Words that rhyme with ruud

adj 1: periodically accumulated over time; "accrued interest"; "accrued leave" [syn: accrued, accumulated]

v 1: make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" [syn: allude, touch, advert]

n 1: the young of an animal cared for at one time v 1: think moodily or anxiously about something [syn: brood, dwell] 2: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" [syn: brood, hover, loom, bulk large] 3: be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" [syn: sulk, pout, brood] 4: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: grizzle, brood, stew] 5: sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" [syn: brood, hatch, cover, incubate]

v 1: act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose; "The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall" [syn: conspire, collude]

v 1: decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" [syn: reason, reason out, conclude] 2: bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting" 3: reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation [syn: conclude, resolve] 4: come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" [syn: conclude, close] 5: reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"

adj 1: not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" [syn: crude, rough] 2: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: crude, earthy, gross, vulgar] 3: not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" [syn: unrefined, unprocessed, crude] [ant: processed, refined] 4: belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains" [syn: crude, primitive, rude] 5: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)] 6: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn: crude, raw] n 1: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn: petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil]

v 1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive, lead on, delude, cozen]

v 1: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare, denudate, strip]

n 1: an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" [syn: fellow, dude, buster] 2: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]

v 1: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw]

adj 1: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" [syn: astute, sharp, shrewd] 2: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" [syn: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd]

adj 1: having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew" [syn: skew, skewed]

n 1: an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head

adj 1: cooked in hot water [syn: boiled, poached, stewed]

adj 1: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" [syn: hushed, muted, subdued, quiet] 2: restrained in style or quality; "a little masterpiece of low- keyed eloquence" [syn: low-key, low-keyed, subdued] 3: quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and silent" 4: not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting" [syn: soft, subdued] 5: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" [syn: dim, subdued]

n 1: (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless [syn: Jude, Saint Jude, St. Jude, Judas, Thaddaeus] 2: a New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude [syn: Epistle of Jude, Jude]