| blurred | (adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline | Synonyms: bleary, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy |
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| (adjective) unclear in form or expression | Synonyms: clouded |
| blurriness | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness |
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| blurry | (adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline | Synonyms: bleary, blurred, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy |
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| burr | (noun) rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting | - |
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| (noun) rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece | - |
| (noun) small bit used in dentistry or surgery | Synonyms: bur |
| (noun) seed vessel having hooks or prickles | Synonyms: bur |
| (verb) remove the burrs from | Synonyms: bur |
| burrawong | (noun) large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales | Synonyms: Macrozamia communis, Macrozamia spiralis |
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| burred | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny |
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| burrfish | (noun) any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines | - |
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| burrito | (noun) a flour tortilla folded around a filling | - |
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| burrlike | (adjective) resembling a burr; especially in being prickly | - |
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| burro | (noun) small donkey used as a pack animal | - |
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| burrow | (noun) a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter | Synonyms: tunnel |
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| (verb) move through by or as by digging | Synonyms: tunnel |
| burry | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny |
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| churr | (verb) make a vibrant sound, as of some birds | Synonyms: whirr |
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| churrigueresco | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresque |
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| churrigueresque | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresco |
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| cockleburr | (noun) any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs | Synonyms: cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cocklebur |
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| concurrence | (noun) acting together, as agents or circumstances or events | Synonyms: concurrency |
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| (noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrence, coincidence, conjunction |
| (noun) agreement of results or opinions | Synonyms: concurrency |
| (noun) a state of cooperation | Synonyms: meeting of minds |
| concurrency | (noun) acting together, as agents or circumstances or events | Synonyms: concurrence |
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| (noun) agreement of results or opinions | Synonyms: concurrence |
| concurrent | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, cooccurring, simultaneous |
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| concurrently | (adverb) overlapping in duration | Synonyms: at the same time |
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| concurring | (adjective) being of the same opinion | Synonyms: concordant |
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| cooccurring | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, simultaneous |
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| countercurrent | (noun) actions counter to the main group activity | Synonyms: crosscurrent |
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| (noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | Synonyms: crosscurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip |
| crosscurrent | (noun) actions counter to the main group activity | Synonyms: countercurrent |
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| (noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | Synonyms: countercurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip |
| cryptocurrency | (noun) a currency based on the usage of cryptography to secure transactions | - |
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| currajong | (noun) widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle | Synonyms: Brachychiton populneus, kurrajong |
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| currant | (noun) any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams | - |
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| (noun) small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking | - |
| (noun) any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants | Synonyms: currant bush |
| currawong | (noun) bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call | Synonyms: bell magpie |
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| currency | (noun) the property of belonging to the present time | Synonyms: currentness, up-to-dateness |
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| (noun) general acceptance or use | - |
| (noun) the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used | - |
| current | (adjective) occurring in or belonging to the present time | - |
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| (noun) a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | Synonyms: stream |
| (noun) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | Synonyms: flow, stream |
| (noun) a flow of electricity through a conductor | Synonyms: electric current |
| currently | (adverb) at this time or period; now | Synonyms: presently |
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| currentness | (noun) the property of belonging to the present time | Synonyms: currency, up-to-dateness |
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| curricular | (adjective) of or relating to an academic course of study | - |
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| curriculum | (noun) an integrated course of academic studies | Synonyms: course of study, program, programme, syllabus |
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| currier | (noun) a craftsman who curries leather for use | - |
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| currish | (adjective) base and cowardly | - |
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| (adjective) resembling a cur; snarling and rude | - |
| currishly | (adverb) in a currish manner; meanspiritedly | Synonyms: ignobly |
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| curry | (noun) (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice | - |
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| (verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: dress, groom |
| (verb) treat by incorporating fat | - |
| (verb) season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking | - |
| currycomb | (noun) a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses | - |
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| (verb) clean (a horse) with a currycomb | - |
| demurrage | (noun) detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
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| (noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
| demurral | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurrer |
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| demurrer | (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, defense, denial |
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| (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurral |
| (noun) (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings | - |
| durra | (noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet |
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| extracurricular | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: adulterous, extramarital |
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| (adjective) outside the regular duties of your job or profession | - |
| (adjective) outside the regular academic curriculum | - |
| flurry | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, bustle, fuss, hustle, stir |
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| (noun) a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that) | Synonyms: snow flurry |
| (verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: confuse, disconcert, put off |
| (verb) move in an agitated or confused manner | - |
| furred | (adjective) covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs | Synonyms: furry |
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| furrier | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments | Synonyms: cloakmaker |
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| furring | (noun) strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard | Synonyms: furring strip |
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| (noun) a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue | - |
| furrow | (noun) a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) | - |
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| (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, line, seam, wrinkle |
| (verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | Synonyms: groove, rut |
| (verb) make wrinkled or creased | Synonyms: crease, wrinkle |
| (verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chamfer, chase |
| furrowed | (adjective) having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface | Synonyms: rugged |
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| furry | (adjective) covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs | Synonyms: furred |
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| hurrah | (noun) a victory cheer | Synonyms: hooray |
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| (verb) shout `hurrah!' | - |
| hurricane | (noun) a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) | - |
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| hurridly | (adverb) on the run or in a hurry | Synonyms: on the fly |
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| hurried | (adjective) moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste | - |
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| hurriedly | (adverb) in a hurried or hasty manner | Synonyms: hastily, in haste |
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| hurriedness | (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hurry, precipitation |
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| hurry | (noun) the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | Synonyms: haste, rush, rushing |
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| (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation |
| (noun) a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry | Synonyms: haste |
| (verb) act at high speed | Synonyms: festinate, hasten, look sharp, rush |
| (verb) urge to an unnatural speed | Synonyms: rush |
| (verb) move very fast | Synonyms: speed, travel rapidly, zip |
| hurrying | (adjective) moving with great haste | Synonyms: scurrying |
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| (noun) changing location rapidly | Synonyms: speed, speeding |
| incurrence | (noun) the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable) | - |
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| incurring | (noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable) | - |
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| insurrection | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising |
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| insurrectional | (adjective) of or relating to or given to insurrection | Synonyms: insurrectionary |
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| insurrectionary | (adjective) of or relating to or given to insurrection | Synonyms: insurrectional |
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| insurrectionism | (noun) the principle of revolt against constituted authority | - |
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| insurrectionist | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurgent, rebel |
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| kookaburra | (noun) Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry | Synonyms: Dacelo gigas, laughing jackass |
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| kurrajong | (noun) widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle | Synonyms: Brachychiton populneus, currajong |
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| kurrat | (noun) coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized | Synonyms: Allium ampeloprasum, Levant garlic, wild leek |
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| murrain | (noun) any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague | - |
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| murre | (noun) black-and-white diving bird of northern seas | - |
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| noncurrent | (adjective) not current or belonging to the present time | - |
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| nonoccurrence | (noun) absence by virtue of not occurring | - |
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| occurrence | (noun) an event that happens | Synonyms: happening, natural event, occurrent |
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| (noun) an instance of something occurring | - |
| occurrent | (adjective) presently occurring (either causally or incidentally) | - |
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| (noun) an event that happens | Synonyms: happening, natural event, occurrence |
| potpourri | (noun) a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources | Synonyms: medley, pastiche |
| (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
| purr | (noun) a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat | - |
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| (verb) indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats | Synonyms: make vibrant sounds |
| (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz |
| recurrence | (noun) happening again (especially at regular intervals) | Synonyms: return |
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| recurrent | (adjective) recurring again and again | Synonyms: perennial, repeated |
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| recurrently | (adverb) in a recurrent manner | - |
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| recurring | (adjective) coming back | Synonyms: revenant |
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| resurrect | (verb) cause to become alive again | Synonyms: raise, upraise |
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| (verb) return from the dead | Synonyms: rise, uprise |
| (verb) restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state | Synonyms: revive |
| resurrection | (noun) a revival from inactivity and disuse | - |
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| scurrility | (noun) foul-mouthed or obscene abuse | Synonyms: billingsgate |
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| scurrilous | (adjective) expressing offensive reproach | Synonyms: abusive, opprobrious |
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| scurrilously | (adverb) in a scurrilous manner | - |
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| scurry | (noun) rushing about hastily in an undignified way | Synonyms: scamper, scramble |
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| (verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly | Synonyms: scamper, scuttle, skitter |
| scurrying | (adjective) moving with great haste | Synonyms: hurrying |
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| slurred | (adjective) spoken as if with a thick tongue | Synonyms: thick |
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| slurry | (noun) a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water | - |
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| spurring | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, prodding, spur, urging |
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| surreal | (adjective) resembling a dream | Synonyms: dreamlike |
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| (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surrealistic |
| surrealism | (noun) a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams | - |
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| surrealist | (noun) an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism | - |
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| surrealistic | (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal |
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| surrebuttal | (noun) (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter | Synonyms: surrebutter |
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| surrebutter | (noun) (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter | Synonyms: surrebuttal |
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| surrejoinder | (noun) (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder | - |
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| surrender | (noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: capitulation, fall |
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| (noun) the delivery of a principal into lawful custody | - |
| (noun) a verbal act of admitting defeat | Synonyms: giving up, yielding |
| (noun) acceptance of despair | Synonyms: resignation |
| (verb) give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another | Synonyms: give up |
| (verb) relinquish possession or control over | Synonyms: cede, deliver, give up |
| surrenderer | (noun) a person who yields or surrenders | Synonyms: yielder |
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