9-letter words containing o, u, s, t
- glutinous — of the nature of glue; gluey; viscid; sticky.
- gobstruck — (slang, chiefly, UK) gobsmacked; astonished; astounded.
- gold dust — gold in fine particles.
- goustrous — boisterous
- gross out — something that is disgustingly offensive.
- gross-out — something that is disgustingly offensive.
- grotesque — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guestbook — A book in which visitors to a particular place may write their names, addresses, and remarks.
- guestroom — a room for the lodging of guests.
- guidepost — a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
- gummatous — a rubbery, tumorlike lesion associated with tertiary syphilis.
- gummosity — the quality of being gummous
- gumptious — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gunstocks — Plural form of gunstock.
- gustation — the act of tasting.
- gustatory — of or relating to taste or tasting.
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- halituous — (obsolete) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
- haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- herodotus — 484?–425? b.c, Greek historian.
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- hornpouts — Plural form of hornpout.
- hospitium — a hospice.
- hot flush — a blush; rosy glow: a flush of embarrassment on his face.
- hot issue — a hot issue is a shares issue which sells at more than the public offer price on the first day of trading
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- hot stuff — a person or thing of exceptional interest or merit.
- hothoused — (of a child) having undergone hothousing
- hothouses — Plural form of hothouse.
- house-sit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- housekept — to keep or maintain a house.
- housemate — a person with whom one shares a house or other residence.
- housetops — Plural form of housetop.
- houstonia — any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, the common bluet.
- huguenots — a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.
- humorists — Plural form of humorist.
- humourist — (British) alternative spelling of humorist.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hypotonus — Hypotonia.
- impetuous — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- impiteous — (obsolete) pitiless; cruel.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- incestous — Misspelling of incestuous.
- inductors — Plural form of inductor.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.