7-letter words containing o, u, r, s
- grumose — (botany) Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.
- grumous — Also, grumose [groo-mohs] /ˈgru moʊs/ (Show IPA). Botany. formed of clustered grains or granules.
- herbous — Of or relating to herbs; herbaceous.
- honours — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- hotspur — Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- humours — humor.
- hurston — Zora Neale [neel] /nil/ (Show IPA), 1891?–1960, U.S. author and folklorist.
- hydrous — containing water.
- iridous — containing trivalent iridium.
- journos — Plural form of journo.
- jouster — A person who jousts.
- juniors — Plural form of junior.
- kushiro — a city in SE Hokkaido, Japan.
- labours — Plural form of labour.
- leprous — Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- liquors — Plural form of liquor.
- lourdes — a city in SW France: Roman Catholic shrine famed for miraculous cures.
- lousier — Comparative form of lousy.
- louvars — Plural form of louvar.
- louvers — Plural form of louver.
- louvres — Plural form of louvre.
- maurois — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- morgues — Plural form of morgue.
- morsure — a bite or the act of biting
- mousers — Plural form of mouser.
- mousery — a place infested with mice
- nacrous — of or resembling pearl
- nervous — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- neurons — Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- nitrous — pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- nonuser — a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
- nourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- ochrous — Containing ochre.
- oculars — Plural form of ocular.
- odorous — odoriferous.
- oestrum — Alternative spelling of estrum.
- oestrus — estrus.
- oeuvres — Plural form of oeuvre.
- of ours — belonging to or associated with us
- onerous — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- ordures — Plural form of ordure.
- Öresund — strait between Sweden and the Danish island of Zealand: c. 80 mi (129 km) long
- orgasum — Misspelling of orgasm.
- orosius — Paulus [paw-luh s] /ˈpɔ ləs/ (Show IPA), flourished 5th century a.d, Spanish theologian and historian.
- orpheus — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- oscular — pertaining to an osculum.
- ossuary — a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.
- ouranos — Uranus (def 2).