9-letter words containing i, n, t, u, s
- quiescent — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiet sun — the sun at the minimum of solar activity, occurring every 11 years.
- quietness — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- quintains — Plural form of quintain.
- quintiles — Plural form of quintile.
- quitrents — Plural form of quitrent.
- quotients — Plural form of quotient.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
- resulting — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- routinist — someone who lives by routine
- rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- runtishly — in a runtish manner
- rusticana — objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles
- saturnian — of or relating to the planet Saturn.
- saturniid — any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
- saturnine — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- saturnist — a dull, gloomy, or saturnine person thought to be born under the influence of Saturn
- scuttling — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- singultus — a hiccup.
- sink unit — a fitted unit that consists of a sink, draining board and cupboards underneath
- sinuation — a winding; sinuosity.
- sinuosity — Often, sinuosities. a curve, bend, or turn: a sinuosity of the road.
- sinusitis — inflammation of a sinus or the sinuses.
- sit under — to be seated on the right of (the player)
- sitatunga — an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- situation — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
- situtunga — an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- sniff out — detect
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- split run — a pressrun, as that of a newspaper or magazine, which is interrupted after the running of a specified number of copies to permit the substitution of type or of a cut, as in a keyed advertisement: a device for testing the relative effectiveness of different versions of an advertisement.
- sputnik 1 — an unmanned Soviet satellite launched in 1957, the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth
- squatting — occupying a property illegally
- squinting — designating a modifier, as an adverb, that can be interpreted as modifying either the preceding or the following part of the construction in which it appears (Ex.: often in “those who lie often are found out”); also, designating the construction itself
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- 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).
- stingbull — Trachinus draco, a species of fish with venomous spines on their dorsal fins that are capable of wounding humans
- stink bug — any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.
- stink out — to emit a strong offensive smell.