8-letter words containing s, a, u, r
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- fusarium — any fungus of the genus Fusarium, occurring primarily in temperate regions and causing a variety of diseases in plants and animals, producing in humans a loss of fingernails and sometimes blindness.
- fusarole — a type of architectural moulding often found below the echinus or quarter round of a column
- galerius — full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 ad, Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians
- gastrula — a metazoan embryo in an early state of germ layer formation following the blastula stage, consisting of a cuplike body of two layers of cells, the ectoderm and endoderm, enclosing a central cavity, or archenteron, that opens to the outside by the blastopore: in most animals progressing to the formation of a third cell layer, the mesoderm.
- gestural — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- gopurams — Plural form of gopuram.
- gracchus — Gaius Sempronius [gey-uh s sem-proh-nee-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs sɛmˈproʊ ni əs/ (Show IPA), 153–121 b.c, and his brother, Tiberius Sempronius [tahy-beer-ee-uh s] /taɪˈbɪər i əs/ (Show IPA) 163–133 b.c., Roman reformers and orators.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graduals — Plural form of gradual.
- graduses — Plural form of gradus.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- granules — Plural form of granule.
- grass up — to inform on (someone), esp to the police
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- grub saw — a handsaw for cutting stone.
- guisarme — a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- gurnards — Plural form of gurnard.
- habsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- hachures — Short parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.
- haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- harbours — Plural form of harbour.
- haruspex — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
- hatbrush — a soft brush for hats
- hauberks — Plural form of hauberk.
- hauliers — Plural form of haulier.
- hausfrau — a housewife.
- headrush — A sudden feeling of euphoria, especially as a result of taking drugs.
- hilarius — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- inradius — the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
- insurant — a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- isaurian — of or relating to Isauria, an ancient district of S central Asia Minor, or its inhabitants
- ischuria — Ischury.
- jaunters — Plural form of jaunter.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- jurassic — noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago and characterized by an abundance of dinosaurs and the advent of birds and mammals.
- jurymast — a temporary mast assembled to replace a broken one
- karakuls — Plural form of karakul.
- karrusel — a revolving escapement for minimizing positional error.
- kashruth — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- katsuras — Plural form of katsura.
- kauravas — (in the Mahabharata) the cousins and enemies of the Pandavas.