus
embus
verb
to board a bus
to put (troops) onto a bus
emeus
emeus
noun
plural of emeu
emule
emuls
encup
endue
endue
verb
(obsolete) To pass food into the stomach; to digest; also figuratively, to take on, absorb.
To invest (someone) with a given quality, property etc.; to endow.
To put on (a piece of clothing); to clothe (someone with something).
To take on, to take the form of.
engud
ennui
ennui
noun
A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
verb
(transitive) To make bored or listless; to weary.
enrut
ensue
ensue
verb
(intransitive) To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.
(obsolete, transitive) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).
(obsolete, transitive) To follow (in time), to be subsequent to.
enugu
enure
enure
verb
(intransitive, chiefly law) To take effect, to be operative; used with to.
(transitive) To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure.
epeus
epulo
equal
equal
adj
(comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
(mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
(music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
(not comparable) The same in all respects.
(obsolete) Fair, impartial.
(obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
noun
(obsolete) State of being equal; equality.
A person or thing of equal status to others.
verb
(informal) To have as its consequence.
(mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
(transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
equel
eques
eques
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two aristocratic classes of Ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians.
equid
equid
noun
Any animal of the taxonomic family Equidae, including any equine (horse, zebra, ass, mule, etc.)
equip
equip
verb
(transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.
(transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
(transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging)
(transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
equiv
equus
eridu
eridu
Proper noun
An ancient Sumerian city in what is now Tell Abu Shahrain, in Iraq.
ernul
eruca
eruca
noun
(cooking) Arugula or rocket.
(zoology) Caterpillar; larva.
eruct
eruct
verb
(formal) To burp or belch.
erugo
erump
erund
erupt
erupt
verb
(intransitive) To burst forth; to break out.
(intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
(intransitive, biology) (Of birds, insects, etc.) To suddenly appear in a certain region in large numbers.
(intransitive, figuratively) To spontaneously release pressure or tension.
ervum
esdud
estus
etude
etude
noun
(music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
etuis
etuis
noun
plural of etui
etuve
eucha
eucre
eucre
noun
Dated form of euchre.
eucti
euell
eugen
eulau
eulee
euler
euler
Proper noun
Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist.