6-letter words containing r, e, s, u
- luster — a person who lusts: a luster after power.
- lustre — lustrum (def 1).
- luters — Plural form of luter.
- maseru — a monarchy in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 11,716 sq. mi. (30,344 sq. km). Capital: Maseru.
- mauser — Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- moeurs — the manners, customs, behavior, etc. of a given group
- mouser — an animal that catches mice: Our cat is a good mouser.
- murres — Plural form of murre.
- musher — a person who competes in cross-country races with dog team and sled.
- muster — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- nereus — a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- nursed — Simple past tense and past participle of nurse.
- nurser — a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
- nurses — Plural form of nurse.
- nursey — Alternative form of nursie.
- nursie — (childish, mainly as a term of address) nurse.
- nursle — (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (up) (a person).
- ouster — expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied: The opposition called for the ouster of the cabinet minister.
- outers — Plural form of outer.
- perdus — hidden; concealed; obscured.
- peruse — to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
- poseur — a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- prunes — a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- pulser — a machine that produces pulses
- purest — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purges — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- pursed — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- purser — an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
- pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
- pusher — a person or thing that pushes.
- pusser — a purser
- queers — Plural form of queer.
- querns — Plural form of quern.
- quires — a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- rasure — an erasure.
- rectus — any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- recuse — to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- regius — of or belonging to a king.
- rescue — to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
- reseau — a network.
- resuit — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- result — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- resume — a summing up; summary.
- retuse — having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- reused — noting wool that previously has been spun, woven, and used.
- rhesus — a macaque, Macaca mulatta, of India, used in experimental medicine.
- risque — daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risqué story.
- roseau — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- roused — to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.