8-letter words containing s, a, u, r
- arborous — relating to, or formed by, trees
- arbuscle — a small tree, or a plant halfway between a shrub and a tree
- arcesius — a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- arcturus — the brightest star in the constellation Boötes: a red giant. Visual magnitude: –0.4; spectral type: K2III; distance: 37 light years
- arethusa — a North American orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, having one long narrow leaf and one rose-purple flower fringed with yellow
- arguedas — Alcides [ahl-see-th es] /ɑlˈsi ðɛs/ (Show IPA), 1879–1946, Bolivian author, sociologist, and statesman.
- argufies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argufy.
- arguidos — Plural form of arguido.
- arminius — ?17 bc–?21 ad, Germanic chieftain: organized a revolt against the Romans in 9 ad
- arousing — causing sexual excitement
- arquebus — a portable long-barrelled gun dating from the 15th century: fired by a wheel-lock or matchlock
- arsenous — of or containing trivalent arsenic
- arsonous — relating to arson
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- aruspicy — haruspicy.
- asarotum — (in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- assuager — Someone who or something which assuages.
- assuerus — Ahasuerus.
- assurers — Plural form of assurer.
- assuring — to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to: She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
- asturian — of or relating to Asturias
- asturias — a region and former kingdom of NW Spain, consisting of a coastal plain and the Cantabrian Mountains: a Christian stronghold against the Moors (8th to 13th centuries); rich mineral resources
- atropous — growing straight, without inversion
- auditors — Plural form of auditor.
- augsburg — a city in S Germany, in Bavaria: founded by the Romans in 14 bc; site of the diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555), which ended the struggles between Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire and established the principle that each ruler should determine the form of worship in his lands. Pop: 259 217 (2003 est)
- augurers — Plural form of augurer.
- auguries — Plural form of augury.
- aurelius — Marcus(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) a.d. 121-180; Rom. emperor (161-180) & Stoic philosopher
- aureoles — Plural form of aureole.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- aurifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aurify.
- austerer — Comparative form of austere.
- austrian — Austrian means belonging or relating to Austria, or to its people or culture.
- avernus' — a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- azureous — (zoology) of a fine blue color; azure.
- babirusa — a wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, inhabiting marshy forests in Indonesia. It has an almost hairless wrinkled skin and enormous curved canine teeth
- babruysk — a city in SE Belarus, in Europe, SE of Minsk.
- backrush — the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
- balisaur — an Indian animal, Arctonyx collaris, resembling a badger
- baluster — any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping
- barbules — Plural form of barbule.
- barbusse — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1873–1935, French novelist and poet. His novels include L'Enfer (1908) and Le Feu (1916), reflecting the horror of World War I
- baroques — (often initial capital letter) of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect.
- barosaur — a large herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, similar to the diplodocus
- bathurst — a town in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: scene of a gold rush in 1851. Pop: 27 036 (2001)
- baudrons — a cat
- bermudas — a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans