9-letter words containing a, u, s, o
- novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
- nugacious — trivial; unimportant or insignificant; nugatory.
- oasthouse — Alternative spelling of oast house.
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- occupants — Plural form of occupant.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- odalisque — a female slave or concubine in a harem, especially in that of the sultan of Turkey.
- old squaw — a sea duck, Clangula hyemalis, of arctic and subarctic regions.
- oldsquaws — Plural form of oldsquaw.
- oleaceous — belonging to the Oleaceae, the olive family of plants.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
- onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
- opelousas — a city in S Louisiana.
- oraculous — resembling an oracle
- osculated — Simple past tense and past participle of osculate.
- osculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of osculate.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- ossuaries — Plural form of ossuary.
- ossuarium — ossuary.
- out-years — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outboards — Plural form of outboard.
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of outcaste.
- outcastes — Plural form of outcaste.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- outgassed — Simple past tense and past participle of outgas.
- outlasted — to endure or last longer than: The pyramids outlasted the civilization that built them.
- outmaster — to surpass
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outraised — Simple past tense and past participle of outraise.
- outreason — (transitive) To surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
- outsailed — Simple past tense and past participle of outsail.
- outsavour — to exceed in savouring
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- outskates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outskate.
- outsmarts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsmart.
- outspeaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeak.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- outstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outstand.
- outstared — Simple past tense and past participle of outstare.
- outstayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outstay.
- outstrain — to strain or stretch too much
- outstream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- outswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outswear.
- outvalues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outvalue.
- outwashes — Plural form of outwash.