5-letter words containing s, u, r
- super — Informal. a superintendent, especially of an apartment house. supermarket. supernumerary. supervisor.
- supra — l.s.c.
- surah — any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sural — of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- surat — a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- surer — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- surfy — abounding with surf; forming or like surf.
- surg. — surgeon
- surge — a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
- surgy — billowy; surging or swelling.
- surly — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- surra — an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- surv. — surveying
- sutor — a cobbler or shoemaker
- sutra — Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- syrup — any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- torus — Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- tours — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- trues — being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
- truss — to tie, bind, or fasten.
- trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- turps — alcoholic drink, esp beer (esp in the phrase on the turps)
- unser — Albert ("Al") born 1939, and his brother Robert, (Bobby), born 1934, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- urals — a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- urase — urease.
- ursid — any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- urson — an arboreal New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
- usher — James, 1581–1656, Irish prelate and scholar.
- ustar — Union Student Technical Assistance Resources
- usure — to charge interest at a high or illegal rate
- usurp — to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
- usury — the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.
- varus — abnormal angulation of a bone or joint, with the angle pointing away from the midline.
- virus — an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- wurst — sausage (def 1).
- xerus — an African ground squirrel of the genus Xerus, having spiny fur, very short ears, and a long tail, and including the species X. rutilus of northeastern Africa and X. erythropus of western and central Africa.
- yours — to address as “thou.”.
- yurts — Plural form of yurt.