| aloud | (adverb) using the voice; not silently | Synonyms: out loud |
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| (adverb) with relatively high volume | Synonyms: loud, loudly |
| applaud | (verb) express that something is worthy of praise | - |
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| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, clap, spat |
| baud | (noun) (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems | Synonyms: baud rate |
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| becloud | (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
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| bud | (noun) a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals | - |
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| (noun) a partially opened flower | - |
| (verb) develop buds | - |
| (verb) start to grow or develop | - |
| cloud | (noun) a group of many things in the air or on the ground | Synonyms: swarm |
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| (noun) a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude | - |
| (noun) any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible | - |
| (noun) suspicion affecting your reputation | - |
| (noun) out of touch with reality | - |
| (noun) a cause of worry or gloom or trouble | - |
| (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: dapple, mottle |
| (verb) make milky or dull | - |
| (verb) make less clear | - |
| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint |
| (verb) make gloomy or depressed | - |
| (verb) billow up in the form of a cloud | - |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
| (verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: overcast |
| crapaud | (noun) large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog | Synonyms: Leptodactylus pentadactylus, South American bullfrog |
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| crud | (noun) an ill-defined bodily ailment | - |
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| (noun) any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant | Synonyms: filth, skank |
| (noun) heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing | - |
| cud | (noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco | Synonyms: chaw, chew, plug, quid, wad |
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| (noun) food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again | Synonyms: rechewed food |
| defraud | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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| disbud | (verb) destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle) | - |
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| (verb) thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers | - |
| dud | (adjective) failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive | - |
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| (noun) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual | Synonyms: bomb, turkey |
| (noun) an explosion that fails to occur | Synonyms: misfire |
| (noun) someone who is unsuccessful | Synonyms: flop, washout |
| enshroud | (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: cover, hide, shroud |
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| feud | (noun) a bitter quarrel between two parties | - |
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| (verb) carry out a feud | - |
| fraud | (noun) intentional deception resulting in injury to another person | - |
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| (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on |
| (noun) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | Synonyms: cheat, rig, swindle |
| (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, faker, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer |
| gaud | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bangle, bauble, fallal, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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| hudud | (noun) Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes | Synonyms: hudood |
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| laud | (verb) praise, glorify, or honor | Synonyms: exalt, extol, glorify, proclaim |
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| loud | (adjective) characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity | - |
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| (adjective) (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) indicating that said piece or segment should be played loudly | Synonyms: forte |
| (adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
| (adverb) with relatively high volume | Synonyms: aloud, loudly |
| maraud | (noun) a sudden short attack | Synonyms: foray, raid |
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| (verb) raid and rove in search of booty | - |
| mud | (noun) slanderous remarks or charges | - |
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| (noun) water soaked soil; soft wet earth | Synonyms: clay |
| (verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire | Synonyms: mire, muck, muck up |
| (verb) plaster with mud | - |
| musnud | (noun) a seat with a cushion that is used as a throne by Indian princes | - |
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| overcloud | (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: bedim, obscure |
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| (verb) become covered with clouds | Synonyms: cloud over, cloud up |
| overproud | (adjective) excessively proud | - |
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| proud | (adjective) feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride | - |
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| (adjective) having or displaying great dignity or nobility | Synonyms: gallant, lofty, majestic |
| pseud | (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer |
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| pud | (noun) (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) | Synonyms: pudding |
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| redbud | (noun) small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood | Synonyms: Cercis canadensis |
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| rosebud | (noun) (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl | - |
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| (noun) the bud of a rose | - |
| scud | (noun) the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) | Synonyms: scudding |
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| (verb) run or move very quickly or hastily | Synonyms: dart, dash, flash, scoot, shoot |
| (verb) run before a gale | Synonyms: rack |
| shroud | (noun) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped | Synonyms: cerement, pall, winding-clothes, winding-sheet |
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| (noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | Synonyms: mainsheet, sheet, tack, weather sheet |
| (noun) a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute | - |
| (verb) wrap in a shroud | - |
| (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: cover, enshroud, hide |
| (verb) form a cover like a shroud | - |
| spud | (noun) a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds | Synonyms: stump spud |
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| (noun) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | Synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, potato, tater, white potato |
| (verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate | Synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout |
| (verb) initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum | - |
| stud | (noun) poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt | Synonyms: stud poker |
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| (noun) adult male horse kept for breeding | Synonyms: studhorse |
| (noun) an upright in house framing | Synonyms: scantling |
| (noun) ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) | Synonyms: rivet |
| (noun) a man who is virile and sexually active | Synonyms: he-man, macho-man |
| (verb) provide with or construct with studs | - |
| (verb) scatter or intersperse like dots or studs | Synonyms: constellate, dot |
| tastebud | (noun) an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue | Synonyms: gustatory organ, taste bud |
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| thud | (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, clunk, thump, thumping |
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| (verb) strike with a dull sound | - |
| (verb) make a dull sound | Synonyms: thump |
| (verb) make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants | Synonyms: crump, scrunch |
| thundercloud | (noun) a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms | Synonyms: cumulonimbus, cumulonimbus cloud |
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