| BURST | • burst v. (Intransitive) To break from internal pressure. • burst v. (Transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure. • burst v. (Transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means. |
| CURST | • curst adj. Archaic spelling of cursed. • curst v. Archaic spelling of cursed: simple past tense and past participle of curse. • CURSE v. to invoke evil upon. |
| DURST | • durst v. (Archaic, literary) simple past tense of dare. • Durst prop.n. A surname. • DARE v. to venture boldly, also DARRE, DAUR. |
| EARST | • earst adv. Obsolete spelling of erst. • EARST adv. formerly, also ERST. |
| FIRST | • first adj. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. • first adj. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest. • first adj. Of or belonging to a first family. |
| HORST | • horst n. (Geology) An area of the earth’s surface which is raised relative to surrounding land. • Horst prop.n. A surname. • HORST n. (German) a mass of the earth's crust that lies between two faults and is higher than the surrounding land, also HORSTE. |
| HURST | • hurst n. (Rare outside place names) A wood or grove. • Hurst prop.n. A village in Berkshire, England. • Hurst prop.n. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9400). |
| KARST | • karst n. (Geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone… • Karst prop.n. A mountainous region in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia. • KARST n. (German) a landscape composed of limestone features including sinkholes, caves, and underground streams. |
| PERST | • perst v. Simple past tense and past participle of perse. • PERST v. (Spenser) pierced, also PEARST, PIERST. |
| VERST | • verst n. A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2⁄3 of a mile. • VERST n. (Russian) a unit of distance equal to approximately 2/3 of a mile, also VERSTE. |
| WARST | • WARST adj. (Scots) worst, also WAURST. |
| WORST | • worst adj. Superlative form of bad: most bad. • worst adj. Superlative form of ill: most ill. • worst n. Something or someone that is the worst. |
| WURST | • wurst n. A German- or Austrian-style sausage. • würst n. Alternative form of wurst. • WURST n. (German) a large sausage. |