9-letter words containing o, u, r, i, e
- outstride — to surpass in striding
- outstrike — (transitive) To strike faster than.
- outstrive — to strive harder than
- outwitter — One who outwits another.
- overbuild — to erect too many buildings in (an area).
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- overequip — to equip, furnish with, or supply excessively
- overissue — an excessive issue of stocks or bonds, as in excess of the needs of the business or in excess of charter authorization.
- overquick — too quick: Let's not be overquick to criticize.
- oviferous — bearing eggs.
- parecious — paroicous.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- picocurie — a trillionth of a curie, which is a unit of radioactivity
- pirouette — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- pomoerium — the space around a town within the city walls
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- pourboire — a gratuity; tip.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prescious — prescient
- pretorius — Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purposive — having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
- 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.
- querimony — a complaint
- 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.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- recursion — the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- renourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- requoting — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- rerouting — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- residuous — residual, remaining
- retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- revulsion — a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- routineer — a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.
- routinely — a customary or regular course of procedure.