9-letter words containing a, s, t, u, r
- gastrulas — Plural form of gastrula.
- graduates — Plural form of graduate.
- grassquit — any of several tiny finches, especially of the genus Tiaris, of tropical America and the West Indies.
- graustark — a novel (1901) by George Barr McCutcheon about the romantic and melodramatic adventures of military and courtly figures in the fictional kingdom of Graustark.
- grubstake — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guevarist — a supporter of the revolutionary theories and tactics of Ernesto Guevara.
- guitarist — a performer on the guitar.
- gustatory — of or relating to taste or tasting.
- gutturals — Plural form of guttural.
- hamstrung — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- handsturn — an amount of work or the period of time spent doing a piece of work
- haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- hiratsuka — a city in central Honshu, Japan, near Yokohama.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- jambuster — (Canada, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario) A doughnut filled with jam.
- jumpstart — Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.
- justiciar — a high judicial officer in medieval England.
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- landsturm — a general draft of people in time of war.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- laureates — Plural form of laureate.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- literatus — singular of literati.
- lustrated — Simple past tense and past participle of lustrate.
- lustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lustrate.
- lustrical — Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
- macrotous — having large ears
- marabouts — Plural form of marabout.
- masterful — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- mauritius — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- menstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- mensurate — (obsolete) To measure absolutely the height, lattitude and longitude of a point on the earth.
- meursault — a dry, white Burgundy wine produced in the district around Meursault in E France.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- muralists — Plural form of muralist.
- must-read — a piece of literature or writing considered important or classic; writing that should or must be read.
- mustanger — a person who engages in mustanging.
- naturists — Plural form of naturist.
- naucratis — an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.