Words that rhyme with you're

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]

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]

n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike]

n 1: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]

n 1: high fashion designing and dressmaking

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"

adj 1: affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way [syn: coy, demure, overmodest]

n 1: a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) [syn: detour, roundabout way] v 1: travel via a detour

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]

adj 1: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding] 2: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie [syn: dour, forbidding, grim] 3: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]

v 1: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up] 2: face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements" [syn: weather, endure, brave, brave out] 3: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out] 4: undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" [syn: suffer, endure] [ant: enjoy] 5: last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" [syn: wear, hold out, endure] 6: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure] 7: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure]

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: 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]

n 1: someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it [syn: entrepreneur, enterpriser]

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]

adj 1: characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior" [ant: mature] 2: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" [syn: young, immature] [ant: old] 3: not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: green, unripe, unripened, immature] [ant: mature, ripe] 4: not yet mature [ant: mature] 5: (of birds) not yet having developed feathers; "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill" [syn: unfledged, immature] [ant: fledged, mature]

adj 1: combined with extraneous elements [ant: pure] 2: (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts" [ant: pure] 3: having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 [syn: unclean, impure] [ant: clean]

v 1: 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] 2: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 3: protect by insurance; "The insurance won't cover this" [syn: cover, insure, underwrite] 4: take out insurance for

v 1: cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold" [syn: inure, harden, indurate]

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]

n 1: any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material v 1: spread manure, as for fertilization [syn: manure, muck]

adj 1: characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age" [ant: immature] 2: fully considered and perfected; "mature plans" [syn: mature, matured] 3: having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell" [ant: immature] 4: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" [syn: ripe, mature] [ant: green, immature, unripe, unripened] 5: (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination [syn: fledged, mature] [ant: immature, unfledged] v 1: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" [syn: mature, maturate, grow] 2: develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts" 3: become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005" 4: cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine" [syn: ripen, mature] 5: grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day-- what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" [syn: senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate] 6: cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules" [syn: suppurate, mature]

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"

adj 1: not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke [syn: obscure, vague] 2: marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure" [syn: dark, obscure] 3: difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat" [syn: hidden, obscure] 4: not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war" [syn: obscure, unknown, unsung] 5: not drawing attention; "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet"; "an obscure flaw" [syn: obscure, unnoticeable] 6: remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village" [syn: apart(p), isolated, obscure] v 1: make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley" [syn: obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist] 2: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate] 3: make obscure or unclear; "The distinction was obscured" [syn: obscure, bedim, overcloud] 4: reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa 5: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" [syn: obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide]

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]

adj 1: born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant" [ant: full-term] 2: too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment" [syn: previous(p), premature] 3: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end" [syn: premature, untimely]

v 1: get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed" [syn: procure, secure] 2: arrange for sexual partners for others [syn: pander, pimp, procure]

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]

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

v 1: 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] 2: give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe"

v 1: provide additional insurance for 2: insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed 3: insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk

adj 1: free from fear or doubt; easy in mind; "he was secure that nothing will be held against him" [syn: secure, unafraid, untroubled] [ant: insecure] 2: free from danger or risk; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field" [ant: insecure, unsafe] 3: not likely to fail or give way; "the lock was secure"; "a secure foundation"; "a secure hold on her wrist" [ant: insecure] 4: immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection" [syn: impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable] 5: financially sound; "a good investment"; "a secure investment" [syn: dependable, good, safe, secure] v 1: get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed" [syn: procure, secure] 2: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: fasten, fix, secure] [ant: unfasten] 3: assure payment of 4: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 5: fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak" [syn: plug, stop up, secure] 6: furnish with battens; "batten ships" [syn: batten, batten down, secure]

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"

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]

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"

n 1: an industrial city in western France on the Loire River

adj 1: lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man" [syn: diffident, shy, timid, unsure] [ant: confident] 2: lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers" [syn: uncertain, unsure, incertain] [ant: certain(p), sure]

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

n 1: a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans [syn: Afrikaner, Afrikander, Boer]

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]

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

n 1: United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914) [syn: Muir, John Muir]

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

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]

n 1: (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu [syn: Tyr, Tyrr]

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]