7-letter words containing e, u, r, o
- ordures — Plural form of ordure.
- Öresund — strait between Sweden and the Danish island of Zealand: c. 80 mi (129 km) long
- orpheus — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- oughter — (archaic, or, dialectal) Ought to.
- ourself — Used instead of “ ourselves, ” typically when “ we ” refers to people in general rather than a definite group of people.
- outbred — Simple past tense and past participle of outbreed.
- outdare — to surpass in daring.
- outdoer — a person who outdoes
- outdrew — to draw a gun, revolver, etc., from a holster, faster than (an opponent or competitor): She could outdraw any member of the club.
- outdure — to last longer than
- outearn — to earn more than
- outfire — (Sussex) A visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.
- outgoer — someone who goes out
- outgrew — to grow too large for: to outgrow one's clothes.
- outhear — to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
- outhire — to hire out
- outlier — something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands: The small factory was an outlier, and unproductive, so the corporation sold it off to private owners who were able to make it profitable.
- outpeer — to surpass (a rival)
- outrace — to race or run faster than: The deer outraced its pursuers.
- outrage — an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- outrate — to receive a better rating than
- outrave — to outdo in raving
- outread — to outdo in reading or to read more than
- outride — to outdo or outstrip in riding.
- outrode — Simple past form of outride.
- outsert — an additional folded signature or sheet into which another is bound.
- outwear — to wear or last longer than; outlast: a well-made product that outwears its competition.
- outyear — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- ouvrage — work
- ouvrier — a worker
- overbuy — to purchase in excessive quantities.
- overcut — to cut too much
- overdub — to add other recorded sound or music, as a supplementary instrumental or vocal track, to a taped musical track to complete or enhance a recording.
- overdue — past due, as a delayed train or a bill not paid by the assigned date; late: two overdue library books.
- overrun — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- oversup — to eat or drink too much
- overuse — to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
- pelorus — a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- petrous — denoting the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- pirogue — piragua (def 1).
- pleuro- — of or relating to the side
- pleuron — the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- posture — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- poulter — a member of staff within e.g. a monastery or royal household, responsible for the supply of poultry
- pounder — a person or thing having or associated with a weight or value of a pound or a specified number of pounds (often used in combination): He caught only one fish, but it was an eight-pounder.
- precoup — of or pertaining to the period before a coup
- procure — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- produce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profuse — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.