| BRUINS | • bruins n. Plural of bruin. • Bruins prop.n. Plural of Bruin. • BRUIN n. a bear. |
| BRUISE | • bruise v. (Transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in… • bruise v. (Transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way. • bruise v. (Intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly. |
| BRUITS | • bruits n. Plural of bruit. • bruits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bruit. • BRUIT v. (French) to spread by rumour. |
| CRUISE | • cruise n. A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure. • cruise n. (Aeronautics) Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases. • cruise n. (US, military, informal) A period spent in the Marine Corps. |
| CRUISY | • cruisy adj. (Of music) Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely. • cruisy adj. (Skiing, of a piste) Leisurely. • cruisy adj. (Colloquial, of a place) Suitable for finding sexual partners (especially for gay men). |
| CRUIVE | • cruive n. (Scotland) A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon. • cruive n. (Scotland) A hovel. • CRUIVE n. (Scots) a pen or sty, also CROOVE, CRUVE. |
| DRUIDS | • druids n. Plural of druid. • Druids n. Plural of Druid. • DRUID n. one of an ancient order of Celtic priests. |
| FRUICT | • FRUICT n. (obsolete) fruit. |
| FRUITS | • fruits n. Plural of fruit. • fruits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fruit. • Fruits prop.n. Plural of Fruit. |
| FRUITY | • fruity adj. Containing fruit or fruit flavoring. • fruity adj. Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit. • fruity adj. (Informal) Mad, crazy. |
| GRUING | • gruing v. Present participle of grue. • GRUE v. to shudder, feel the flesh creep, also GREW. |
| PRUINA | • pruina n. (Botany) A white powdery bloom found on some lichens. • PRUINA n. (Latin) a powdery bloom upon the surface of plants. |
| PRUINE | • PRUINE n. (Shakespeare) a prune, also PREWYN. |
| RUINED | • ruined v. Simple past tense and past participle of ruin. • ruined adj. (Slang) incapacitated by drugs or alcohol. • RUIN v. to destroy. |
| RUINER | • ruiner n. Someone who ruins. • RUINER n. one who ruins. |
| RUINGS | • RUING n. repentance. |
| SPRUIK | • spruik v. (Transitive, Australia) To promote a thing or idea to another person, usually informally. • SPRUIK v. (Australian slang) of a showman, etc., to harangue people in public. |
| SPRUIT | • spruit n. (South Africa) A small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer. • SPRUIT n. (South African) a small stream flowing only in the wet season. |
| TRUING | • truing n. The alignment (and cutting) of a wheel (especially a grinding wheel) such that its surface is concentric… • truing v. Present participle of true. • TRUE v. to make true. |
| TRUISM | • truism n. A self-evident or obvious truth. • truism n. A banality or cliché. • TRUISM n. an obvious truth. |