8-letter words containing o, c, u, r
- re-count — to count again.
- recolour — to give a new colour to
- recouped — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- recouple — to couple (two people or things) again; reunite
- recourse — access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection: to have recourse to the courts for justice.
- reductor — a tube with a stopcock at one end, usually filled with a metal, for reducing a constituent in a solution.
- renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- reoccupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- resource — a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- rock out — listen enthusiastically to pop music
- rose-cut — (of a gemstone) cut with a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
- ructions — disturbance
- ructious — tending or likely to cause ructions
- scabrous — having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
- scarious — thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
- sciuroid — sciurine.
- sclerous — hard; firm; bony.
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scorpius — a large zodiacal constellation lying between Libra and Sagittarius and crossed by the Milky Way. It contains the first magnitude star Antares
- scourger — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scouring — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- scrouger — something big
- 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.
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- sculptor — artist who sculpts
- scutwork — menial, routine work, as that done by an underling: the scutwork of scrubbing pots and pans.
- seductor — a person, usually a man, who seduces
- shortcut — a shorter or quicker way.
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- subchord — a part of a chord
- subcover — a set of subsets of a cover of a given set that also is a cover of the set.
- sunporch — a room with large windows and often a glass roof, built around one of the main entrances to a building
- supercop — an exceptionally capable or powerful police officer
- supercow — a dairy cow that produces a very high milk yield as a result of selective breeding or genetic modification
- thurrock — unitary authority in Essex, SE England, on the N of the Thames River. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- torcular — a tourniquet or bandage
- toreutic — of or relating to toreutics or the objects produced by this technique.
- trouncer — a person who trounces someone or something
- turbocar — a car driven by a gas turbine
- turcoman — Turkoman.
- turncoat — a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- turncock — (formerly) an official employed to turn on the water for the mains supply
- ulcerous — of the nature of an ulcer; characterized by the formation of ulcers.
- unanchor — to remove or loose from anchor
- unciform — hook-shaped.