Words that rhyme with birr

  • restaurateur
    n 1: the proprietor of a restaurant [syn: restaurateur, restauranter]
  • absorber
    n 1: (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
  • amber
    adj 1: of a medium to dark brownish yellow color [syn: amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown] n 1: a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair" [syn: amber, gold] 2: a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
  • antechamber
    n 1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule]
  • arbour
    n 1: a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park" [syn: arbor, arbour, bower, pergola]
  • are
    n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]
  • barber
    n 1: United States composer (1910-1981) [syn: Barber, Samuel Barber] 2: a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade v 1: perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of
  • bedchamber
    n 1: a room used primarily for sleeping [syn: bedroom, sleeping room, sleeping accommodation, chamber, bedchamber]
  • belabour
    v 1: to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious" [syn: belabor, belabour] 2: beat soundly [syn: belabour, belabor] 3: attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students" [syn: belabor, belabour]
  • blabber
    n 1: one who reveals confidential information in return for money [syn: informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
  • blubber
    n 1: an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil 2: excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others" [syn: fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois] [ant: leanness, spareness, thinness] v 1: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle] 2: utter while crying [syn: blubber, blubber out]
  • blur
    n 1: a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz" [syn: blur, fuzz] v 1: become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep" [syn: film over, glaze over, blur] 2: to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills" [ant: focus] 3: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate] 4: make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, blur, smudge, smutch] 5: make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" [syn: blur, blear] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen] 6: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus]
  • bobber
    n 1: a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line [syn: bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat]
  • bulbar
    adj 1: involving the medulla oblongata; "bulbar paralysis"
  • bur
    n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr] 2: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr] v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
  • burr
    n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr] 2: rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting 3: United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836) [syn: Burr, Aaron Burr] 4: rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece 5: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr] v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
  • butterbur
    n 1: small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas [syn: butterbur, bog rhubarb, Petasites hybridus, Petasites vulgaris]
  • calibre
    n 1: a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn: quality, caliber, calibre] 2: diameter of a tube or gun barrel [syn: bore, gauge, caliber, calibre]
  • camber
    n 1: a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road) 2: a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force [syn: bank, cant, camber] 3: the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top v 1: curve upward in the middle
  • chamber
    n 1: a natural or artificial enclosed space 2: an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy" 3: a room where a judge transacts business 4: a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate" 5: a room used primarily for sleeping [syn: bedroom, sleeping room, sleeping accommodation, chamber, bedchamber] v 1: place in a chamber
  • chauffeur
    n 1: a man paid to drive a privately owned car v 1: drive someone in a vehicle [syn: drive around, chauffeur]
  • clabber
    n 1: raw milk that has soured and thickened v 1: turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber, clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize]
  • clamber
    n 1: an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
  • clobber
    n 1: informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?" [syn: stuff, clobber] v 1: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter] 2: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
  • clumber
    n 1: a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair [syn: clumber, clumber spaniel]
  • cobber
    n 1: Australian term for a pal
  • cocklebur
    n 1: any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs [syn: cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle- burr] 2: burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use [syn: great burdock, greater burdock, cocklebur, Arctium lappa]
  • concur
    v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue] 2: happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" [syn: concur, coincide]
  • confer
    v 1: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" [syn: confer, confabulate, confab, consult] 2: present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone" [syn: confer, bestow]
  • connoisseur
    n 1: an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts [syn: connoisseur, cognoscente]
  • cucumber
    n 1: a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit [syn: cucumber, cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus] 2: cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons [syn: cucumber, cuke]
  • cumber
    v 1: hold back [syn: restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain]
  • cur
    n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mongrel, mutt] 2: a cowardly and despicable person
  • dauber
    n 1: an unskilled painter
  • defer
    v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] 2: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, accede, give in]
  • demur
    n 1: (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn: demur, demurral, demurrer] v 1: take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday" [syn: demur, except] 2: enter a demurrer
  • deter
    v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth" [syn: deter, discourage] 2: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people" [syn: dissuade, deter] [ant: persuade]
  • disencumber
    v 1: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" [syn: extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber]
  • dismember
    v 1: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist" 2: divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war" [syn: dismember, take apart, discerp]
  • ember
    n 1: a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering [syn: ember, coal]
  • encumber
    v 1: hold back [syn: restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain]
  • entrepreneur
    n 1: someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it [syn: entrepreneur, enterpriser]
  • err
    v 1: to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: err, mistake, slip] 2: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" [syn: stray, err, drift]
  • fibre
    n 1: a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn [syn: fiber, fibre] 2: any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) [syn: fiber, fibre] 3: the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer [syn: character, fiber, fibre] 4: a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth [syn: fiber, fibre, vulcanized fiber]
  • fir
    n 1: nonresinous wood of a fir tree 2: any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas [syn: fir, fir tree, true fir]
  • fur
    n 1: the dressed hairy coat of a mammal [syn: fur, pelt] 2: dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) 3: a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
  • gibber
    n 1: unintelligible talking [syn: gibberish, gibber] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble] 2: chatter inarticulately; of monkeys
  • goober
    n 1: pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms [syn: peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut]
  • grabber
    n 1: an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately
  • harbour
    n 1: a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo [syn: seaport, haven, harbor, harbour] 2: a place of refuge and comfort and security [syn: harbor, harbour] v 1: secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) [syn: harbor, harbour] 2: keep in one's possession; of animals [syn: harbor, harbour] 3: hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him" [syn: harbor, harbour, shield] 4: maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment" [syn: harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse]
  • hombre
    n 1: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat, hombre, bozo]
  • incur
    v 1: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health" 2: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive, get, find, obtain, incur]
  • infer
    v 1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce, infer, deduct, derive] 2: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer] 3: conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: deduce, infer] 4: guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [syn: guess, infer] 5: believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" [syn: understand, infer]
  • inter
    v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
  • jabber
    n 1: rapid and indistinct speech [syn: jabber, jabbering, gabble] v 1: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave]
  • jobber
    n 1: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers [syn: jobber, middleman, wholesaler]
  • labour
    n 1: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" [syn: labor, labour, working class, proletariat] 2: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours" [syn: parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed] 3: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries [syn: British Labour Party, Labour Party, Labour, Labor] 4: productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" [syn: labor, labour, toil] v 1: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil] 2: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" [syn: tug, labor, labour, push, drive] 3: undergo the efforts of childbirth [syn: labor, labour]
  • landlubber
    n 1: a person who lives and works on land [syn: landlubber, landsman, landman] 2: an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage [syn: landlubber, lubber, landsman]
  • limber
    adj 1: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination" [syn: limber, supple] 2: (used of artifacts) easily bent 3: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely [syn: limber, supple] n 1: a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson v 1: attach the limber; "limber a cannon" [syn: limber, limber up] 2: cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
  • liqueur
    n 1: strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal [syn: liqueur, cordial]
  • lobar
    adj 1: of or relating to or affecting a lobe; "lobar pneumonia"
  • lubber
    n 1: an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk] 2: an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage [syn: landlubber, lubber, landsman]
  • lumbar
    adj 1: of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones; "lumbar vertebrae"
  • lumber
    n 1: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material [syn: lumber, timber] 2: an implement used in baseball by the batter [syn: baseball bat, lumber] v 1: move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room" [syn: lumber, pound] 2: cut lumber, as in woods and forests [syn: log, lumber]
  • macabre
    adj 1: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick]
  • member
    n 1: one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family" [syn: member, fellow member] [ant: nonmember] 2: anything that belongs to a set or class; "snakes are members of the class Reptilia"; "members of the opposite sex" 3: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: extremity, appendage, member] 4: an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations" 5: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn: penis, phallus, member]
  • misremember
    v 1: remember incorrectly; "I misremembered the date"
  • monsieur
    n 1: used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
  • myrrh
    n 1: aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume [syn: myrrh, gum myrrh, sweet cicely]
  • neighbour
    n 1: a person who lives (or is located) near another [syn: neighbor, neighbour] 2: a nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?" [syn: neighbor, neighbour] v 1: live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house" [syn: neighbor, neighbour] 2: be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India" [syn: neighbor, neighbour]
  • number
    n 1: the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" [syn: number, figure] 2: a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" 3: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit] 4: the number is used in calling a particular telephone; "he has an unlisted number" [syn: phone number, telephone number, number] 5: a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" [syn: numeral, number] 6: one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room" [syn: issue, number] 7: a select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die" 8: a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" [syn: number, identification number] 9: a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe" 10: the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number" 11: an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number" v 1: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number, add up, come, amount] 2: give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis" 3: enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" [syn: number, list] 4: put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" [syn: count, number] 5: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate] 6: place a limit on the number of [syn: number, keep down]
  • occur
    v 1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place] 2: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" [syn: occur, come] 3: to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces"; "precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
  • or
    n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn: Oregon, Beaver State, OR] 2: a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic" [syn: operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgery]
  • outnumber
    v 1: be larger in number
  • prefer
    v 1: like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside" 2: select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast" [syn: choose, prefer, opt] 3: promote over another; "he favors his second daughter" [syn: prefer, favor, favour] 4: give preference to one creditor over another
  • purr
    n 1: a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr] 2: indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats [syn: purr, make vibrant sounds]
  • recur
    v 1: happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" [syn: recur, repeat] 2: return in thought or speech to something [syn: recur, go back] 3: have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" [syn: fall back, resort, recur]
  • refer
    v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer] 2: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with] 3: think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species" 4: send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee" 5: seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes" [syn: consult, refer, look up] 6: have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " [syn: denote, refer] 7: use a name to designate; "Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary"
  • remember
    v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget] 2: keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!" [syn: remember, think of] [ant: bury, forget] 3: recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" [syn: remember, think back] 4: show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will" 5: mention favorably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers" 6: mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife" [syn: commend, remember] 7: exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" 8: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" [syn: commemorate, remember]
  • robber
    n 1: a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
  • rubber
    adj 1: returned for lack of funds; "a rubber check"; "a no-good check" [syn: rubber, no-good] n 1: an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products [syn: rubber, natural rubber, India rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc] 2: any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber [syn: rubber, synthetic rubber] 3: an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil [syn: rubber eraser, rubber, pencil eraser] 4: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse [syn: condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic] 5: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow [syn: arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe] v 1: coat or impregnate with rubber; "rubberize fabric for rain coats" [syn: rubberize, rubberise, rubber]
  • saboteur
    n 1: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks [syn: saboteur, wrecker, diversionist] 2: a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader [syn: fifth columnist, saboteur]
  • sabre
    n 1: a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle [syn: saber, sabre] 2: a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back [syn: cavalry sword, saber, sabre] v 1: cut or injure with a saber [syn: sabre, saber] 2: kill with a saber [syn: saber, sabre]
  • sandbur
    n 1: grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs [syn: sandbur, sandspur, field sandbur, Cenchrus tribuloides]
  • scriber
    n 1: a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut [syn: scriber, scribe, scratch awl]
  • scrubber
    n 1: a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck) 2: a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning [syn: scrub brush, scrubbing brush, scrubber] 3: a purifier that removes impurities from a gas
  • shirr
    v 1: bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs"
  • sir
    n 1: term of address for a man 2: a title used before the name of knight or baronet
  • slobber
    n 1: saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: drool, dribble, drivel, slobber] v 1: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble]
  • slumber
    n 1: a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" [syn: sleep, slumber] 2: a dormant or quiescent state v 1: be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's] [ant: wake]
  • slur
    n 1: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato 2: a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" [syn: aspersion, slur] 3: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur] v 1: play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata" 2: speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers" 3: utter indistinctly 4: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus]
  • sober
    adj 1: not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) [ant: drunk, inebriated, intoxicated] 2: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn] 3: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" [syn: drab, sober, somber, sombre] 4: completely lacking in playfulness [syn: unplayful, serious, sober] [ant: playful] v 1: cause to become sober; "A sobering thought" 2: become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up" [syn: sober up, sober] 3: become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up" [syn: sober up, sober]
  • sombre
    adj 1: lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" [syn: drab, sober, somber, sombre] 2: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" [syn: somber, sombre, melancholy]
  • spur
    n 1: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring] 2: any sharply pointed projection [syn: spur, spine, acantha] 3: tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers 4: a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on" [syn: spur, gad] 5: a railway line connected to a trunk line [syn: branch line, spur track, spur] v 1: incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research" 2: give heart or courage to [syn: spur, goad] 3: strike with a spur 4: goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse" 5: equip with spurs; "spur horses"
  • stir
    n 1: a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" [syn: stir, splash] 2: emotional agitation and excitement 3: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] v 1: move an implement through; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil" 2: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: stir, shift, budge, agitate] 3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite, stir] 4: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir] 5: affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" [syn: touch, stir] 6: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 7: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" [syn: arouse, stir] 8: mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
  • stockjobber
    n 1: one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers
  • subscriber
    n 1: someone who expresses strong approval [syn: subscriber, endorser, indorser, ratifier] 2: someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication [syn: subscriber, reader] 3: someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money [syn: subscriber, contributor]
  • tabor
    n 1: a small drum with one head of soft calfskin [syn: tabor, tabour]
  • timber
    n 1: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material [syn: lumber, timber] 2: a beam made of wood 3: a post made of wood 4: land that is covered with trees and shrubs [syn: forest, woodland, timberland, timber] 5: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" [syn: timbre, timber, quality, tone]
  • timbre
    n 1: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" [syn: timbre, timber, quality, tone]

See also birr definition and birr synonyms