7-letter words containing u, r, s, a
- aurides — Plural form of auride.
- aurochs — a recently extinct member of the cattle tribe, Bos primigenius, that inhabited forests in N Africa, Europe, and SW Asia. It had long horns and is thought to be one of the ancestors of modern cattle
- auroras — Plural form of aurora.
- ausform — to temper or deform steel in order to make it stronger and more durable
- austere — If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- austral — of or coming from the south
- austria — a republic in central Europe: ruled by the Hapsburgs from 1282 to 1918; formed a dual monarchy with Hungary in 1867 and became a republic in 1919; a member of the European Union; contains part of the Alps, the Danube basin in the east, and extensive forests. Official language: German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Vienna. Pop: 8 221 646 (2013 est). Area: 83 849 sq km (32 374 sq miles)
- austro- — Austro- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with Austria and another country.
- auteurs — Plural form of auteur.
- authors — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- avarous — (obsolete) Avaricious.
- avernus — a crater lake in Italy, near Naples: in ancient times regarded as an entrance to hell
- barques — Plural form of barque.
- belarus — a republic in E Europe; part of the medieval Lithuanian and Polish empires before being occupied by Russia; a Soviet republic (1919–91); in 1997 formed a close political and economic union with Russia: mainly low-lying and forested. Languages: Belarussian; Russian. Religion: believers are mostly Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop: 9 625 888 (2013 est). Area: 207 600 sq km (80 134 sq miles)
- brangus — one of an American breed of cattle developed from Brahman and Aberdeen Angus stock, bred to withstand a hot climate.
- breslau — Wrocław
- broadus — something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- burdash — a fringed sash worn over a coat
- bursary — A bursary is a sum of money which is given to someone to allow them to study in a college or university.
- bursate — resembling or containing a bursa
- bursera — of or relating to the Bursera genus of gum trees
- bustard — any terrestrial bird of the family Otididae, inhabiting open regions of the Old World: order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc). They have long strong legs, a heavy body, a long neck, and speckled plumage
- caesura — (in modern prosody) a pause, esp for sense, usually near the middle of a verse line
- cardbus — (hardware) The 32-bit version of the PCMCIA (PC Card) bus.
- carduus — a thistle, esp the species Carduus benedictus
- carious — (of teeth or bone) affected with caries; decayed
- carnous — carnose.
- carolus — any of several coins struck in the reign of a king called Charles, esp an English gold coin from the reign of Charles I
- carouse — If you say that people are carousing, you mean that they are behaving very noisily and drinking a lot of alcohol as they enjoy themselves.
- castrum — (historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
- causers — Plural form of causer.
- chukars — Plural form of chukar.
- cougars — A large American wild cat with a plain tawny to grayish coat, found from Canada to Patagonia.
- crassus — Marcus Licinius (ˈmɑːkəs lɪˈsɪnɪəs). ?115–53 bc, Roman general; member of the first triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey
- craturs — Plural form of cratur.
- crusade — A crusade is a long and determined attempt to achieve something for a cause that you feel strongly about.
- crusado — a former gold or silver coin of Portugal bearing on its reverse the figure of a cross
- crustal — of or relating to the earth's crust
- cuirass — a piece of armour, of leather or metal covering the chest and back
- curates — Plural form of curate.
- curiosa — curiosities
- curtals — Plural form of curtal.
- custard — Custard is a sweet yellow sauce made from milk and eggs or from milk and a powder. It is eaten with fruit and puddings.
- danseur — a male ballet dancer
- dasyure — any small carnivorous marsupial, such as Dasyurus quoll (eastern dasyure), of the subfamily Dasyurinae, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands
- daubers — Plural form of dauber.
- desugar — to rewrite (computer code) in a more refined and concise form; to remove all unnecessary syntactical elements from (computer code)
- durians — Plural form of durian.
- durmast — a European oak, Quercus petraea, yielding a heavy, elastic wood used for furniture and in the construction of buildings.
- dustrag — a piece of fabric that is used to dust surfaces