Words that rhyme with curd
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blurred
adj 1: indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" [syn: bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy] 2: unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells [syn: blurred, clouded] -
absurd
adj 1: inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman 2: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous] n 1: a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"-- Albert Camus [syn: absurd, the absurd] -
bird
n 1: warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings 2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food [syn: bird, fowl] 3: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird] 4: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird] 5: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle] v 1: watch and study birds in their natural habitat [syn: bird, birdwatch] -
blackbird
n 1: any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black [syn: New World blackbird, blackbird] 2: common black European thrush [syn: blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula] -
bluebird
n 1: fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies [syn: fairy bluebird, bluebird] 2: blue North American songbird -
burred
adj 1: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny] -
byword
n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword] -
catbird
n 1: any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females [syn: bowerbird, catbird] 2: North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing [syn: catbird, grey catbird, gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis] -
catchword
n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn: motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth] 2: a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page [syn: guide word, guideword, catchword] -
chequered
adj 1: patterned with alternating squares of color [syn: checked, checkered, chequered] -
concord
n 1: capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river [syn: Concord, capital of New Hampshire] 2: a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole [syn: harmony, concord, concordance] 3: the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations [syn: agreement, concord] 4: town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought 5: agreement of opinions [syn: harmony, concord, concordance] 6: the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) [syn: Lexington, Concord, Lexington and Concord] v 1: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree] 2: arrange by concord or agreement; "Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner" 3: arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance; "The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives" 4: 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] -
cowbird
n 1: North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests -
crossword
n 1: a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle [syn: crossword puzzle, crossword] -
drunkard
n 1: a chronic drinker [syn: drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino] -
foreword
n 1: a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book [syn: foreword, preface, prolusion] -
furred
adj 1: covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs; "furred animals"; "a furry teddy bear" [syn: furred, furry] -
gird
v 1: prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" [syn: arm, build up, fortify, gird] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize, disarm] 2: put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" [syn: girdle, gird] 3: bind with something round or circular [syn: gird, encircle] -
goatherd
n 1: a person who tends a flock of goats [syn: goat herder, goatherd] -
heard
adj 1: detected or perceived by the sense of hearing; "a conversation heard through the wall" -
herd
n 1: a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans 2: a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra 3: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" [syn: ruck, herd] v 1: cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom" [syn: herd, crowd] 2: move together, like a herd 3: keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?" -
interred
adj 1: placed in a grave; "the hastily buried corpses" [syn: buried, inhumed, interred] [ant: unburied] -
jailbird
n 1: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly [syn: jail bird, jailbird, gaolbird] -
jaybird
n 1: common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast [syn: blue jay, jaybird, Cyanocitta cristata] -
lovebird
n 1: small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors [syn: budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus] 2: small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates -
northward
adv 1: in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!" [syn: north, northerly, northwards, northward] adj 1: moving toward the north; "the northbound lane"; "we took the north train"; "the northward flow of traffic" [syn: northbound, northward] n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn: north, due north, northward, N] -
password
n 1: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign] -
placard
n 1: a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions" [syn: poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card] v 1: post in a public place 2: publicize or announce by placards [syn: placard, bill] -
potsherd
n 1: a shard of pottery -
preferred
adj 1: more desirable than another; "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'" [syn: preferable, preferred] 2: preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent] -
record
n 1: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" 2: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter] 3: the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league" 4: the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president" [syn: record, track record] 5: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books" [syn: record, record book, book] 6: an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record" 7: a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase" 8: a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long" [syn: criminal record, record] v 1: make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: record, enter, put down] 2: register electronically; "They recorded her singing" [syn: record, tape] [ant: delete, erase] 3: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record] 4: be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" [syn: record, register] 5: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record] -
reword
v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword] -
seabird
n 1: a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. [syn: seabird, sea bird, seafowl] -
shorebird
n 1: any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries [syn: shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird] -
snowbird
n 1: medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter [syn: fieldfare, snowbird, Turdus pilaris] 2: white Arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis] 3: small North American finch seen chiefly in winter [syn: junco, snowbird] -
songbird
n 1: any bird having a musical call [syn: songbird, songster] -
southward
adv 1: toward the south; "the ship turned southerly" [syn: southerly, southward, southwards] adj 1: moving toward the south; "a southbound train" [syn: southbound, southward] n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn: south, due south, southward, S] -
stirred
adj 1: being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion; "too moved to speak"; "very touched by the stranger's kindness" [syn: moved(p), affected, stirred, touched] [ant: unaffected, unmoved(p), untouched] 2: emotionally aroused [syn: stimulated, stirred, stirred up, aroused] 3: set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend -
surd
adj 1: produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" [syn: unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard] [ant: soft, sonant, voiced] n 1: a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords [syn: surd, voiceless consonant] -
swearword
n 1: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss] -
tankard
n 1: large drinking vessel with one handle -
third
adv 1: in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" [syn: third, thirdly] adj 1: coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position [syn: third, 3rd, tertiary] n 1: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" [syn: one-third, third, tierce] 2: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate); "he is playing third" [syn: third base, third] 3: following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment" 4: the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds" 5: the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" [syn: third gear, third] 6: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third" [syn: third base, third] -
uncured
adj 1: not seasoned; "uncured pelts" -
unheard
adj 1: not necessarily inaudible but not heard -
watchword
n 1: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: war cry, rallying cry, battle cry, cry, watchword] 2: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign] -
word
n 1: a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" 2: a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it" 3: information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome" [syn: news, intelligence, tidings, word] 4: a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!" 5: an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" [syn: discussion, give-and-take, word] 6: a promise; "he gave his word" [syn: parole, word, word of honor] 7: a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long" 8: the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) [syn: Son, Word, Logos] 9: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign] 10: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word] v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate] -
byrd
n 1: English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623) [syn: Byrd, William Byrd] 2: explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957) [syn: Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Admiral Byrd] -
kurd
n 1: a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state -
nerd
n 1: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious [syn: swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb] 2: an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession -
slurred
adj 1: spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred" [syn: slurred, thick] -
undeterred
adj 1: not deterred; "pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding"- Osbert Sitwell [syn: undeterred, undiscouraged] -
checkered
adj 1: patterned with alternating squares of color [syn: checked, checkered, chequered] 2: marked by changeable fortune; "a checkered business career" -
sherd
n 1: a broken piece of a brittle artifact [syn: shard, sherd, fragment] -
dunkard
n 1: an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion) [syn: Dunker, Dunkard, Tunker] -
bewhiskered
adj 1: having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: bearded, barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery] -
anchored
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bickered
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cankered
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chauffeured
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concurred
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conferred
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conquered
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deferred
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demurred
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deterred
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dickered
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earthward
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flickered
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hunkered
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incurred
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inferred
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lacquered
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massacred
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occurred
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overheard
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recurred
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referred
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snickered
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spurred
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suckered
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tinkered
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transferred
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burd
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ferd
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gerd
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gjerde
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hird
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hurd
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jerde
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leard
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alward
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misheard
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prefered
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transfered
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sheard
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occured
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slankard
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akard
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blackard
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packard
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euchred
See also curd definition
