4-letter words containing r, s
- frsc — Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- furs — Plural form of fur.
- gars — Plural form of gar.
- gers — a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- gprs — General Packet Radio Service
- gras — A public domain graph-oriented database system for software engineering applications from RWTH Aachen.
- gris — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gros — Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grsm — Graduate of the Royal Schools of Music
- grus — a constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Phoenix and Piscis Austrinus and containing a first and a second magnitude star
- hers — Slang. a female: Is the new baby a her or a him?
- hsrc — Human Sciences Research Council
- hsrp — Hot Standby Routing Protocol
- iras — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- irds — Information Resource Dictionary System. A set of ISO standards for CASE repositories. It governs the definition of data dictionaries to be implemented on top of relational databases (see repository, data dictionary).
- ires — intense anger; wrath.
- iris — Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- irks — to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
- irsg — Internet Research Steering Group
- irus — Irvine Research Unit in Software
- isar — a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isra — Muhammad's Night Journey from the Kaʿba at Mecca to Jerusalem.
- jars — Plural form of jar.
- jers — Plural form of jer.
- jrst — /jerst/ [based on the PDP-10 jump instruction, obsolete] To suddenly change subjects, with no intention of returning to the previous topic. Usage: rather rare except among PDP-10 diehards, and considered silly. See also AOS.
- kars — a city in NE Turkey.
- kers — Kinetic Energy Recovery System: an on-board system that stores the energy expended while braking and then converts it into energy that can be used during acceleration
- kris — a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- lars — a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lrcs — Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons
- lrsc — Licentiate of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- mars — (used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- mers — Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- misr — Arabic name of Egypt.
- mors — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia W Germany, in the Ruhr district.
- mrcs — Member of the Royal College of Surgeons
- mrds — Multics Relational Data Store
- mrs. — a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman: Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Susan Jones.
- mrsa — methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , a bacterium that is highly resistant to methicillin, penicillin, and certain other antibiotics, and may cause infections of the skin, blood, lungs, etc.: MRSA infections in hospitals and healthcare facilities.
- mrsc — Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- msgr — Msgr is a written abbreviation for Monsignor.
- msrp — Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
- nrsv — New Revised Standard Version (of the Bible)
- nsrd — National Software Reuse Directory
- oars — a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- orbs — Encircle; enclose.
- orcs — Plural form of orc.
- ores — a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orse — (legal, British) otherwise.
- orsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.