| altruism | (noun) the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: selflessness |
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| altruist | (noun) someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being | Synonyms: philanthropist |
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| arui | (noun) wild sheep of northern Africa | Synonyms: Ammotragus lervia, aoudad, audad, Barbary sheep, maned sheep |
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| breadfruit | (noun) a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts | - |
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| (noun) native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread | Synonyms: Artocarpus altilis, Artocarpus communis, breadfruit tree |
| bruin | (noun) large ferocious bear of Eurasia | Synonyms: brown bear, Ursus arctos |
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| (noun) a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox' | - |
| bruise | (noun) an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration | Synonyms: contusion |
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| bruiser | (noun) a large and strong and heavyset man | Synonyms: bull, Samson, strapper |
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| bruitism | (noun) The use in music of sounds taken from an extra-musical source or context. The term is used most often of percussion or of electronic music that suggests the sounds of machinery. | - |
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| congruity | (noun) the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate | Synonyms: congruence, congruousness |
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| cruise | (noun) an ocean trip taken for pleasure | Synonyms: sail |
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| cruiser | (noun) a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer | - |
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| (noun) a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board | Synonyms: cabin cruiser, pleasure boat, pleasure craft |
| (noun) a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters | Synonyms: patrol car, police car, police cruiser, prowl car, squad car |
| cruiserweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the middleweight division and lighter than those in the super heavyweight division. | Synonyms: light heavyweight |
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| (noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds | Synonyms: light heavyweight |
| druidism | (noun) the system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies | - |
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| eggfruit | (noun) ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies | Synonyms: canistel |
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| fruit | (noun) an amount of a product | Synonyms: yield |
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| (noun) the consequence of some effort or action | - |
| (noun) the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant | - |
| fruitage | (noun) the yield of fruit | - |
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| fruitcake | (noun) a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on | - |
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| (noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, screwball |
| fruiterer | (noun) a person who sells fruit | - |
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| fruitfulness | (noun) the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth | Synonyms: fecundity |
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| (noun) the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination | Synonyms: fecundity |
| fruition | (noun) something that is made real or concrete | Synonyms: realisation, realization |
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| (noun) enjoyment derived from use or possession | - |
| (noun) the condition of bearing fruit | - |
| fruitlessness | (noun) the quality of yielding nothing of value | Synonyms: aridity, barrenness |
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| (noun) a lack of creative imagination | - |
| fruitlet | (noun) a diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit | - |
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| fruitwood | (noun) wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork | - |
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| grapefruit | (noun) large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half | - |
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| (noun) citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp | Synonyms: Citrus paradisi |
| incongruity | (noun) the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | Synonyms: incongruousness |
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| jackfruit | (noun) immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted | Synonyms: jack, jak |
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| (noun) East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds | Synonyms: Artocarpus heterophyllus, jackfruit tree |
| recruit | (noun) any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) | Synonyms: enlistee |
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| (noun) a recently enlisted soldier | Synonyms: military recruit |
| recruiter | (noun) an official who enlists personnel for military service | - |
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| (noun) someone who supplies members or employees | - |
| recruitment | (noun) the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) | Synonyms: enlisting |
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| ruin | (noun) destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | Synonyms: laying waste, ruination, ruining, wrecking |
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| (noun) a ruined building | - |
| (noun) an event that results in destruction | Synonyms: ruination |
| (noun) failure that results in a loss of position or reputation | Synonyms: downfall, ruination |
| (noun) the process of becoming dilapidated | Synonyms: dilapidation |
| (noun) an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction | Synonyms: ruination |
| ruination | (noun) destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | Synonyms: laying waste, ruin, ruining, wrecking |
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| (noun) an event that results in destruction | Synonyms: ruin |
| (noun) failure that results in a loss of position or reputation | Synonyms: downfall, ruin |
| (noun) an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction | Synonyms: ruin |
| ruiner | (noun) a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to | Synonyms: destroyer, undoer, uprooter, waster |
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| ruining | (noun) destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | Synonyms: laying waste, ruin, ruination, wrecking |
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| ruinousness | (noun) The quality of causing or tending to cause ruin. | - |
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| truism | (noun) an obvious truth | - |
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