9-letter words containing o, e, n, u
- rotundate — rounded
- roughened — made rough
- roughhewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- roughneck — a rough, coarse person; a tough.
- roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- rounceval — a variety of large pea
- round-eye — a term used by Asians to refer to a white person of European origin.
- roundelay — a song in which a phrase, line, or the like, is continually repeated.
- roundhead — a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short).
- roundheel — an eagerly immoral woman
- roundness — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
- route one — a style of play involving long high kicks towards a central striker
- routineer — a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.
- routinely — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- routinier — a person who adheres to a routine; esp., a competent but uninspired orchestra conductor
- routinize — to develop into a regular procedure.
- rumble on — If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled.
- run close — to compete closely with; present a serious challenge to
- ruwenzori — a mountain group in central Africa between Lake Albert and Lake Edward: sometimes identified with Ptolemy's “Mountains of the Moon.” Highest peak, Mt. Ngaliema (Stanley), with two summits: Mt. Margherita, 16,795 feet (5119 meters), and Mt. Alexandra, 16,726 feet (5098 meters).
- samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- scoundrel — an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
- scrounger — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scuncheon — sconcheon.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- seclusion — an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.
- seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- selenious — containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- skylounge — a vehicle designed to be lifted by helicopter between an intown passenger terminal and an airport.
- soften up — make softer
- sojourner — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- 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.
- sostenuto — sustained or prolonged in the time value of the tones.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- soundless — unfathomable; very deep.
- soundness — free from injury, damage, defect, disease, etc.; in good condition; healthy; robust: a sound heart; a sound mind.
- souteneur — a pimp
- splendour — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spodumene — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, LiAlSi 2 O 6 , occurring in prismatic crystals, transparent varieties being used as gems.
- spongeous — relating to or resembling a sponge
- squadrone — a former Scottish political party, active in the last parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union, in the early 18th century
- stenokous — able to live or survive only within a limited range of environments
- strenuous — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- suboscine — of or relating to birds of the suborder Suboscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the supposedly more primitive members of the order, with less well developed vocal organs than the oscine birds.