Words that rhyme with coeur

adj 1: engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary" [syn: amateur, recreational, unpaid] 2: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled] n 1: someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime 2: an athlete who does not play for pay [ant: pro, professional]

adj 1: out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning" [syn: astir(p), up(p)] 2: on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" [syn: about(p), astir(p)]

n 1: a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works

v 1: become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn: bestir, rouse]

n 1: the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents 2: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr, whirring, birr] v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr]

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]

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]

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]

n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mongrel, mutt] 2: a cowardly and despicable person

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]

v 1: dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies [syn: disinter, exhume]

n 1: a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" [syn: actor, doer, worker]

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]

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]

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

n 1: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness] 2: the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct [syn: nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur]

n 1: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness]

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]

n 1: a writer of literary works [syn: essayist, litterateur]

n 1: aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume [syn: myrrh, gum myrrh, sweet cicely]

adj 1: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched] 2: having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" [ant: rich] 3: characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" [ant: rich] 4: lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value" [ant: rich] 5: not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: inadequate, poor, short] 6: unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor" n 1: people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance" [syn: poor people, poor] [ant: rich, rich people]

n 1: a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts [syn: agent provocateur, provocateur]

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]

n 1: a person skilled in telling anecdotes [syn: anecdotist, raconteur]

n 1: a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings

n 1: the proprietor of a restaurant [syn: restaurateur, restauranter]

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]

v 1: bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs"

n 1: term of address for a man 2: a title used before the name of knight or baronet

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]

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"

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"

n 1: a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others [syn: voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper]

n 1: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr, whirring, birr] v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr]

n 1: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr, whirring, birr] v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr] 2: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr, whirr]

n 1: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920" [syn: year, twelvemonth, yr] 2: a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year" 3: the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days" 4: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year]

n 1: a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes

n 1: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium [syn: erbium, Er, atomic number 68] 2: a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment [syn: emergency room, ER]

n 1: an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River

n 1: black-and-white diving bird of northern seas

n 1: an impoverished region of western Sudan; "Darfur was a semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically distinct from central Sudan"

v 1: make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas

v 1: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr, whirr]

n 1: French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895) [syn: Pasteur, Louis Pasteur]