9-letter words containing a, t, r, e, u
- ritualize — to practice ritualism.
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- rotundate — rounded
- route map — road plan showing where to go
- rubricate — to mark or color with red.
- run after — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- runcinate — (of a leaf) pinnately incised, with the lobes or teeth curved backward.
- runecraft — understanding of and skill working with runes
- rusticate — to go to the country.
- rutaceous — of or like rue.
- ruthenian — Also, Ruthene [roo-theen] /ruˈθin/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the inhabitants of Ruthenia, Galicia, and neighboring regions.
- rutilated — containing fine, embedded needles of rutile.
- saleratus — sodium bicarbonate used in cookery; baking soda.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- satu-mare — a city in NW Romania.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- saturated — saturated.
- saturater — a person or thing that saturates.
- saturnine — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- sauntered — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- sauternes — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- sea route — a route followed by ships
- sea trout — any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
- secateurs — scissors or shears, especially pruning shears.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- sequestra — a fragment of bone that has become necrotic as a result of disease or injury and has separated from the normal bone structure.
- serrulate — finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.
- sextarius — an ancient Roman measurement for volume
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- share out — distribute fairly
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- solutrean — Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- stare out — If you stare someone out, you look steadily into their eyes for such a long time that they feel that they have to turn their eyes away from you.
- starquake — a rapid change in the mass distribution or shape of a pulsar, resulting in a fluctuation of the pulsar's pulse rate or radiation intensity.
- state-run — controlled by the government
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stegosaur — a plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a heavy, bony armor and a row of bony plates along its back, and growing to a length of 20 to 40 feet (6–12 meters).
- stellular — having the form of a small star or small stars.
- 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.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- striature — the way something is striated
- stud mare — a female horse kept for breeding
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.