8-letter words containing s, u, r, o
- courages — the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
- couriers — Plural form of courier.
- coursers — Plural form of courser.
- coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- courters — Plural form of courter.
- courtest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of court.
- courtesy — Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others.
- courtsey — Archaic spelling of curtsey.
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- crocuses — Plural form of crocus.
- cross up — to confuse or disorder
- cross-up — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- crosscut — cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
- crouches — Plural form of crouch.
- croupous — (medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup.
- crousely — in a crouse manner
- croutons — Plural form of crouton.
- crustose — having a crustlike appearance
- cumbrous — cumbersome
- cupreous — of, consisting of, containing, or resembling copper; coppery
- curassow — any gallinaceous ground-nesting bird of the family Cracidae, of S North, Central, and South America. Curassows have long legs and tails and, typically, a distinctive crest of curled feathers
- curators — Plural form of curator.
- cursitor — (in the Court of Chancery) a clerk or officer
- cursored — Simple past tense and past participle of cursor.
- cuspidor — spittoon
- cussword — a swearword
- customer — You can use customer in expressions such as a cool customer or a tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- dartrous — of or pertaining to dartre
- decorous — Decorous behaviour is very respectable, calm, and polite.
- decorums — Plural form of decorum.
- delouser — a substance or device which removes lice from something
- delusory — tending to delude; misleading; deceptive: a delusive reply.
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- detrusor — a muscle in the wall of the bladder
- dextrous — dexterous
- diffusor — a person or thing that diffuses.
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dioscuri — the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- doldrums — A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors.
- dolorous — full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
- dormeuse — mobcap.
- dormouse — any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- doublers — Plural form of doubler.
- doubters — Plural form of doubter.
- douceurs — Plural form of douceur.