Words that rhyme with darfur

  • allure
    n 1: the power to entice or attract through personal charm [syn: allure, allurement, temptingness] v 1: dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food" [syn: tempt, allure]
  • assure
    v 1: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 2: inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!" [syn: assure, tell] 3: assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe" 4: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure] 5: cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe" [syn: reassure, assure] [ant: vex, worry] 6: make a promise or commitment [syn: promise, assure]
  • boor
    n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike]
  • brochure
    n 1: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]
  • coiffeur
    n 1: a man hairdresser
  • 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]
  • core
    n 1: a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program" [syn: core, nucleus, core group] 2: the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core" 3: the central part of the Earth 4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty] 5: a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill 6: an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality [syn: Congress of Racial Equality, CORE] 7: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist] 8: (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit" [syn: core, magnetic core] 9: the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place 10: a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil v 1: remove the core or center from; "core an apple"
  • couture
    n 1: high fashion designing and dressmaking
  • cure
    n 1: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain [syn: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic] v 1: provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" [syn: bring around, cure, heal] 2: prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" 3: make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap" 4: be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"
  • 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]
  • doer
    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]
  • door
    n 1: a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left" 2: the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" [syn: doorway, door, room access, threshold] 3: anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success" 4: a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the street from us" 5: a room that is entered via a door; "his office is the third door down the hall on the left"
  • floor
    n 1: the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent" [syn: floor, flooring] 2: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story] 3: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" [syn: floor, base] 4: the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor" 5: the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water 6: the lower inside surface of any hollow structure; "the floor of the pelvis"; "the floor of the cave" 7: the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat" 8: the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor" 9: the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor" 10: a large room in a exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader" [syn: floor, trading floor] v 1: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback] 2: knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [syn: deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor]
  • grandeur
    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]
  • 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]
  • lure
    n 1: qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward [syn: lure, enticement, come-on] 2: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 3: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed [syn: bait, decoy, lure] v 1: provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" [syn: entice, lure, tempt]
  • moor
    n 1: one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century 2: open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss [syn: moor, moorland] v 1: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat" [syn: moor, berth, tie up] 2: come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" [syn: moor, berth, wharf] 3: secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"
  • poor
    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]
  • 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
  • pure
    adj 1: free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen" [ant: impure] 2: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] 3: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black [syn: saturated, pure] [ant: unsaturated] 4: free from discordant qualities 5: concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science" 6: (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow" [ant: impure] 7: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous]
  • raconteur
    n 1: a person skilled in telling anecdotes [syn: anecdotist, raconteur]
  • 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"
  • spoor
    n 1: the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor"
  • sure
    adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting] adj 1: having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends" [syn: certain(p), sure] [ant: incertain, uncertain, unsure] 2: exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors" [syn: certain, sure] 3: certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" [syn: certain, sure] [ant: uncertain] 4: physically secure or dependable; "a sure footing"; "was on sure ground" 5: reliable in operation or effect; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites" [syn: certain, sure] 6: (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence; "a sure (or trusted) friend" [syn: sure, trusted] 7: infallible or unfailing; "a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment" 8: certain not to fail; "a sure hand on the throttle" 9: impossible to doubt or dispute; "indisputable (or sure) proof" [syn: indisputable, sure]
  • tour
    n 1: a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" [syn: tour, circuit] 2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go, spell, tour, turn] 3: a period of time spent in military service [syn: enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour] v 1: make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer"
  • transfer
    n 1: the act of moving something from one location to another [syn: transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance] 2: someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU" [syn: transfer, transferee] 3: the act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise" [syn: transfer, transference] 4: a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances 5: application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation [syn: transfer, transfer of training, carry-over] 6: transferring ownership [syn: transfer, transference] v 1: transfer somebody to a different position or location of work [syn: transfer, reassign] 2: move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" 3: lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" [syn: transplant, transfer] 4: move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket" [syn: transfer, shift] 5: cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" 6: change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" [syn: transfer, change] 7: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise] 8: shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" [syn: remove, transfer] 9: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn: transfer, transpose, transplant]
  • voyeur
    n 1: a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others [syn: voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper]
  • moore
    n 1: United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969) [syn: Moore, Douglas Moore] 2: English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935) [syn: Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore] 3: English philosopher (1873-1958) [syn: Moore, G. E. Moore, George Edward Moore] 4: Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852) [syn: Moore, Thomas Moore] 5: United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872) [syn: Moore, Marianne Moore, Marianne Craig Moore] 6: British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986) [syn: Moore, Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore]
  • muir
    n 1: United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914) [syn: Muir, John Muir]
  • ruhr
    n 1: a tributary of the Rhine [syn: Ruhr, Ruhr River] 2: a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany [syn: Ruhr, Ruhr Valley]
  • pasteur
    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]
  • underfur
    n 1: thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair [syn: undercoat, underfur]
  • bonjour
  • your
  • buhr
  • badour
  • baldur
  • bijur
  • damour
  • poore
  • ure
  • mclure

See also darfur definition