8-letter words containing u, r, s, o
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scorpius — a large zodiacal constellation lying between Libra and Sagittarius and crossed by the Milky Way. It contains the first magnitude star Antares
- scourger — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scouring — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- scrouger — something big
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scroungy — given to or characterized by scrounging.
- scrumpox — a skin infection caused by the herpes virus which is spread among players in a scrum
- sculptor — artist who sculpts
- scutwork — menial, routine work, as that done by an underling: the scutwork of scrubbing pots and pans.
- seductor — a person, usually a man, who seduces
- sex tour — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shore up — a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
- shortcut — a shorter or quicker way.
- shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- shrouded — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- siluroid — a freshwater fish of the family Siluridae
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- slumlord — a landlord who owns slum buildings, especially one who fails to maintain or improve the buildings and charges tenants exorbitant rents.
- smoulder — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- smouldry — smouldering
- sober up — recover from being drunk
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- sombrous — somber.
- sonorous — giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.
- soporous — sleepy.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- sort out — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- sour gas — Sour gas is natural gas with a high sulfur content.
- sour gum — a cornaceous tree, Nyssa sylvatica, of the eastern US, having glossy leaves, soft wood, and sour purplish fruits
- sourball — a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- sourness — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- sourpuss — a person having a grouchy disposition that is often accompanied by a scowling facial expression.
- sourveld — (in South Africa) a type of grazing characterized by long coarse grass
- sourwood — sorrel tree.
- souterly — relating to a souter
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- southron — Southern U.S. southerner (def 2).
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- spermous — of the nature of or pertaining to sperm.
- sporular — a spore, especially a small one.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- squadron — a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.