9-letter words containing e, u, r, o
- proturkey — a republic in W Asia and SE Europe. 296,184 sq. mi. (767,120 sq. km): 286,928 sq. mi. (743,145 sq. km) in Asia; 9257 sq. mi. (23,975 sq. km) in Europe. Capital: Ankara.
- proudness — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
- prove out — to show or be shown to be satisfactory, accurate, true, etc.
- 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.
- puckerood — ruined; exhausted
- pufendorf — Samuel von [zah-moo-uh l fuh n] /ˈzɑ mu əl fən/ (Show IPA), ("Severinus de Monzambano") 1632–94, German jurist and historian.
- pull over — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pulverous — consisting of tiny particles
- pure tone — (in acoustic analysis) a sound composed of a simple sinusoidal waveform
- pureblood — an individual, especially an animal, whose ancestry consists of a single strain or type unmixed with any other.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purported — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
- purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- purposive — having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
- push over — shove to the ground
- pyoureter — distention of a ureter with pus.
- 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.
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- queercore — a type of gay-oriented punk music
- quercitol — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
- queretaro — a state in central Mexico. 4432 sq. mi. (11,480 sq. km).
- querimony — a complaint
- querulous — full of complaints; complaining.
- quo jure? — by what right?
- raceabout — a small, sloop-rigged racing yacht with a short bowsprit.
- raconteur — a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- re-arouse — to arouse (someone or something) again
- realaudio — (tool, communications) A program from Real Media for playing audio over the Internet, and the lossy audio compression format it uses. The system is implemented as a client/server architecture. The RealAudio server incorporates an encoder which compresses sound into RealAudio files. The client side is a web browser plug-in or add-on (a recent version of Internet Explorer apparently has built-in support for RealAudio) which allows the stream of data sent from the server to be uncompressed and output using the normal sound facilities of the computer, such as a sound card. A 14.4 KBps or better modem is required, and a 28.8 KBps connection is recommended for music-quality sound.
- rebounder — a player who excels in gaining hold of rebounds.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- reclusory — a recluse's dwelling or cell
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- reconduct — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- reconquer — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- recontour — the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- recounted — to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
- recounter — someone who recounts or narrates a story
- recursion — the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- red cloud — 1822-1909; Dakota Indian chief
- red count — a count of the red cells in a person's blood.
- red route — an urban through route where the penalties for illegal parking are severe and are immediately enforced
- redoubler — a person who redoubles
- redoubted — dreaded; formidable.
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.