7-letter words containing o, n, r, u
- redound — to have a good or bad effect or result, as to the advantage or disadvantage of a person or thing.
- refound — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- rejourn — to postpone, adjourn, or delay (something)
- remount — a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- resound — to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
- reunion — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar: an overseas department of France. 970 sq. mi. (2512 sq. km). Capital: St. Denis.
- rewound — an act or instance of rewinding.
- romanus — died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- romaunt — a romantic tale or poem; romance.
- rondeau — Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- rondure — a circle or sphere.
- rongeur — a strongly constructed instrument with a sharp-edged, scoop-shaped tip, used for gouging out bone.
- ronquil — any of several percoid fishes of the family Bathymasteridae, ranging along the Pacific coast of North America.
- rotunda — a round building, especially one with a dome.
- roughen — make rough
- rouging — any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- rouhani — Hassan (hæˈsɑːn). born 1948, Iranian politician; president of Iran from 2013
- rouming — the division of common pasture into individual portions
- rounded — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- roundel — something round or circular.
- rounder — any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- roundly — in a round manner.
- roundup — the driving together of cattle, horses, etc., for inspection, branding, shipping to market, or the like, as in the western U.S.
- rousant — rising
- rousing — exciting; stirring: a rousing song.
- routine — subroutine
- routing — a bellow.
- rubdown — a massage, especially after exercise or a steam bath.
- rubicon — a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.
- ruction — a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- ruinous — bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- rullion — a rawhide shoe
- run off — 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 out — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- run-off — 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-out — the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.
- runcorn — a town in NW England, in Halton unitary authority, N Cheshire, on the Manchester Ship Canal: port and industrial centre; designated a new town in 1964. Pop: 60 072 (2001)
- rundown — a quick review or summary of main points of information, usually oral: This brief rundown of past events will bring you up to date.
- runnion — a woman
- runover — the amount of type matter for a given article, story, etc., that is carried over to another page, column, or line.
- sojourn — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- solunar — pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.: The newspaper gives a solunar table each week for hunters and fishermen.
- sounder — a person or thing that sounds depth, as of water.
- souring — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- spur on — encourage
- sukarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- sunroof — a section of an automobile roof that can be slid or lifted open.
- sunroom — a room designed to admit a large amount of sunlight; sun parlor or sun porch.
- surgeon — a physician who specializes in surgery.
- to burn — in excess