8-letter words containing n, o, u, r
- rounders — a person or thing that rounds something.
- rounding — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- roundlet — a small circle or circular object.
- roundure — roundness
- routeing — (networking) (US "routing") /roo'ting/ The process, performed by a router, of selecting the correct interface and next hop for a packet being forwarded. This is the British and international standard spelling. See also Exterior Gateway Protocol, Interior Gateway Protocol.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- routines — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rub down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rub-down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- ructions — disturbance
- run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
- run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
- run into — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run over — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run riot — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- run-down — fatigued; weary; exhausted.
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- runproof — made to resist unraveling, runs, or running, as stockings or dyes.
- ryojunko — former Japanese name of Lüshun.
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scouring — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scroungy — given to or characterized by scrounging.
- sonorous — giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- sourness — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- southron — Southern U.S. southerner (def 2).
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- squadron — a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.
- squarson — a clergyman who is also main local landowner
- stentour — a tax assessor or person who determines the amount of tax that is owed
- stubborn — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- sturgeon — any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass: A. brevirostrum, of the Atlantic coast, is endangered.
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- suborned — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subround — somewhat round or rounded.
- summoner — to call upon to do something specified.
- sundrops — any of various plants of the genus Oenothera, of the evening primrose family, having flowers that bloom during the day.
- sunporch — a room with large windows and often a glass roof, built around one of the main entrances to a building
- sunproof — impervious to sunlight or damage by the rays of the sun.
- surmount — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surround — to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- thonburi — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- thurmond — (James) Strom [strom] /strɒm/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, U.S. politician.
- thurston — a male given name: from a Scandinavian word meaning “Thor's stone.”.