| AURIC | • auric adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to trivalent gold. • auric adj. (Obsolete) Of, or pertaining to the ear; aural. • auric adj. Pertaining to an aura. |
| AURIS | • AURIS n. (Latin) the ear. |
| BURIN | • burin n. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver. • burin n. A prehistoric flint tool. • Burin prop.n. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador. |
| CAURI | • cauri n. A former monetary subdivision, equivalent to one hundredth of a Guinean syli. • cauri n. An extremely tall tree found exclusively in New Zealand, the kauri. • cauri n. A type of seashell found on the western coast of the African continent. |
| CURIA | • curia n. (Historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome. • curia n. (Historical) The Roman senate during the republic. • curia n. (Historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice. |
| CURIE | • curie n. 3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci. • Curie prop.n. A surname from French, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie. • CURIE n. a unit of radioactive decay and intensity. |
| CURIO | • curio n. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity. • CURIO n. an unusual art object. |
| HOURI | • houri n. (Islam) A nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful. • houri n. (By extension) Any voluptuous, beautiful woman. • HOURI n. (Persian) any of the virgins of the Muslim paradise, promised as wives to believers. |
| KAURI | • kauri n. A conifer of the genus Agathis, family Araucariaceae, found in Australasia and Melanesia. • kauri n. (New Zealand) Agathis australis, a large conifer of the family Araucariaceae. • kauri n. A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where… |
| KURIS | • KURI n. (Maori) a mongrel, an extinct native dog, also GOORY, GOORIE. |
| LURID | • lurid adj. Shocking, horrifying. • lurid adj. Melodramatic. • lurid adj. Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance. |
| MAURI | • mauri n. (New Zealand) life force, according to Maori beliefs. • Mauri prop.n. A surname from Italian. • MAURI n. (Maori) the soul. |
| MURID | • murid n. Any rodent in the family Muridae; the hypernymy of the words in their strict/narrow senses is muroid… • MURID n. any of the family of small rodents, also MURINE. |
| OURIE | • ourie adj. (Scotland) Chill; having the sensation of cold; drooping; shivering. • ourie adj. (Scotland) Bleak; melancholy. • OURIE adj. (Scots) dingy, also OORIE, OWRIE. |
| PURIN | • PURIN n. a white crystalline substance which with oxygen forms uric acid, also PURINE. |
| PURIS | • puris n. Plural of puri. • PURI n. (Hindi) in India, a small cake of unleavened bread fried in vegetable oil, also POORI. |
| URIAL | • urial n. A bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously… • URIAL n. (Punjabi) a wild sheep of central Asia, that has a reddish coat and long curved horns, also OORIAL. |
| URINE | • urine n. (Physiology) Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored… • urine v. (Archaic) To urinate. • URINE v. to discharge a liquid containing body wastes. |
| URITE | • urite n. (Zoology) One of the segments of the abdomen or postabdomen of arthropods. • URITE n. an abdominal segment in insects. |