7-letter words containing a, u, r
- bursate — resembling or containing a bursa
- bursera — of or relating to the Bursera genus of gum trees
- bustard — any terrestrial bird of the family Otididae, inhabiting open regions of the Old World: order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc). They have long strong legs, a heavy body, a long neck, and speckled plumage
- butyral — a type of resin
- buzzard — A buzzard is a large bird of prey.
- c quark — the quark having electric charge 2/3 times the elementary charge and charm C = +1. It is more massive than the up, down, and strange quarks.
- cadbury — George. 1839–1922, British Quaker industrialist and philanthropist. He established, with his brother Richard Cadbury (1835–99), the chocolate-making company Cadbury Brothers and the garden village Bournville, near Birmingham, for their workers
- caesura — (in modern prosody) a pause, esp for sense, usually near the middle of a verse line
- camauro — a crimson velvet cap trimmed with ermine, worn by the pope on nonliturgical occasions.
- candiru — a tiny parasitic freshwater catfish of the Amazon region
- candour — Candour is the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things.
- canular — shaped like a cannula; tubular.
- capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- car rug — a floor covering for automobiles
- caracul — the black loosely curled fur obtained from the skins of newly born lambs of the karakul sheep
- cardbus — (hardware) The 32-bit version of the PCMCIA (PC Card) bus.
- cardecu — an old French coin worth a quarter of an écu
- carduus — a thistle, esp the species Carduus benedictus
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- caribou — A caribou is a large north American deer.
- carious — (of teeth or bone) affected with caries; decayed
- carnous — carnose.
- carolus — any of several coins struck in the reign of a king called Charles, esp an English gold coin from the reign of Charles I
- carouse — If you say that people are carousing, you mean that they are behaving very noisily and drinking a lot of alcohol as they enjoy themselves.
- cartful — the amount a cart can hold
- caruaru — a city in E Brazil, W of Recife.
- castrum — (historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
- caulker — a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.
- causers — Plural form of causer.
- cautery — the coagulation of blood or destruction of body tissue by cauterizing
- cauvery — a river in S India, rising in the Western Ghats and flowing southeast to the Bay of Bengal. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- centaur — In classical mythology, a centaur is a creature with the head, arms, and upper body of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- cernuda — Luis (lwiʃ). 1902–63, Spanish poet. His major work is the autobiographical Reality and Desire (1936–64)
- charqui — meat, esp beef, cut into strips and dried
- chaucer — Geoffrey. ?1340–1400, English poet, noted for his narrative skill, humour, and insight, particularly in his most famous work, The Canterbury Tales. He was influenced by the continental tradition of rhyming verse. His other works include Troilus and Criseyde, The Legende of Good Women, and The Parlement of Foules
- chaumer — the living quarters used by farm workers
- chuddar — a large shawl or veil worn by Muslim or Hindu women that covers them from head to foot
- chukars — Plural form of chukar.
- churban — the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians in 587 bc and again by the Romans in 70 ad
- clamour — If people are clamouring for something, they are demanding it in a noisy or angry way.
- clurman — Harold (Edgar) 1901–80, U.S. theatrical director, author, and critic.
- copular — (grammar) Being or relating to a copula.
- corbeau — a blackish green colour
- cornual — a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- corumba — a city in W Brazil.
- corunna — La Coruña
- cougars — A large American wild cat with a plain tawny to grayish coat, found from Canada to Patagonia.
- courage — Courage is the quality shown by someone who decides to do something difficult or dangerous, even though they may be afraid.
- courant — a courante
- courlan — limpkin