7-letter words containing u, r, s, a
- recusal — the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
- residua — the residue, remainder, or rest of something.
- rhabdus — a needlelike structure supporting the soft tissue in an invertebrate sponge
- rhamnus — a member of the Rhamnus genus of trees and shrubs known as buckthorn
- robusta — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- romanus — died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- rousant — rising
- rubasse — a variety of bright-red rock crystal.
- rusalka — a water nymph or spirit
- russian — of or relating to Russia, its people, or their language.
- russula — any fungus of the large basidiomycetous genus Russula, of typical toadstool shape and often brightly coloured, such as the yellow R. ochroleuca and R. lutea, the green R. aeruginea, the violet-pink R. fragilis, and the purple R. atropurpurea
- rustavi — a city in the SE Georgian Republic, SE of Tbilisi.
- s quark — strange quark.
- sabreur — someone who wields a sabre
- saburra — a granular deposit
- saguaro — a tall, horizontally branched cactus, Carnegiea (or Cereus) gigantea, of Arizona and neighboring regions, yielding a useful wood and bearing an edible fruit: still locally common, though some populations have been reduced.
- sambhur — a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
- samurai — a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan.
- sandbur — any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
- sankuru — a river in S central Congo, flowing WNW to the Kasai River. 750 miles (1207 km) long.
- sarapul — a city in the SE Udmurt Autonomous Republic, in the W Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Izhevsk, on the Kama River.
- sarcous — consisting of or pertaining to flesh or skeletal muscle.
- sardius — sard.
- saucers — a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- saucier — a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- saundra — a female given name.
- saunter — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- saurian — belonging or pertaining to the Sauria, a group of reptiles originally including the lizards, crocodiles, and several extinct forms but now technically restricted to the lizards.
- sauroid — a type of fish
- sautoir — a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- saviour — a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
- savoury — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- scauper — a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- scrauch — to squawk loudly
- scutari — Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- seabury — Samuel, 1729–96, American clergyman: first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- seasure — a seizure
- secular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- serpula — a member of a genus of marine annelid or tubeworm belonging to the Serpulid family, characterized by the serpentine calcareous tube it produces and inhabits
- serumal — the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- sevruga — a species of sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus, of the Caspian and Black seas.
- sharaku — Tashusai [taw-shoo-sahy] /ˈtɔ ʃʊˈsaɪ/ (Show IPA), flourished 18th century, Japanese printmaker.
- shulwar — loose, pajamalike trousers worn by both men and women in India and southeast Asia.
- simular — a person or thing that simulates; pretender.
- skouras — Spyros (Panagiotes) [speer-ohs pan-uh-yoh-tis;; Greek spee-raws pah-nah-yaw-tees] /ˈspɪər oʊs ˌpæn əˈyoʊ tɪs;; Greek ˈspi rɔs ˌpɑ nɑˈyɔ tis/ (Show IPA), 1893–1971, U.S. film-studio executive, born in Greece.
- slurban — of, relating to, or situated in a slurb
- solunar — pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.: The newspaper gives a solunar table each week for hunters and fishermen.
- spirula — any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- sprague — Frank Julian, 1857–1934, U.S. electrical engineer and inventor.