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There are 22 eight-letter words ending with URSE

cutpurse cut-pursedisbursedispursedrynurse dry-nurse dry␣nurseforcursein␣coursemanpursenit␣nursenonnurseof␣courseon␣courseoutcurseprecurserecoursesea-purse sea␣pursewetnurse wet-nurse wet␣nurse

35 definitions found

  • cutpurse — n. A thief who steals from others’ purses or pockets in public.
  • cut-purse — n. Alternative spelling of cutpurse.
  • disburse — v. (Finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
  • dispurse — v. Obsolete form of disburse.
  • drynurse — v. To feed, attend, and bring up without suckling.
  • dry-nurse — n. A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.
  • dry␣nurse — n. A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand, distinguished…
  • forcurse — v. (Archaic, transitive) To curse utterly or completely; place…
  • in␣course — phr. (Dated) Synonym of in due course.
  • manpurse — n. (Informal) A purse worn by a man.
  • nit␣nurse — n. (Britain, dated) A nurse who periodically checked schoolchildren’s…
  • nonnurse — n. One who is not a nurse.
  • of␣course — adj. (Now rare, except in matter of course) That is part of ordinary… — adv. (Now rare) In due course; as a matter of course, as a natural result. — adv. Naturally, as would be expected; for obvious reasons, obviously.
  • on␣course — phr. (Idiomatic) Following the intended route. — phr. (Idiomatic) Proceeding smoothly as planned. — phr. (Idiomatic) Likely to happen or to undergo something.
  • outcurse — v. (Transitive) To surpass in cursing or swearing.
  • precurse — v. (Transitive) To forerun or precede. — n. (Archaic) A prediction, a prognostication.
  • recourse — n. The act of seeking assistance or advice. — n. (Uncountable, recourse to) The use of (someone or something)… — n. (Obsolete) A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course;…
  • sea-purse — n. The egg case of skate, shark or ratfish; a mermaid’s purse. — n. The sea bean Dioclea reflexa. — n. (Rare) Alternative form of sea puss (“dangerous current”).
  • sea␣purse — n. Alternative form of sea-purse. — n. Alternative form of sea puss.
  • wetnurse — n. Alternative spelling of wet nurse. — v. Alternative spelling of wet nurse.
  • wet-nurse — n. Alternative spelling of wet nurse.
  • wet␣nurse — n. A woman hired to suckle another woman’s child. — n. (Figuratively, by extension) Someone who treats someone else… — v. (Transitive) To act as a wet nurse (in either sense).
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  • Scrabble in English: 6 words
  • French Wiktionary: 13 words
  • Spanish Wiktionary: 4 words
  • Italian Wiktionary: no word
  • German Wiktionary: 5 words
  • Portuguese Wiktionary: no word
  • Dutch Wiktionary: no word

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