7-letter words containing r, u
- assumer — One who assumes.
- assured — Someone who is assured is very confident and relaxed.
- assurer — a person or thing that gives assurance
- assures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assure.
- assuror — a person who provides security for loss of life or property
- astbury — John. 1688–1743, English potter; earliest of the great Staffordshire potters
- astuter — Comparative form of astute.
- asunder — If something tears or is torn asunder, it is violently separated into two or more parts or pieces.
- ataturk — Kemal (kɛˈmɑːl), real name Mustafa Kemal. 1881– 1938, Turkish general and statesman; founder of the Turkish republic and president of Turkey (1923–38), who westernized and secularized the country
- atriums — Plural form of atrium.
- au pair — An au pair is a young person from a foreign country who lives with a family in order to learn the language and who helps to look after the children.
- auberge — an inn or tavern
- auditor — An auditor is an accountant who officially examines the accounts of organizations.
- aughter — to own; possess.
- augural — the art or practice of an augur; divination.
- augured — an excessively talkative person.
- augurer — (obsolete) An augur.
- aurally — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing.
- aurated — combined with auric acid
- aurates — Plural form of aurate.
- auratic — Resembling an aura.
- aureate — covered with gold; gilded
- aureity — the attributes or properties of gold
- aurelia — any large jellyfish of the order Acalephae
- aureola — a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- aureole — (esp in paintings of Christian saints and the deity) a border of light or radiance enveloping the head or sometimes the whole of a figure represented as holy
- auricle — the upper chamber of the heart; atrium
- aurides — Plural form of auride.
- aurigny — one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel: separated from the French coast by a dangerous tidal channel (the Race of Alderney). Pop: 2294 (2001). Area: 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
- aurochs — a recently extinct member of the cattle tribe, Bos primigenius, that inhabited forests in N Africa, Europe, and SW Asia. It had long horns and is thought to be one of the ancestors of modern cattle
- aurorae — the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn. Compare Eos.
- auroral — of or like the dawn.
- auroras — Plural form of aurora.
- ausform — to temper or deform steel in order to make it stronger and more durable
- austere — If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- austral — of or coming from the south
- austria — a republic in central Europe: ruled by the Hapsburgs from 1282 to 1918; formed a dual monarchy with Hungary in 1867 and became a republic in 1919; a member of the European Union; contains part of the Alps, the Danube basin in the east, and extensive forests. Official language: German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Vienna. Pop: 8 221 646 (2013 est). Area: 83 849 sq km (32 374 sq miles)
- austro- — Austro- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with Austria and another country.
- autarch — an absolute ruler
- autarky — (esp of a political unit) a system or policy of economic self-sufficiency aimed at removing the need for imports
- auteurs — Plural form of auteur.
- authors — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- authour — Obsolete spelling of author.
- autocar — any kind of motor car
- autogrp — AUTOmated GRouPing system
- autorun — (computing) Any feature that runs a program, etc. automatically.
- auxerre — a town in central France, capital of Yonne department; Gothic cathedral. Pop: 38 800 (2006)
- avarous — (obsolete) Avaricious.
- avebury — a village in Wiltshire, site of an extensive Neolithic stone circle
- avernus — a crater lake in Italy, near Naples: in ancient times regarded as an entrance to hell