8-letter words containing s, e, r, u
- 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.
- berceuse — a cradlesong or lullaby
- 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.
- beshroud — to cover with a shroud
- bluchers — a strong, leather half boot.
- blustery — Blustery weather is rough, windy, and often rainy, with the wind often changing in strength or direction.
- boursier — a foundation level scholar
- briareus — a giant with a hundred arms and fifty heads who aided Zeus and the Olympians against the Titans
- brushier — covered or overgrown with brush or brushwood.
- brussels — the capital of Belgium, in the central part: became capital of Belgium in 1830; seat of the European Commission. Pop: 999 899 (2004 est)
- bumblers — to bungle or blunder awkwardly; muddle: He somehow bumbled through two years of college.
- bumsters — trousers cut so that the top lies just above the cleft of the buttocks
- burleson — a city in N Texas.
- burnoose — a long cloak with a hood, worn by Arabs and Moors
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- burpless — a belch; eructation.
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- bushfire — an uncontrolled fire in the bush; a scrub or forest fire
- buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- caesurae — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesural — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- caesuras — Plural form of caesura.
- caesuric — caesural
- captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carneous — fleshy
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
- carouser — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carouses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carouse.
- causerie — an informal talk or conversational piece of writing
- censured — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- censurer — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- censures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of censure.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- cepstrum — (mathematics) The Fourier transform of the logarithm of a spectrum; used especially in voice analysis.
- cerberus — a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance to Hades
- cereuses — Plural form of cereus.
- cernuous — (of some flowers or buds) drooping
- chasseur — a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment
- chequers — an estate and country house in S England, in central Buckinghamshire: the official country residence of the British prime minister
- choregus — the producer or financier of a dramatist's works in Ancient Greece
- chorused — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- choruses — Plural form of chorus.
- chubster — An overweight person.
- chuckers — woodchuck.
- chukkers — Plural form of chukker.
- chunders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunder.
- chunters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter.