8-letter words containing a, r, o, u, s
- equators — Plural form of equator.
- eurostar — a high speed train that connects London and Kent in the UK with Paris and Lille in France and Brussels in Belgium by crossing the English Channel through the Channel Tunnel
- eurostat — an organization within the European Union that collects and collates statistical information relating to member states
- favorous — Favourable, favorable.
- flavours — Plural form of flavour.
- formulas — (informal) Plural form of formula.
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- foumarts — Plural form of foumart.
- frabjous — wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- fusarole — a type of architectural moulding often found below the echinus or quarter round of a column
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- gopurams — Plural form of gopuram.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- harbours — Plural form of harbour.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- laborous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- larousse — Pierre Athanase [pyer a-ta-nahz] /pyɛr a taˈnɑz/ (Show IPA), 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- marabous — Plural form of marabou.
- mosasaur — any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles.
- mutators — Plural form of mutator.
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- narquois — mocking, malicious, or snide
- neuromas — Plural form of neuroma.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- nonsugar — a substance that is not a sugar
- oragious — stormy or tempestuous
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- ossature — the structure or framework supporting a building or sculpture.
- outrages — Plural form of outrage.
- outraise — To raise more of something than someone else; often used specifically in reference to fundraising.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outsmart — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- outstare — to outdo in staring; stare down.
- outstart — To start out or up.
- outswear — to outdo in swearing.
- outwards — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- ovarious — belonging or relating to eggs, or consisting of eggs
- parcours — parcourse.
- parousia — advent (def 4).
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia