| BRUTER | • bruter n. One who brutes (shapes diamonds by grinding). • BRUTER n. one that shapes diamonds. |
| CRATUR | • cratur n. (Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of creature. • cratur n. Alternative spelling of craythur (“whiskey”). • CRATUR n. (Scots) a woman, also CRATHUR, CRAYTHUR. |
| CURTER | • curter adj. Comparative form of curt: more curt. • CURT adj. abrupt. |
| HURTER | • hurter n. One who hurts or does harm. • hurter n. A beam on a gun-platform that prevents damage from the wheels of a gun-carriage. • HURTER n. a beam, block, etc. to protect a wall from wheels. |
| IRRUPT | • irrupt v. (Transitive) To break into. • irrupt v. (Intransitive) To enter forcibly or uninvited. • irrupt v. (Intransitive) To rapidly increase or intensify. |
| RETOUR | • retour n. A returning. • retour n. (Law, Scotland) An extract from chancery of the service of an heir to his ancestor. • RETOUR v. to confirm as heir. |
| RETURF | • returf v. To lay turf again. • RETURF v. to lay new turf. |
| RETURN | • return v. (Intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person). • return v. (Intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument. • return v. (Intransitive) To recur; to come again. |
| ROUTER | • router n. Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another. • router n. (Telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems… • router n. (Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively… |
| RUGRAT | • rugrat n. (Humorous or derogatory, chiefly in the plural) A toddler, a young child. • rug␣rat n. (US, slang) usually a little child, up to the age of six years. • RUGRAT n. (colloquial) a young child. |
| RUSTRE | • rustre n. (Heraldry) A lozenge with a smaller round hole in the centre, showing the field (rarely used). • RUSTRE n. a lozenge pierced with a circular opening. |
| RUTHER | • Ruther prop.n. A surname from German. • RUTHER adv. (dialect) rather. |
| RUTTER | • rutter n. (Historical) A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th… • rutter n. (Historical) A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot’s book or seaman’s guide. • rutter n. (Now chiefly Scotland) A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground. |
| TOURER | • tourer n. (Dated) An open-top or soft-top motor car suitable for touring. • tourer n. (Informal) A touring bicycle. • TOURER n. a large, open automobile. |
| TURGOR | • turgor n. Turgidity. • turgor n. (Physics) The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane. • TURGOR n. (Latin) the state of being turgid, also TURGENCY. |
| TURNER | • turner n. One who or that which turns. • turner n. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe. • turner n. A kitchen utensil used for turning food. |
| TURRET | • turret n. (Architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle. • turret n. (Historical, military) A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even… • turret n. (Electronics) A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes). |
| URETER | • ureter n. (Anatomy) Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. • URETER n. (Greek) a duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the bladder. |