6-letter words containing s, c, r, u
- curser — the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curses — an expression of disappointment or dismay
- cursor — On a computer screen, the cursor is a small shape that indicates where anything that is typed by the user will appear.
- cursus — a Neolithic earthwork enclosure comprising parallel banks
- curtis — a masculine name: dim. Curt
- curtsy — If a woman or a girl curtsies, she lowers her body briefly, bending her knees and sometimes holding her skirt with both hands, as a way of showing respect for an important person.
- curves — Plural form of curve.
- cusper — A person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations.
- cusser — One who uses cusses.
- custer — George Armstrong. 1839–76, US cavalry general: Civil War hero, killed fighting the Sioux at Little Bighorn, Montana
- cyprus — an island in the E Mediterranean: ceded to Britain by Turkey in 1878 and made a colony in 1925; became an independent republic in 1960 as a member of the Commonwealth; invaded by Turkey in 1974 following a Greek-supported military coup, leading to the partition of the island. In 1983 the Turkish-controlled northern sector declared itself to be an independent state as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus but failed to receive international recognition. Attempts by the UN to broker a reunification agreement have failed. Cyprus joined the EU in 2004. The UK maintains two enclaves as military bases (Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas), which are not included in Cyprus politically. Languages: Greek and Turkish. Religions: Greek Orthodox and Muslim. Currency: euro and Turkish lira. Capital: Nicosia. Pop (Greek): 838 897 (2011 est); (Turkish): 265 100 (2006 est). Area: 9251 sq km (3571 sq miles)
- eructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eruct.
- icarus — Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- incurs — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- marcus — Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- mucros — Plural form of mucro.
- occurs — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- 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.
- rescue — to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
- rictus — the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- ruckus — a noisy commotion; fracas; rumpus: The losers are sure to raise a ruckus.
- ruscus — a European evergreen shrub of the Ruscus genus
- rustic — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- sacrum — a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
- saucer — a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- scaury — (on Orkney and Shetland) a young seagull
- schurz — Carl, 1829–1906, U.S. general, statesman, and newspaperman; born in Germany.
- scours — prolonged diarrhoea in livestock, esp cattle
- scrubs — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- scruff — (in tin-plating) dross formed in the bath.
- scrump — to steal (apples) from an orchard or garden
- scrunt — a stunted thing
- scruto — the trapdoor of a stage
- scruze — to squeeze
- scurfy — resembling, producing, or covered with or as if with scurf.
- scurry — to go or move quickly or in haste.
- scurve — a curve shaped like an S .
- scurvy — Pathology. a disease marked by swollen and bleeding gums, livid spots on the skin, prostration, etc., due to a diet lacking in vitamin C.
- secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- soucar — a Hindu banker.
- source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- spruce — any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- sprucy — spruce2 (def 1).
- struck — simple past tense and a past participle of strike.
- subroc — a rocket that contains a nuclear depth charge and that can be launched underwater from a submarine torpedo tube.
- succor — help; relief; aid; assistance.
- sucher — of the kind, character, degree, extent, etc., of that or those indicated or implied: Such a man is dangerous.
- sucker — a person or thing that sucks.
- uckers — a board game similar to ludo, played by people in the navy