6-letter words containing s, u, r
- cursed — If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it.
- 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)
- darius — (Codomannus) died 330 b.c, king of Persia 336–330.
- dastur — a Parsee chief priest.
- demurs — Plural form of demur.
- derust — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- diseur — a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- dispur — a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
- dorsum — the back, as of the body.
- douser — a person or thing that douses.
- druids — Plural form of druid.
- drunks — Plural form of drunk.
- drupes — Plural form of drupe.
- drusen — Plural form of druse.
- drusus — Nero Claudius ("Germanicus") 38–9 b.c, Roman general.
- duress — compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
- durres — a seaport in W Albania, on the Adriatic: important ancient city.
- durzis — Plural form of durzi.
- duster — a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- dysury — Archaic form of dysuria.
- elbrus — a mountain in SW Russia, on the border with Georgia, in the Caucasus Mountains, with two extinct volcanic peaks: the highest mountain in Europe. Height: 5642 m (18 510 ft)
- ensure — Make certain that (something) shall occur or be the case.
- enures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enure.
- epirus — a region of NW Greece, part of ancient Epirus ceded to Greece after independence in 1830
- erebus — the god of darkness, son of Chaos and brother of Night
- erinus — any plant of the scrophulariaceous genus Erinus, native to S Africa and S Europe, esp E. alpinus, grown as a rock plant for its white, purple, or carmine flowers
- eructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eruct.
- erupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of erupt.
- estrus — A recurring period of sexual receptivity and fertility in many female mammals; heat.
- exurbs — Plural form of exurb.
- femurs — Plural form of femur.
- ferdus — Firdausi.
- fergus — Irish Legend. one of the great warrior kings of Ulster.
- ferous — Wild; savage.
- feuars — Plural form of feuar.
- flours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flour.
- forums — Plural form of forum.
- frauds — Plural form of fraud.
- frousy — frowzy.
- fruits — any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.