(ecclesiastical) An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.
(now chiefly historical) A purse.
(obsolete) A kind of bazaar.
(obsolete) A stock exchange; a bourse.
A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
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.
cures
cures
noun
plural of cure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cure
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.
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.
dures
dures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dure
ecrus
ecrus
noun
plural of ecru
euros
euros
noun
(US) plural of euro
eurus
eurus
noun
(obsolete, poetic) The east wind
grues
grues
noun
plural of grue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grue
guser
kruse
lures
lures
noun
plural of lure
luser
luser
noun
(computing, slang, derogatory) A user (especially in IRC) who disobeys the rules of the servers that they are using and usually resorts to disruptive or offensive behavior/behaviour.
(computing, slang, derogatory) An incompetent computer user.
mures
mures
noun
plural of mure
muser
muser
noun
One who muses.
nurse
nurse
noun
(archaic) A wet nurse.
(figurative) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
(horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
(nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
A nurse shark or dogfish.
A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
verb
(billiards, transitive) To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.
(intransitive) To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
(transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
(transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
(transitive) To drink slowly, to make it last.
(transitive) To foster, to nourish.
(transitive) To manage with care and economy.
(transitive) To treat kindly and with extra care.
To hold closely to one's chest
purse
purse
noun
(US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
(historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
A small bag for carrying money.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To steal purses; to rob.
(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
To put into a purse.
rebus
rebus
noun
(specifically, heraldry) An arrangement of pictures on a coat of arms which suggests the name of the person to whom it belongs.
An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.
verb
To apply a rebus to (something).
To represent (a phrase or word) as a rebus.
remus
resue
resue
verb
To sue again.
resun
resup
reuse
reuse
noun
The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.
The act of using again, or in another place.
verb
To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else).
To use again, or in another place.
roues
rouse
rouse
noun
(military, Britain and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.
A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
An arousal.
An official ceremony over drinks.
Wine or other liquor considered an inducement to mirth or drunkenness; a full glass; a bumper.
verb
(nautical) To pull by main strength; to haul.
(obsolete) To raise; to make erect.
(slang, when followed by "on") To tell off; to criticise.
To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
rubes
rubes
noun
plural of rube
ruers
rules
rules
noun
plural of rule
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rule
runes
runes
noun
plural of rune
rusel
ruses
ruses
noun
plural of ruse
russe
sauer
sauer
Proper noun
A river in Europe that flows for 173 km (103 mi) through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany; it empties into the Moselle near Wasserbillig.
serau
sergu
serum
serum
noun
(skincare) An intensive moisturising product to be applied after cleansing but before a general moisturiser.
A watery liquid from animal tissue, especially one that moistens the surface of serous membranes or that is exuded by such membranes when they become inflamed, such as in edema or a blister.
Blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals, containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual.
The clear yellowish liquid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot.
The watery portion of certain animal fluids like blood, milk, etc; whey.
serut
shure
shure
adj
Eye dialect spelling of sure.
sieur
sluer
sprue
sprue
noun
(founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.
(founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
(medicine) A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.
verb
To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.
strue
suber
suber
noun
(dated, technical) Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of a plant.
sucre
sucre
noun
The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos.
suers
suers
noun
plural of suer
sumer
super
super
adj
Of excellent quality, superfine.
better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
adv
(informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Short for superannuation.
(beekeeping) Short for superhive.
(comics, slang) Short for superhero.
(informal, US) Short for superintendent, especially, a building's resident manager (sometimes clarified as “building super”).
(neologism) Short for supernaturalist, especially as distinguished from bright.
Short for supercomputer.
Short for supernumerary; (theater) specifically, a supernumerary actor.
Short for supertanker.
Short for supervisor.
verb
(television) Short for superimpose.
sured
surer
surer
adj
comparative form of sure: more sure
sures
surge
surge
noun
(US, naval, often attributive) A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
(aviation) A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
(electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
(nautical) The swell or heave of the sea (FM 55-501).
(obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
verb
(intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
(intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
(transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.
To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
suter
swure
trues
trues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of true
turse
urase
urase
noun
Alternative form of urease
ureas
ureas
noun
plural of urea
urges
urges
noun
plural of urge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of urge
ursae
ursel
users
users
noun
plural of user
usher
usher
noun
(dated, derogatory) Any schoolteacher.
(obsolete) An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.
A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
A male escort at a wedding.
A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
verb
(figuratively) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
(figuratively, transitive) To lead or guide somewhere.