9-letter words containing r, e, l, t
- ricketily — in a rickety or shaky manner
- rifle pit — a pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy.
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rightless — lacking rights
- rigoletto — an opera (1851) with music by Giuseppe Verdi.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- rillettes — an appetizer made usually of pork or goose meat that is diced, seasoned, cooked, and then pounded or ground to the consistency of a spread.
- ritualize — to practice ritualism.
- roosevelt — (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- rotaplane — an aircraft that derives its lift from freely revolving rotor blades
- rotatable — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- rouletted — cut or engraved with a roulette
- routinely — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rubellite — a deep-red variety of tourmaline, used as a gem.
- rufflette — any of a variety of window blinds
- rust belt — the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
- rustle up — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- rutilated — containing fine, embedded needles of rutile.
- saleratus — sodium bicarbonate used in cookery; baking soda.
- salimeter — salinometer.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salt tree — athel tree.
- salt-free — containing or involving no salt
- saltpeter — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saltpetre — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saltwater — of or relating to salt water.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- scelerate — a villain, or extremely wicked person; a criminal
- scleritis — inflammation of the sclera.
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- sclerotic — Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- semestral — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- sepulture — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- serialist — a writer of serials
- seriality — a serial layout or arrangement; the quality of taking place in series
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- serrulate — finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.
- servility — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
- severalty — the state of being separate.