7-Letter Words Containing: CUS

• granted exemption

• a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds

• globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind

• A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.

• A flock or tuft of wool or wool-like hairs; the downy plumage of unfledged birds.

• a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

• holding by the police

• (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

• being in focus or brought into focus

• (of light rays) converging on a point

• of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image

• The process of going out of focus.

• To cause (a lens, or a beam of light or particles, etc.) to be out of focus.