6-letter words containing u, r, e
- causer — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- cauter — an ironlike instrument used for cauterizing and searing organic tissue
- celure — an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- cercus — one of a pair of sensory appendages at the tip of the abdomen of some insects and other arthropods
- cereus — any tropical American cactus of the genus Cereus, esp C. jamacaru of N Brazil, which grows to a height of 13 metres (40 feet)
- cerium — a malleable ductile steel-grey element of the lanthanide series of metals, used in lighter flints and as a reducing agent in metallurgy. Symbol: Ce; atomic no: 58; atomic wt: 140.115; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 6.770; melting pt: 798°C; boiling pt: 3443°C
- cerous — of or containing cerium in the trivalent state
- cerule — (poetic) Cerulean.
- ceruse — white lead
- cesura — caesura
- cetura — Keturah.
- cherub — A cherub is a kind of angel that is represented in art as a naked child with wings.
- cherup — Archaic form of chirrup.
- cirque — a semicircular or crescent-shaped basin with steep sides and a gently sloping floor formed in mountainous regions by the erosive action of a glacier
- colure — either of two great circles on the celestial sphere, one of which passes through the celestial poles and the equinoxes and the other through the poles and the solstices
- conure — any of various small American parrots of the genus Aratinga and related genera
- couper — a dealer
- cource — Misspelling of course.
- courie — to nestle or snuggle
- course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- couter — a piece of armour designed to protect the elbow
- creusa — the bride of Jason, killed by the sorcery of the jealous Medea
- creuse — a department of central France, in Limousin region. Capital: Guéret. Pop: 122 713 (2003 est). Area: 5606 sq km (2186 sq miles)
- croupe — That part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks.
- crouse — lively, confident, or saucy
- croute — a small round of toasted bread on which a savoury mixture is served
- cruces — crux
- cruden — Alexander. 1701–70, Scottish bookseller and compiler of a well-known biblical concordance (1737)
- cruder — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
- crudes — Plural form of crude.
- cruell — Obsolete spelling of cruel.
- cruels — Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.
- cruets — Plural form of cruet.
- cruise — A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places.
- cruive — a cabin or hovel
- cruize — Obsolete form of cruise.
- crumen — the suborbital gland in sheep, deer, or antelopes
- cruses — an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- cruset — a goldsmith's crucible
- crusoe — Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- cruxes — Plural form of crux.
- cuirie — a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- cuiter — to pamper or coddle
- culler — a person employed to cull animals
- culter — Alternative form of colter.
- culver — a dove or pigeon
- cumber — to obstruct or hinder
- cumbre — Archaic form of cumber.
- cummer — a godmother
- cunner — a fish (Crenilabrus melops) of the wrasse family found in British coastal areas