8-letter words containing w, r, u
- brew pub — a bar serving beer brewed at a small microbrewery on the premises.
- brownout — a dimming or reduction in the use of electric lights in a city, esp to conserve electric power or as a defensive precaution in wartime
- budgerow — a large slow-moving barge formerly used on the Ganges
- burlwood — wood taken or cut from a burl.
- burrowed — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- busywork — Busywork is work that is intended to keep someone occupied and is not completely necessary.
- buzzword — A buzzword is a word or expression that has become fashionable in a particular field and is being used a lot by the media.
- cpu wars — /C-P-U worz/ A 1979 large-format comic by Chas Andres chronicling the attempts of the brainwashed androids of IPM (Impossible to Program Machines) to conquer and destroy the peaceful denizens of HEC (Human Engineered Computers). This rather transparent allegory featured many references to ADVENT and the immortal line "Eat flaming death, minicomputer mongrels!" (uttered, of course, by an IPM stormtrooper). It is alleged that the author subsequently received a letter of appreciation on IBM company stationery from the head of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratories (then, as now, one of the few islands of true hackerdom in the IBM archipelago). The lower loop of the B in the IBM logo, it is said, had been carefully whited out. See eat flaming death.
- crew cut — A crew cut is a man's hairstyle in which his hair is cut very short.
- crudware — /kruhd'weir/ Pejorative term for the hundreds of megabytes of low-quality freeware circulated by user's groups and BBSs in the micro-hobbyist world.
- cudworth — Ralph. 1617–88, English philosopher and theologian. His works include True Intellectual System of the Universe (1678) and A Treatise concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731)
- curassow — any gallinaceous ground-nesting bird of the family Cracidae, of S North, Central, and South America. Curassows have long legs and tails and, typically, a distinctive crest of curled feathers
- cussword — a swearword
- cutwater — the forward part of the stem of a vessel, which cuts through the water
- cutworms — Plural form of cutworm.
- dewsbury — a town in N England, in Kirklees unitary authority, West Yorkshire: formerly a centre of the woollen industry. Pop: 54 341 (2001)
- downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
- downrush — (intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
- downturn — an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- emu-wren — any Australian wren of the genus Stipiturus, having long plumy tail feathers
- fluework — the flue stops of an organ collectively
- forswunk — overworked
- four-way — providing access or passage in four directions: a four-way entrance.
- fud wars — /fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD, engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example.
- fujiwara — a member of a powerful family in Japan who exercised power as regents in the name of the emperor, a.d. 858–1160.
- fumewort — Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
- furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- furrower — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- fuzzword — A term that is deliberately vague or euphemistic in meaning.
- grow out — hairstyle: allow to lengthen
- grown-up — having reached the age of maturity.
- grownups — a mature, fully grown person; adult.
- grub saw — a handsaw for cutting stone.
- grubworm — grub (def 1).
- gulf war — a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
- gun crew — the sailors and petty officers in charge of a gun on a ship.
- gurdwara — a Sikh temple in India.
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- lawcourt — a court of law
- lugworms — Plural form of lugworm.
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- lungworm — any nematode worm of the superfamily Metastrongylidae, parasitic in the lungs of various mammals.
- lungwort — a European plant, Pulmonaria officinalis, of the borage family, having blue flowers.
- lustwort — The sundew.
- moratuwa — a city in W Sri Lanka.
- mowburnt — (of hay, straw, etc) damaged by overheating in a mow
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