9-letter words containing r, e, n, u
- sequencer — a device for the automatic determination or regulation of a sequence.
- severinus — died a.d. 640, pope 640.
- sheep-run — a large property for raising sheep
- shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
- shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
- sicknurse — someone who nurses a sick person
- sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- signeurie — seniority
- sit under — to be seated on the right of (the player)
- 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.
- souteneur — a pimp
- spear gun — a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.
- spelunker — a person who explores caves, especially as a hobby.
- splendour — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- squadrone — a former Scottish political party, active in the last parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union, in the early 18th century
- state-run — controlled by the government
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stem turn — a turn in which a skier stems one ski in the direction to be turned and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- step turn — a turn in which a skier lifts one ski from the snow, faces the ski slightly outward in the direction to be turned, sets it down, and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- strenuous — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- studentry — students collectively
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- subgenres — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- subneural — beneath or below a nerve
- subnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- subregion — a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.
- subtenure — the tenancy of a subtenant.
- subursine — resembling a bear to some degree
- subwarden — an assistant to a warden, a deputy or subordinate warden
- succentor — a precentor's deputy.
- sudermann — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- sugarcane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- summering — the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
- sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
- sun grebe — finfoot.
- sun-cured — cured or preserved by exposure to the rays of the sun, as meat, fish, fruit, tobacco, etc.
- sun-dried — dried in the sun, as bricks or raisins.
- sun-grebe — any of a gruiform family (Heliornithidae) of shy, long-necked tropical birds living along streams, lakes, etc.
- sunburned — burned by sun's heat
- sundowner — Chiefly British. an alcoholic drink taken after completing the day's work, usually at sundown.
- sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
- sunscreen — a substance formulated to prevent sunburn, skin cancers, and other conditions caused by excessive exposure to the sun, usually by absorbing and reflecting ultraviolet radiation. Compare SPF.