6-letter words containing ur
- curule — (in ancient Rome) of the highest rank, esp one entitled to use a curule chair
- curved — A curved object has the shape of a curve or has a smoothly bending surface.
- curves — Plural form of curve.
- curvet — a low leap with all four feet off the ground
- curvey — curved.
- curvi- — curved or bent
- curzon — Sir Clifford. 1907–82, English pianist
- darfur — a region of the W Sudan; an independent kingdom until conquered by Egypt in 1874; since 2003 conflict between the Janjaweed and rebel groups has left thousands dead and homeless
- dastur — a Parsee chief priest.
- datura — any of various chiefly Indian solanaceous plants of the genus Datura, such as the moonflower and thorn apple, having large trumpet-shaped flowers, prickly pods, and narcotic properties
- deburr — to remove burrs from (a workpiece)
- decury — (in ancient Rome) a body of ten men
- demure — If you describe someone, usually a young woman, as demure, you mean they are quiet and rather shy, usually in a way that you like and find appealing, and behave very correctly.
- demurs — Plural form of demur.
- detour — If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way.
- deturn — (obsolete) To turn away; to divert.
- deurne — a town in N Belgium, a suburb of E Antwerp: site of Antwerp airport. Pop: 68 308 (2002 est)
- devour — If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
- dhurna — (in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
- diseur — a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- dispur — a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- diuron — a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- dolour — sorrow; grief.
- donour — Obsolete form of donor.
- dourah — a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S.
- dourly — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- durain — the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.
- durand — Asher Brown, 1796–1886, U.S. engraver and landscape painter of the Hudson River School.
- durant — Ariel, 1898–1981, U.S. author and historian (wife of Will).
- durban — a seaport in SE Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa.
- durbar — the court of a native ruler.
- duress — compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
- durgan — (dialectal) A dwarf.
- durham — a county in NE England. 940 sq. mi. (2435 sq. km).
- durian — the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
- during — throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of: He lived in Florida during the winter.
- durion — Alternative form of durian.
- durkan — (John) Mark. born 1960, Northern Irish politician; leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2001 to 2010
- durkin — To focus on an idea or object to the exclusion of everything else.
- durned — darn2 .
- durres — a seaport in W Albania, on the Adriatic: important ancient city.
- durrie — a thick, nonpile cotton rug of India.
- durwan — A porter or doorkeeper.
- duryea — Charles Edgar, 1861–1938, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of automobiles and automotive devices.
- durzis — Plural form of durzi.
- dysury — Archaic form of dysuria.
- dyvour — a person who is bankrupt, begs for money, or owes money
- Écurie — team of motor-racing cars
- endura — (ecclesiastical history) A fast or series of privations undertaken by the Cathars to purify the soul, often resulting in death.
- endure — Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.