8-letter words containing r, e, g, u
- roseburg — a city in W Oregon.
- roseslug — any of various types of pest that feed on roses
- roughage — rough or coarse material.
- roughest — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roughleg — any of several kinds of large hawk with feathered legs
- routeing — (networking) (US "routing") /roo'ting/ The process, performed by a router, of selecting the correct interface and next hop for a packet being forwarded. This is the British and international standard spelling. See also Exterior Gateway Protocol, Interior Gateway Protocol.
- rubygate — an Italian political scandal in which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was accused of paying for sex with a nightclub dancer and of abusing his office
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- rugelach — a fruit-and-nut pastry shaped like a croissant
- ruggedly — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
- rugulose — finely rugose; having many small wrinkles.
- rummager — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- runagate — a fugitive or runaway.
- runeberg — Johan Ludvig 1804–77, Finnish poet, who wrote in Swedish. His works include the epic King Fialar (1844) and patriotic poems including the Finnish national anthem
- rungless — one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- rutledge — Ann, 1816–35, fiancée of Abraham Lincoln.
- scourger — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scrouger — something big
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scutiger — any species of the Scutigera genus which includes many types of centipede
- seigneur — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- shrugged — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- signieur — a lord
- smuggery — the condition or an instance of being smug; smugness
- smuggler — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- snuggery — a snug place or position.
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- splurger — a person who splurges
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- squegger — an oscillator that produces an irregular current which builds up, is suppressed when it reaches a certain amplitude, and later builds up again
- squirage — squires considered as a whole group
- struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- 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.
- subgenre — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- subgrade — the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- submerge — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- subrange — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
- sun gear — (in an epicyclic train) the central gear around which the planet gears revolve.
- sungrebe — finfoot.
- superbug — a pathogenic bacterium that has developed immunity to antibiotics, or an insect that has developed immunity to insecticides.
- superego — the part of the personality representing the conscience, formed in early life by internalization of the standards of parents and other models of behavior.
- supergun — any extremely powerful gun
- surgeful — full of surge
- theurgic — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
- thuggery — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- truckage — conveyance by a truck or trucks.
- true bug — bug1 (def 1).
- turgenev — Ivan Sergeevich [ee-vahn syir-gye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, Russian novelist.
- tutorage — the office, authority, or care of a tutor.