9-letter words containing a, e, r, o, s, t
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- peronista — Peronist.
- personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- poetaster — an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- prostrate — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- pterosaur — any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- quaestors — Plural form of quaestor.
- quartzose — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- radio set — an apparatus that receives radio signals
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- resnatron — a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- resonator — anything that resonates.
- restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- road test — test of vehicle in use
- road-test — to test (an automotive vehicle) under normal operating conditions on the road, as by a potential purchaser.
- roadstead — road (def 4).
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rosewater — perfume, flavouring from rose petals
- rosinante — the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- rotatores — a person or thing that rotates.
- rutaceous — of or like rue.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- sea otter — a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- sea route — a route followed by ships
- sea trout — any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- semantron — a bar struck instead of a bell in an Orthodox church
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- separator — a person or thing that separates.
- seriation — the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serration — serrated condition or form.
- sex ratio — the proportional distribution of the sexes in a population aggregate, expressed as the number of males per 100 females.
- share out — distribute fairly