7-letter words containing u, r, s, a
- marcuse — Herbert, 1898–1979, U.S. political and social philosopher, born in Germany.
- marinus — died a.d. 946, pope 942–946.
- markups — Plural form of markup.
- marques — A make of car, as distinct from a specific model.
- marquis — a nobleman ranking next below a duke and above an earl or count.
- masquer — a person who masks; a person who takes part in a masque.
- masseur — a man who provides massage as a profession or occupation.
- masuria — a region in NE Poland, formerly in East Prussia, Germany: German defeat of Russians 1914–15.
- matsuri — A solemn festival celebrated periodically at Shinto shrines in Japan.
- matures — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maulers — a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- maurist — a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- maurois — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- maurras — Charles (ʃarl). 1868–1952, French writer and political theorist, who founded (1899) the extreme right-wing group L'Action Française: sentenced (1945) to life imprisonment for supporting Pétain during World War II
- measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- muskrat — a large, aquatic, North American rodent, Ondatra zibethica, having a musky odor.
- mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- nacrous — of or resembling pearl
- natures — Plural form of nature.
- oculars — Plural form of ocular.
- orgasum — Misspelling of orgasm.
- oscular — pertaining to an osculum.
- ossuary — a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.
- ouranos — Uranus (def 2).
- ouraris — curare.
- outsoar — to soar beyond.
- papyrus — a tall, aquatic plant, Cyperus papyrus, of the sedge family, native to the Nile valley: the Egyptian subspecies, C. papyrus hadidii, thought to be common in ancient times, now occurs only in several sites.
- paramus — a city in NE New Jersey.
- parlous — perilous; dangerous.
- parulis — gumboil.
- pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- pasture — Rogier [French raw-zhee-ey] /French rɔ ʒiˈeɪ/ (Show IPA), or Roger [French raw-zhey] /French rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), de la [French duh-la] /French də la/ (Show IPA), Weyden, Rogier van der.
- perusal — a reading: a perusal of the current books.
- piraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- priapus — Classical Mythology. a god of male procreative power, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.
- prussia — a former German state in N and central Germany, extending from France and the Low Countries to the Baltic Sea and Poland: developed as the chief military power of the Continent, leading the North German Confederation from 1867–71, when the German Empire was established; dissolved in 1947 and divided between East and West Germany, Poland, and the former Soviet Union. Area: (in 1939) 294 081 sq km (113 545 sq miles)
- purchas — Samuel, 1575?–1626, English writer and editor of travel books.
- pursual — the act of pursuit
- purusha — (in Sankhya and Yoga) one's true self, regarded as eternal and unaffected by external happenings.
- quaeres — Plural form of quaere.
- quarles — Francis, 1592–1644, English poet.
- quartes — the fourth of eight defensive positions.
- quartos — Plural form of quarto.
- quasars — one of over a thousand known extragalactic objects, starlike in appearance and having spectra with characteristically large redshifts, that are thought to be the most distant and most luminous objects in the universe.
- quasher — someone who quells or suppresses
- quavers — (of a person's voice) Shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.
- railbus — a bus-like vehicle for use on railway lines
- ramulus — a small branch or branchlet
- rastrum — a pen for drawing the five lines of a musical stave simultaneously
- raucous — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.