7-letter words containing i, r, u, s
- peritus — a Catholic theological expert and consultant who gives advice at an ecumenical council of the church
- persius — (Aulus Persius Flaccus) a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
- phrixus — a child who escaped on the back of a ram with his sister Helle from a plot against them. The fleece of the ram, which he sacrificed, was the Golden Fleece.
- piraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- priapus — Classical Mythology. a god of male procreative power, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.
- prudish — excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- prussia — a former German state in N and central Germany, extending from France and the Low Countries to the Baltic Sea and Poland: developed as the chief military power of the Continent, leading the North German Confederation from 1867–71, when the German Empire was established; dissolved in 1947 and divided between East and West Germany, Poland, and the former Soviet Union. Area: (in 1939) 294 081 sq km (113 545 sq miles)
- prussic — of or derived from prussic acid.
- pursily — in a pursy manner
- pursing — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- pursuit — the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
- queries — a question; an inquiry.
- querist — a person who inquires or questions.
- quivers — Plural form of quiver.
- railbus — a bus-like vehicle for use on railway lines
- reissue — something that is issued again, as a book or a motion picture.
- residua — the residue, remainder, or rest of something.
- residue — something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.
- revuist — someone who writes revues or light theatre consisting of satirical sketches
- ricinus — the castor-oil plant
- rigours — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- riotous — (of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- rise up — move upwards
- riskful — risky
- rivulus — any of several killifishes of the genus Rivulus, native to small streams of tropical America, often kept in aquariums.
- roguish — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- roscius — Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), c126–c62 b.c, Roman actor.
- rousing — exciting; stirring: a rousing song.
- rubbish — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
- rubious — being of the color of a ruby; ruby-colored.
- ruinous — bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- rummish — rather strange, peculiar or odd
- runtish — an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rushdie — Salman [sal-muh n] /ˈsæl mən/ (Show IPA), born 1947, British novelist and essayist, born in India.
- rushing — the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- russian — of or relating to Russia, its people, or their language.
- russify — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- russkie — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Russian.
- russkis — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Russian.
- rustavi — a city in the SE Georgian Republic, SE of Tbilisi.
- rusting — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- ruttish — salacious; lustful.
- samurai — a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan.
- sardius — sard.
- saucier — a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- saurian — belonging or pertaining to the Sauria, a group of reptiles originally including the lizards, crocodiles, and several extinct forms but now technically restricted to the lizards.
- sauroid — a type of fish
- sautoir — a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- saviour — a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
- sciurid — a squirrel or related rodent