Words Containing UR
Explore a range of words that include the letter UR, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring UR.
2 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ur | 2 | an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River | - |
3 letter words
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| our | 3 | Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us. | our country |
| fur | 6 | the dressed hairy coat of a mammal | - |
| urn | 3 | a large pot for making coffee or tea | - |
| sur | 3 | a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks | - |
| cur | 5 | an inferior dog or one of mixed breed | - |
| bur | 5 | small bit used in dentistry or surgery | - |
| pur | 5 | - | - |
| gur | 4 | a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana | - |
| nur | 3 | - | - |
| urp | 5 | - | - |
| ure | 3 | - | - |
| urd | 4 | goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past | - |
| urb | 5 | - | - |
| lur | 3 | - | - |
4 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| your | 7 | - | - |
| sure | 4 | having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured | was sure (or certain) she had seen it |
| turn | 4 | to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | turn the earth in the Spring |
| four | 7 | being one more than three | - |
| hurt | 7 | the act of damaging something or someone | - |
| hour | 7 | clock time | the hour is getting late |
| burn | 6 | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire | - |
| ours | 4 | - | - |
| pure | 6 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | pure folly |
| tour | 4 | a period of time spent in military service | - |
| cure | 6 | a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | - |
| bury | 9 | place in a grave or tomb | - |
| jury | 14 | a committee appointed to judge a competition | - |
| pour | 6 | pour out | - |
| surf | 7 | waves breaking on the shore | - |
| guru | 5 | a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher | - |
| sour | 4 | inaccurate in pitch | a false (or sour) note |
| urge | 5 | an instinctive motive | - |
| euro | 4 | the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies | - |
| turf | 7 | surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | - |
| lure | 4 | anything that serves as an enticement | - |
| turk | 8 | a native or inhabitant of Turkey | - |
| fury | 10 | state of violent mental agitation | - |
| turd | 5 | obscene terms for feces | - |
| curb | 8 | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | - |
| blur | 6 | make a smudge on; soil by smudging | - |
| curl | 6 | wind around something in coils or loops | - |
| spur | 6 | give heart or courage to | - |
| hurl | 7 | make a thrusting forward movement | - |
| puri | 6 | - | - |
| burp | 8 | a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | - |
| curd | 7 | a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd | bean curd |
| curt | 6 | marked by rude or peremptory shortness | a curt reply |
| bura | 6 | a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad | - |
| purr | 6 | make a soft swishing sound | the car engine purred |
| jour | 11 | - | - |
| jura | 11 | - | - |
| lurk | 8 | be about | - |
| burg | 7 | colloquial American term for a town | I've lived in this burg all my life |
| slur | 4 | a blemish made by dirt | - |
| sura | 4 | the muscular back part of the shank | - |
| mura | 6 | - | - |
| uric | 6 | in or relating to or obtained from urine | uric acid |
| yurt | 7 | a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing | - |
| ursa | 4 | - | - |
| dura | 5 | the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges | - |
| burr | 6 | small bit used in dentistry or surgery | - |
| dour | 5 | harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | a dour, self-sacrificing life |
| durn | 5 | - | - |
| murk | 10 | an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance | - |
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5 letter words
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| hurry | 11 | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | - |
| yours | 8 | - | - |
| hours | 8 | an indefinite period of time | they talked for hours |
| court | 7 | Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) | - |
| nurse | 5 | a woman who is the custodian of children | - |
| curse | 7 | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | - |
| laura | 5 | - | - |
| purse | 7 | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | purse ones's lips |
| burnt | 7 | ruined by overcooking | she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits |
| burns | 7 | celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796) | - |
| burst | 7 | force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | - |
| cured | 8 | (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | - |
| occur | 9 | come to pass | Nothing occurred that seemed important |
| curry | 10 | give a neat appearance to | - |
| urban | 7 | located in or characteristic of a city or city life | urban property owners |
| urine | 5 | liquid excretory product | there was blood in his urine |
| curly | 10 | (of hair) having curls or waves | they envied her naturally curly hair |
| curve | 10 | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes | - |
| burke | 11 | United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) | - |
| flour | 8 | convert grain into flour | - |
| mourn | 7 | feel sadness | She is mourning her dead child |
| tours | 5 | an industrial city in western France on the Loire River | - |
| furry | 11 | covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs | a furry teddy bear |
| surge | 6 | rise rapidly | - |
| rural | 5 | living in or characteristic of farming or country life | rural people |
| amour | 7 | a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | - |
| cures | 7 | - | - |
| fleur | 8 | - | - |
| juror | 12 | someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury | - |
| gourd | 7 | any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds | - |
| turbo | 7 | - | - |
| purge | 8 | an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements | - |
| odour | 6 | any property detected by the olfactory system | - |
| femur | 10 | the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | - |
| azure | 14 | a light shade of blue | - |
| lurch | 10 | loiter about, with no apparent aim | - |
| murky | 14 | dark or gloomy | a murky dungeon |
| surly | 8 | inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace | a surly waiter |
| mural | 7 | a painting that is applied to a wall surface | - |
| incur | 7 | receive a specified treatment (abstract) | - |
| spurt | 7 | the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) | - |
| blurt | 7 | utter impulsively | He blurted out the secret |
| scour | 7 | rub hard or scrub | scour the counter tops |
| hurst | 8 | - | - |
| churn | 10 | be agitated | the sea was churning in the storm |
| kurta | 9 | a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama) | - |
| curvy | 13 | having curves | a settee with only one curvy end |
| purim | 9 | (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman | - |
| auras | 5 | - | - |
| puree | 7 | rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender | puree the vegetables for the baby |
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6 letter words
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| course | 8 | general line of orientation | the river takes a southern course |
| return | 6 | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | the average return was about 5% |
| future | 9 | the time yet to come | - |
| turned | 7 | in an unpalatable state | - |
| during | 8 | In the time of; as long as the action or existence of. | during life |
| murder | 9 | kill intentionally and with premeditation | The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered |
| figure | 10 | one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration | - |
| church | 16 | a service conducted in a house of worship | don't be late for church |
| nature | 6 | a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe | the laws of nature |
| surely | 9 | definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely') | the results are surely encouraging |
| buried | 9 | placed in a grave | the hastily buried corpses |
| burned | 9 | ruined by overcooking | - |
| source | 8 | a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to | he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation |
| fourth | 12 | in the fourth place | fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month |
| honour | 9 | the state of being honored | - |
| urgent | 7 | compelling immediate action | the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!' |
| favour | 12 | an act of gracious kindness | - |
| secure | 8 | immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with | a secure telephone connection |
| colour | 8 | any material used for its color | - |
| assure | 6 | cause to feel sure; give reassurance to | The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe |
| turkey | 13 | an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual | the first experiment was a real turkey |
| burden | 9 | weight down with a load | - |
| absurd | 9 | a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless | The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth |
| cursed | 9 | deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier | villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed |
| purple | 10 | a purple color or pigment | - |
| bureau | 8 | furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | - |
| mature | 8 | (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination | - |
| injury | 16 | a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat | - |
| turtle | 6 | overturn accidentally | - |
| ensure | 6 | be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | - |
| luxury | 16 | the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | - |
| turner | 6 | United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951) | - |
| burger | 9 | United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995) | - |
| endure | 7 | persist for a specified period of time | - |
| murphy | 16 | an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | - |
| pursue | 8 | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | She pursued many activities |
| burial | 8 | concealing something under the ground | - |
| labour | 8 | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | - |
| humour | 11 | the quality of being funny | - |
| survey | 12 | short descriptive summary (of events) | - |
| murray | 11 | Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915) | - |
| purely | 11 | restricted to something | - |
| curfew | 14 | an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited | - |
| purity | 11 | the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | - |
| bourne | 8 | an archaic term for a goal or destination | - |
| yogurt | 10 | a custard-like food made from curdled milk | - |
| surfer | 9 | someone who engages in surfboarding | - |
| burton | 8 | English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890) | - |
| aurora | 6 | the first light of day | - |
| hurray | 12 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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| picture | 11 | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface | his pictures hang in the Louvre |
| further | 13 | to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense) | further complicated by uncertainty about the future |
| natural | 7 | (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related | natural parent |
| survive | 13 | live longer than | - |
| figured | 12 | (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns | my dress is richly figured |
| purpose | 11 | reach a decision | - |
| turning | 8 | a movement in a new direction | the turning of the wind |
| century | 12 | ten 10s | - |
| journey | 17 | the act of traveling from one place to another | - |
| burning | 10 | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire | - |
| courage | 10 | a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear | - |
| culture | 9 | a particular society at a particular time and place | - |
| curious | 9 | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | a curious hybrid accent |
| surgery | 11 | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations | - |
| surface | 12 | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface | - |
| current | 9 | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) | the raft floated downstream on the current |
| hurting | 11 | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder | - |
| failure | 10 | a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | - |
| torture | 7 | subject to torture | - |
| injured | 15 | emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed | injured feelings |
| disturb | 10 | change the arrangement or position of | - |
| measure | 9 | a statute in draft before it becomes law | - |
| capture | 11 | the act of taking of a person by force | - |
| lecture | 9 | censure severely or angrily | - |
| surgeon | 8 | a physician who specializes in surgery | - |
| furious | 10 | marked by extreme and violent energy | a furious battle |
| samurai | 9 | a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy | - |
| pouring | 10 | flowing profusely | pouring flood waters |
| colours | 9 | a flag that shows its nationality | - |
| journal | 14 | a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred | - |
| amateur | 9 | lacking professional skill or expertise | a very amateurish job |
| curtain | 9 | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | - |
| gesture | 8 | show, express or direct through movement | He gestured his desire to leave |
| tourist | 7 | someone who travels for pleasure | - |
| surfing | 11 | the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | - |
| assured | 8 | characterized by certainty or security | a tiny but assured income |
| feature | 10 | a prominent attribute or aspect of something | the map showed roads and other features |
| pursuit | 9 | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
| nursing | 8 | nourishing at the breast | - |
| venture | 10 | an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits | - |
| nursery | 10 | a child's room for a baby | - |
| courses | 9 | - | - |
| surname | 9 | the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) | - |
| mixture | 16 | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | - |
| courier | 9 | a person who carries a message | - |
| mercury | 14 | a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures | - |
| posture | 9 | characteristic way of bearing one's body | stood with good posture |
| bonjour | 16 | - | - |
| seizure | 16 | a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease | he suffered an epileptic seizure |
| cursing | 10 | - | - |
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8 letter words
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| yourself | 14 | An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case. | you yourself shall see it |
| security | 13 | defense against financial failure; financial independence | his pension gave him security in his old age |
| surprise | 10 | the act of surprising someone | - |
| pleasure | 10 | a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | he was tingling with pleasure |
| pressure | 10 | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | - |
| murdered | 12 | killed unlawfully | the murdered woman |
| murderer | 11 | a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | - |
| treasure | 8 | accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc. | the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies |
| creature | 10 | a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | - |
| survived | 15 | - | - |
| monsieur | 10 | used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' | - |
| captured | 13 | - | - |
| occurred | 13 | - | - |
| survival | 14 | a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | - |
| tortured | 9 | experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | a tortured witness to another's humiliation |
| cultural | 10 | denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people | influenced by ethnic and cultural ties |
| accurate | 12 | (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | - |
| injuries | 15 | - | - |
| curtains | 10 | - | - |
| measures | 10 | - | - |
| fourteen | 11 | being one more than thirteen | - |
| purchase | 15 | the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | - |
| courtesy | 13 | a courteous manner | - |
| mourning | 11 | the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief | - |
| currency | 15 | the property of belonging to the present time | the currency of a slang term |
| survivor | 14 | one who lives through affliction | the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital |
| exposure | 17 | the state of being vulnerable or exposed | his exposure to ridicule |
| dinosaur | 9 | any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era | - |
| urgently | 12 | with great urgency | health care reform is needed urgently |
| pursuing | 11 | following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit | the fox fled from the pursuing hounds |
| measured | 11 | having notes of fixed rhythmic value | - |
| treasury | 11 | negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time | - |
| surround | 9 | envelop completely | - |
| immature | 12 | (of birds) not yet having developed feathers | - |
| burgundy | 15 | a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines | - |
| insecure | 10 | lacking in security or safety | his fortune was increasingly insecure |
| figuring | 13 | problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | - |
| bursting | 11 | - | - |
| fracture | 13 | breaking of hard tissue such as bone | it was a nasty fracture |
| surgical | 11 | relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine | a surgical appendix |
| brochure | 15 | a small book usually having a paper cover | - |
| burglary | 14 | entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property | - |
| resource | 10 | the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | a man of resource |
| coloured | 11 | favoring one person or side over another | - |
| neurotic | 10 | a person suffering from neurosis | - |
| moisture | 10 | wetness caused by water | - |
| suburban | 12 | relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs | suburban population |
| accuracy | 17 | the quality of being near to the true value | he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass |
| pictured | 13 | represented graphically by sketch or design or lines | - |
| courting | 11 | a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | - |
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9 letter words
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| ourselves | 12 | An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case. | - |
| surprised | 12 | taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment | surprised by her student's ingenuity |
| insurance | 11 | written contract or certificate of insurance | - |
| surrender | 10 | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | - |
| favourite | 15 | preferred above all others and treated with partiality | - |
| naturally | 12 | as might be expected | naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill |
| adventure | 13 | take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | - |
| returning | 10 | tending to be turned back | - |
| furniture | 12 | furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy | they had too much furniture for the small apartment |
| signature | 10 | a distinguishing style | - |
| procedure | 14 | a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work | - |
| structure | 11 | the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships | sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family |
| currently | 14 | at this time or period; now | currently they live in Connecticut |
| neighbour | 15 | live or be located as a neighbor | - |
| disturbed | 13 | afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | lapsed into disturbed sleep |
| behaviour | 17 | (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation | - |
| curiosity | 14 | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | - |
| encourage | 12 | contribute to the progress or growth of | - |
| departure | 12 | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | - |
| hurricane | 14 | a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) | - |
| hamburger | 17 | beef that has been ground | - |
| courtroom | 13 | a room in which a lawcourt sits | television cameras were admitted in the courtroom |
| surviving | 16 | still in existence | the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil |
| murmuring | 14 | a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | - |
| courtyard | 15 | an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | - |
| torturing | 10 | the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason | it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession |
| bourgeois | 12 | conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | a bourgeois mentality |
| sculpture | 13 | creating figures or designs in three dimensions | - |
| unnatural | 9 | speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression | - |
| chauffeur | 20 | drive someone in a vehicle | - |
| miniature | 11 | a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size | - |
| premature | 13 | too soon or too hasty | a premature judgment |
| measuring | 12 | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate |
| fractured | 15 | - | - |
| luxurious | 16 | displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs |
| frankfurt | 19 | a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center | - |
| purgatory | 15 | a temporary condition of torment or suffering | a purgatory of drug abuse |
| scripture | 13 | the sacred writings of the Christian religions | - |
| endurance | 12 | a state of surviving; remaining alive | - |
| murderous | 12 | characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being | murderous thugs |
| capturing | 14 | - | - |
| colourful | 14 | striking in variety and interest | - |
| lecturing | 12 | teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) | - |
| purposely | 16 | with intention; in an intentional manner | - |
| urinating | 10 | - | - |
| incurable | 13 | a person whose disease is incurable | - |
| courteous | 11 | exhibiting courtesy and politeness | - |
| assurance | 11 | a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something | an assurance of help when needed |
| occurring | 14 | - | - |
| nocturnal | 11 | belonging to or active during the night | nocturnal animals are active at night |
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10 letter words
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| restaurant | 10 | a building where people go to eat | - |
| surrounded | 12 | confined on all sides | a camp surrounded by enemies |
| journalist | 17 | someone who keeps a diary or journal | - |
| disturbing | 14 | causing distress or worry or anxiety | distressing (or disturbing) news |
| literature | 10 | the humanistic study of a body of literature | - |
| tournament | 12 | a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | - |
| surprising | 13 | causing surprise or wonder or amazement | the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data |
| encouraged | 14 | inspired with confidence | - |
| courageous | 13 | possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain |
| journalism | 19 | newspapers and magazines collectively | - |
| courthouse | 15 | a building that houses judicial courts | - |
| masturbate | 14 | get sexual gratification through self-stimulation | - |
| honourable | 15 | adhering to ethical and moral principles | - |
| accurately | 17 | with few mistakes | he works very accurately |
| structural | 12 | pertaining to geological structure | structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface |
| reassuring | 11 | restoring confidence and relieving anxiety | a very reassuring remark |
| turbulence | 14 | a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) | the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence |
| curriculum | 16 | an integrated course of academic studies | - |
| insecurity | 15 | the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure | - |
| overturned | 14 | having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom | an overturned car |
| occurrence | 16 | an event that happens | - |
| structured | 13 | resembling a living organism in organization or development | - |
| prefecture | 17 | the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) | - |
| discourage | 14 | try to prevent; show opposition to | We should discourage this practice among our youth |
| adventurer | 14 | someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | - |
| purchasing | 18 | the act of buying | shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge |
| disfigured | 16 | having the appearance spoiled | a disfigured face |
| pressuring | 13 | - | - |
| disclosure | 13 | the speech act of making something evident | - |
| conjecture | 21 | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | - |
| tambourine | 14 | a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides | - |
| culturally | 15 | with regard to a culture | culturally integrated |
| carburetor | 14 | mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | - |
| bureaucrat | 14 | an official of a bureaucracy | - |
| tourniquet | 19 | bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure | - |
| inaccurate | 14 | not accurate | an inaccurate translation |
| futuristic | 15 | of or relating to futurism | - |
| naturalist | 10 | a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) | - |
| surgically | 16 | in a surgical manner; by means of surgery | surgically removed |
| favourable | 18 | presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | - |
| turnaround | 11 | act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip | - |
| reimbursed | 15 | - | - |
| canterbury | 17 | a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church | - |
| inaugurate | 11 | commence officially | - |
| caricature | 14 | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | - |
| surrealist | 10 | an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism | - |
| surrealism | 12 | a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams | - |
| saturation | 10 | chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | - |
| infuriated | 14 | marked by extreme anger | infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy |
| manicurist | 14 | a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails | - |
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