9-letter words containing a, l, i, u
- rivalrous — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- roubiliac — Louis-François (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)
- rutilated — containing fine, embedded needles of rutile.
- salacious — lustful or lecherous.
- saliaunce — an onslaught
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- salisbury — Harrison, 1908–93, U.S. journalist and writer.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- sausalito — a town in W California on San Fransisco Bay: resort; formerly artist's colony.
- scamillus — a slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- sexualism — any discrimination based upon sexual preference
- sexualist — a botanist who employs or advocates Linnaeus' sexual system of classifying plants
- sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
- sexualize — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- simula 67 — (language) A version of SIMULA I? Simula a.s., Postboks 4403 - Torshov, N-0402 Oslo 4, Norway, versions for almost every computer. E-mail: Henry Islo <[email protected]>.
- simulacra — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- simulcast — a program broadcast simultaneously on radio and television, or on more than one station, or in several languages, etc.
- singulary — (of an operator) monadic
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- solacious — providing solace
- souvlakia — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- squalling — the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
- squattily — in a somewhat squat manner or shape
- st. lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stub nail — a short, thick nail.
- studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- suability — liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- suasively — persuasively; in a persuasive manner
- sub-ideal — a conception of something in its perfection.
- subaerial — located or occurring on the surface of the earth.
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subapical — located below the apex.
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.