8-letter words containing o, u, r, s, e
- reovirus — any large virus of the family Reoviridae, having double-stranded RNA and a polyhedral capsid, including those causing infantile gastroenteritis.
- repousse — (of a design) raised in relief by hammering on the reverse side.
- resinous — full of or containing resin.
- resolute — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- resought — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- resource — a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- resprout — to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- resummon — to summon again
- rivulose — (of plants) having irregular lines
- rose-cut — (of a gemstone) cut with a hemispherical faceted crown and a flat base
- roseburg — a city in W Oregon.
- rosebush — a shrub that bears roses.
- roseslug — any of various types of pest that feed on roses
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- roughest — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- rounders — a person or thing that rounds something.
- rousseau — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Le Douanier") 1844–1910, French painter.
- rousseff — Dilma (ˈdʒiwmɐ). born 1947, Brazilian socialist politician; president of Brazil (2011–16)
- routines — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- rugulose — finely rugose; having many small wrinkles.
- rushmore — Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial (Mount Rushmore National Memorial) having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5600 feet (1707 meters).
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- savourer — a person who savours or seasons food
- sclerous — hard; firm; bony.
- scourger — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- scrouger — something big
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- seductor — a person, usually a man, who seduces
- sex tour — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- shore up — a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
- shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- shrouded — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- smoulder — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- sober up — recover from being drunk
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- sourness — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- sourveld — (in South Africa) a type of grazing characterized by long coarse grass
- souterly — relating to a souter
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- spermous — of the nature of or pertaining to sperm.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- stentour — a tax assessor or person who determines the amount of tax that is owed
- store up — save, keep in reserve
- strumose — having a struma or strumae.
- 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.