4-letter words containing r, u
- roue — a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- roup — hoarseness or huskiness.
- rous — (Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rout — a bellow.
- roux — a cooked mixture of butter or other fat and flour used to thicken sauces, soups, etc.
- rube — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- rubi — furigana
- ruby — a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- ruck — a fold or wrinkle; crease.
- rudd — a European, freshwater fish, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, of the carp family.
- rude — discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
- rudy — a male given name, form of Rudolf.
- rued — to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities.
- ruer — to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities.
- rues — to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities.
- ruff — a small European freshwater fish, Acerina cernua, of the perch family.
- rufl — Rhodes University Functional Language. A Miranda-like functional language from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa with a SPARC code generator.
- ruga — Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- ruhr — a river in W Germany, flowing NW and W into the Rhine. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- ruly — orderly; well-behaved; tidy
- rumi — Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- ruml — Beardsley [beerdz-lee] /ˈbɪərdz li/ (Show IPA), 1894–1960, U.S. economist and businessman.
- rump — the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- rune — a poem, song, or verse.
- rung — simple past tense and past participle of ring2 .
- runt — an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- ruok — are you OK?
- rurp — a very small piton
- rusa — an Indonesian deer, Cervus timorensis, with a mane
- ruse — a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube.
- rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- rusk — (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.
- russ — a Russian.
- rust — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- ruth — George Herman ("Babe") 1895–1948, U.S. baseball player.
- ryun — James Ronald ("Jim") born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.
- saru — South African Rugby Union
- scur — a small unattached growth of horn at the site of a normal horn in cattle
- slur — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
- sour — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- suer — to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against: to sue someone for damages.
- sur- — over; above; beyond
- sura — any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- surd — Phonetics. voiceless (opposed to sonant).
- sure — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- surf — the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- surt — the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.