8-letter words containing u, s, r, i
- honorius — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- huissier — an usher
- humidors — Plural form of humidor.
- humorism — (medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- ichorous — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- illusory — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- illustre — (obsolete) illustrious.
- imbursed — Simple past tense and past participle of imburse.
- imporous — having no pores, having a compact texture, solid
- imposure — the act of imposing: the imposure of a decree.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- in ruins — structure: severely damaged
- in trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- incisure — a notch, as in a bone or other structure.
- inducers — Plural form of inducer.
- industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- injurers — Plural form of injurer.
- injuries — Plural form of injury.
- inquires — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- inradius — the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
- inrushes — Plural form of inrush.
- insecure — subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
- instruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- insulter — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- insurant — a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- insureds — the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- insurers — Plural form of insurer.
- insuring — Present participle of insure.
- intortus — (of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- intrudes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intrude.
- iridious — (chemistry) containing trivalent iridium.
- iris-out — the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- iroquois — a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
- isaurian — of or relating to Isauria, an ancient district of S central Asia Minor, or its inhabitants
- ischuria — Ischury.
- ishiguro — Kazuo [kah-zoo-oh,, kaz-oo-oh] /ˈkɑ zuˌoʊ,, ˈkæz uˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1954, English novelist, born in Japan.
- journies — Plural form of journy.
- junipers — Plural form of juniper.
- jurassic — noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago and characterized by an abundance of dinosaurs and the advent of birds and mammals.
- juristic — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- justicer — a judge or magistrate.
- keiretsu — (especially in Japan) a loose coalition of business groups.
- kitesurf — To take part in kitesurfing.
- kuroshio — Japan Current.
- kurtosis — the state or quality of flatness or peakedness of the curve describing a frequency distribution in the region about its mode.
- laurasia — a hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era: split apart to form North America and Eurasia.