8-letter words containing r, a, u
- our lady — a title of the Virgin Mary.
- out tray — An out tray is a shallow container used in offices to put letters and documents in when they have been dealt with and are ready to be sent somewhere else. Compare in tray.
- out-year — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outargue — to outdo or defeat in arguing: That man could outargue the devil himself.
- outboard — located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
- outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
- outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- outcharm — to exceed in charming
- outcrawl — to crawl further than or faster than
- outdream — to exceed in dreaming
- outflare — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- outglare — (transitive) To surpass or outdo in glaring.
- outguard — a guard placed furthest away from the main contingent of an army
- outlawry — the act or process of outlawing.
- outlearn — to exceed in learning
- outmarch — to march faster or farther than.
- outraced — Simple past tense and past participle of outrace.
- outraged — Simple past tense and past participle of outrage.
- outrages — Plural form of outrage.
- outraise — To raise more of something than someone else; often used specifically in reference to fundraising.
- outrance — the utmost extremity.
- outrange — to have a longer or greater range than.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outreach — to reach beyond; exceed: The demand has outreached our supply.
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- outsmart — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- outstare — to outdo in staring; stare down.
- outstart — To start out or up.
- outswear — to outdo in swearing.
- outtrade — to outdo in trading; get the better of in a trade.
- outwards — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- outweary — to exhaust completely
- ovarious — belonging or relating to eggs, or consisting of eggs
- overhaul — to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
- pagurian — a hermit crab, especially of the genus Pagurus.
- painture — the art or act of painting
- pandarus — a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks and the Trojans and prolonging the Trojan War: in Chaucerian and other medieval accounts, he is the procurer of Cressida for Troilus.
- panurgic — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- paraguay — a republic in central South America between Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. 157,047 sq. mi. (406,750 sq. km). Capital: Asunción.
- paramour — an illicit lover, especially of a married person.
- paraquat — a toxic herbicide, C 1 2 H 1 4 N 2 ⋅2CH 3 SO 4 , applied to food and flower crops and to highway borders as a defoliant and weed-killer.
- paraquet — parakeet.
- parcours — parcourse.
- paroquet — parakeet.
- parousia — advent (def 4).
- parvenue — a woman who, having risen socially or economically, is considered to be an upstart or to lack the appropriate refinement for her new position
- pastural — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pastured — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.