8-letter words containing i, r, u
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- siffleur — a male professional whistler
- signieur — a lord
- silurian — of or relating to the Silures or their country.
- silurist — a member of the ancient Silurian tribe
- siluroid — a freshwater fish of the family Siluridae
- simsbury — a town in central Connecticut.
- sinecure — an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- siracusa — Syracuse (def 2).
- siricius — Saint, died a.d. 399, pope 384–399.
- sirius b — a very faint white dwarf star, companion to Sirius, the brightest star in the sky after the sun
- skurfing — skateboarding.
- slurried — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- slurring — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
- sluttier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- smurfing — the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- spicular — relating to or characteristic of spicula
- spiritus — a spirit or breathing
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spruiker — to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
- spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- spurrier — a maker of spurs.
- spurries — spurry.
- spurring — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- squailer — a stick that has been specially weighted to use as a missile for throwing at something
- squarial — a type of square dish formerly produced by BSB for receiving satellite television. Previous satellite dishes had been round. The Squarial ceased to be produced in 1990.
- squarish — approximately square.
- squiffer — a concertina
- squirage — squires considered as a whole group
- squireen — the landowner of a small estate; a squire of a small domain.
- squirely — belonging or relating to, or appropriate to, a squire or squires
- squiress — the wife of a squire
- squiring — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- squirish — like or appropriate to a squire
- squirmed — to wriggle or writhe.
- squirrel — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- squirted — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- squirter — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter in the brain which controls movement and balance
- studiers — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sturdier — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.