accurse | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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accursed | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accurst, maledict |
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accurst | (adjective) under a curse | Synonyms: accursed, maledict |
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airburst | (noun) an explosion in the atmosphere | - |
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bratwurst | (noun) a small pork sausage | Synonyms: brat |
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bursa | (noun) a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints | - |
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bursal | (adjective) relating to or affecting a bursa | - |
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bursar | (noun) the treasurer at a college or university | - |
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bursary | (noun) the treasury of a public institution or religious order | - |
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bursiform | (adjective) shaped like a pouch | Synonyms: pouch-shaped, pouchlike, saclike |
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bursitis | (noun) inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder | - |
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burst | (noun) the act of exploding or bursting | Synonyms: explosion |
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(noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: fusillade, salvo, volley |
(noun) a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Synonyms: fit |
(noun) a sudden intense happening | Synonyms: flare-up, outburst |
(verb) come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure | Synonyms: break open, split |
(verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: bust |
(verb) emerge suddenly | - |
(verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: explode |
(verb) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | Synonyms: break, erupt |
(verb) move suddenly, energetically, or violently | - |
(verb) cause to burst | Synonyms: collapse |
(verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: abound, bristle |
burster | (noun) a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time | Synonyms: bursting charge, charge, explosive charge |
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cloudburst | (noun) a heavy rain | Synonyms: deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout |
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colours | (noun) a flag that shows its nationality | Synonyms: colors |
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(noun) a distinguishing emblem | Synonyms: colors |
concourse | (noun) a coming together of people | Synonyms: confluence |
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(noun) a wide hallway in a building where people can walk | - |
(noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: multitude, throng |
connoisseurship | (noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art | Synonyms: vertu, virtu |
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course | (noun) a mode of action | Synonyms: course of action |
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(noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings | Synonyms: class, course of instruction, course of study |
(noun) facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport | - |
(noun) (construction) a layer of masonry | Synonyms: row |
(noun) part of a meal served at one time | - |
(noun) a connected series of events or actions or developments | Synonyms: line |
(noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, form, grade |
(noun) general line of orientation | Synonyms: trend |
(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves | Synonyms: path, track |
(adverb) as might be expected | Synonyms: naturally, of course |
(verb) hunt with hounds | - |
(verb) move along, of liquids | Synonyms: feed, flow, run |
(verb) move swiftly through or over | - |
courser | (noun) swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles | - |
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(noun) formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | Synonyms: charger |
(noun) a dog trained for coursing | - |
(noun) a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey | - |
coursework | (noun) work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course | - |
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coursing | (noun) hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent | - |
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curse | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword |
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(noun) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group | Synonyms: condemnation, execration |
(noun) an evil spell | Synonyms: hex, jinx, whammy |
(noun) a severe affliction | Synonyms: torment |
(noun) something causing misery or death | Synonyms: bane, nemesis, scourge |
(verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, cuss, imprecate, swear |
(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict |
(verb) heap obscenities upon | - |
(verb) exclude from a church or a religious community | Synonyms: excommunicate, unchurch |
cursed | (adjective) deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier | Synonyms: curst |
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(adjective) in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell | Synonyms: damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved |
cursedly | (adverb) in a damnable manner | Synonyms: damnably, damned |
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cursive | (adjective) having successive letters joined together | - |
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(noun) rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper | Synonyms: cursive script, longhand, running hand |
cursively | (adverb) in a cursive manner | - |
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cursor | (noun) (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions | Synonyms: pointer |
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cursorial | (adjective) (of limbs and feet) adapted for running | - |
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cursorily | (adverb) without taking pains | Synonyms: quickly |
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cursory | (adjective) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | Synonyms: casual, passing, perfunctory, superficial |
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curst | (adjective) deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier | Synonyms: cursed |
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cutpurse | (noun) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | Synonyms: dip, pickpocket |
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disbursal | (noun) the act of spending or disbursing money | Synonyms: disbursement, outlay, spending |
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(noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) | Synonyms: disbursement, expense |
disburse | (verb) expend, as from a fund | Synonyms: pay out |
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disbursement | (noun) the act of spending or disbursing money | Synonyms: disbursal, outlay, spending |
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(noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) | Synonyms: disbursal, expense |
disburser | (noun) someone who spends money to purchase goods or services | Synonyms: expender, spender |
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discourse | (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discussion, treatment |
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(noun) extended verbal expression in speech or writing | - |
(noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: preaching, sermon |
(verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: dissertate, hold forth |
(verb) carry on a conversation | Synonyms: converse |
(verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discuss, talk about |
discursive | (adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | Synonyms: digressive, excursive, rambling |
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(adjective) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition | Synonyms: dianoetic |
discursively | (adverb) in a rambling manner | Synonyms: ramblingly |
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discursiveness | (noun) the quality of being discursive | - |
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excursion | (noun) a journey taken for pleasure | Synonyms: expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay |
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(noun) wandering from the main path of a journey | Synonyms: digression |
excursionist | (noun) a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | Synonyms: rubberneck, sightseer, tripper |
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excursive | (adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | Synonyms: digressive, discursive, rambling |
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excursus | (noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: aside, digression, divagation, parenthesis |
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flavoursome | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorous, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, sapid, saporous |
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flavoursomeness | (noun) having an appetizing flavor | Synonyms: flavorsomeness, savoriness |
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fourscore | (adjective) being ten more than seventy | Synonyms: 80, eighty, lxxx |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight | Synonyms: 80, eighty, LXXX |
foursome | (noun) four people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quartet, quartette |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
foursquare | (adjective) characterized by firm and unwavering conviction | - |
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(noun) (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon | Synonyms: square |
(adverb) with firmness and conviction; without compromise | Synonyms: squarely, straightforwardly |
(adverb) in a square position | - |
fursuit | (noun) A full body animal suit | - |
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honours | (noun) a university degree with honors | Synonyms: honours degree |
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hours | (noun) a period of time assigned for work | - |
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(noun) an indefinite period of time | - |
incursion | (noun) an attack that penetrates into enemy territory | Synonyms: penetration |
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(noun) the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers) | - |
(noun) the mistake of incurring liability or blame | - |
incursive | (adjective) involving invasion or aggressive attack | Synonyms: invading, invasive |
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intercourse | (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
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(noun) communication between individuals | Synonyms: social intercourse |
jodhpurs | (noun) (used in the plural) flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots | Synonyms: jodhpur breeches, riding breeches |
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knackwurst | (noun) short thick highly seasoned sausage | Synonyms: knockwurst |
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knockwurst | (noun) short thick highly seasoned sausage | Synonyms: knackwurst |
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laboursaving | (adjective) designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor | Synonyms: laborsaving |
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liverwurst | (noun) sausage containing ground liver | Synonyms: liver pudding, liver sausage |
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nurse | (noun) one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician) | - |
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(noun) a woman who is the custodian of children | Synonyms: nanny, nursemaid |
(verb) try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury | - |
(verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
(verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, entertain, harbor, harbour, hold |
(verb) serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people | - |
(verb) treat carefully | - |
nursed | (adjective) (of an infant) breast-fed | Synonyms: suckled |
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nurseling | (noun) an infant considered in relation to its nurse | Synonyms: nursling, suckling |
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nursemaid | (noun) a woman who is the custodian of children | Synonyms: nanny, nurse |
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nurser | (noun) a person who treats something carefully | - |
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nursery | (noun) a child's room for a baby | Synonyms: baby's room |
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nurseryman | (noun) someone who takes care of a garden | Synonyms: gardener |
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nursing | (noun) the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm | - |
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(noun) nourishing at the breast | Synonyms: breast feeding |
(noun) the profession of a nurse | - |
nursling | (noun) an infant considered in relation to its nurse | Synonyms: nurseling, suckling |
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outburst | (noun) a sudden violent disturbance | Synonyms: tumultuous disturbance |
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(noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: blowup, ebullition, effusion, gush |
(noun) a sudden intense happening | Synonyms: burst, flare-up |
outercourse | (noun) sexual stimulation without vaginal penetration | - |
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precursor | (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | Synonyms: forerunner, harbinger, herald, predecessor |
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(noun) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another | Synonyms: forerunner |
(noun) a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) | - |
precursory | (adjective) warning of future misfortune | Synonyms: premonitory |
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purse | (noun) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | Synonyms: bag, handbag, pocketbook |
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(noun) a small bag for carrying money | - |
(noun) a sum of money offered as a prize | - |
(noun) a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse | - |
(verb) contract one's lips into a rounded shape | - |
(verb) gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | Synonyms: wrinkle |
purser | (noun) an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare | - |
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purslane | (noun) a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas | - |
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pursual | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, following, pursuit |
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pursuance | (noun) the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion | Synonyms: prosecution |
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(noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuit, quest |
pursuant | (adjective) (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with | - |
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pursue | (verb) go in search of or hunt for | Synonyms: go after, quest after, quest for |
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(verb) follow in or as if in pursuit | Synonyms: follow |
(verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: engage, prosecute |
(verb) carry further or advance | Synonyms: act on, follow up on |
pursued | (adjective) followed with enmity as if to harm | - |
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(noun) a person who is being chased | Synonyms: chased |
pursuer | (noun) a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chaser |
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(noun) a person who pursues some plan or goal | - |
pursuing | (adjective) following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit | - |
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pursuit | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, following, pursual |
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(noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: interest, pastime |
(noun) an auxiliary activity | Synonyms: avocation, by-line, hobby, sideline, spare-time activity |
(noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuance, quest |
pursy | (adjective) breathing laboriously or convulsively | Synonyms: blown, short-winded, winded |
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racecourse | (noun) a course over which races are run | Synonyms: racetrack, raceway, track |
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recourse | (noun) act of turning to for assistance | Synonyms: refuge, resort |
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(noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security | Synonyms: refuge, resort |
recursion | (noun) (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation; also, the repeated application or execution of a pattern, function or definition; an expression that is recursive | - |
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recursive | (adjective) of or relating to a recursion | - |
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reimburse | (verb) pay back for some expense incurred | - |
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(verb) reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss | Synonyms: recoup |
reimbursement | (noun) compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc. | - |
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scours | (noun) diarrhea in livestock | - |
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secateurs | (noun) small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface | - |
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soursop | (noun) large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples | Synonyms: guanabana |
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(noun) small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit | Synonyms: Annona muricata, prickly custard apple, soursop tree |
sunburst | (noun) a jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun | - |
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(noun) a design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it | - |
(noun) a sudden emergence of the sun from behind clouds | - |
ursine | (adjective) of or relating to or similar to bears | - |
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ursinia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ursinia grown for their yellow- or orange- or white-rayed flowers | - |
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vapours | (noun) a state of depression | Synonyms: blue devils, blues, megrims, vapors |
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velours | (noun) heavy fabric that resembles velvet | Synonyms: velour |
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watercourse | (noun) a conduit through which water flows | Synonyms: waterway |
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(noun) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth | Synonyms: stream |
(noun) natural or artificial channel through which water flows | - |