9-letter words containing r, e, s, t
- keratoses — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- keratosis — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- kerbstone — one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.
- kermesite — a mineral, antimony oxysulfide, Sb 2 S 2 O, occurring usually in tufts of red capillary crystals.
- keynoters — Plural form of keynoter.
- keystoner — a native or inhabitant of Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- keystream — (cryptography) A stream of random or pseudorandom characters that are combined with the plaintext to produce a ciphertext.
- keystroke — one stroke of any key on a machine operated by a keyboard, as a typewriter, computer terminal, or Linotype: I can do 3000 keystrokes an hour.
- kibitzers — Plural form of kibitzer.
- kieserite — a mineral, hydrous magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅H 2 O, having a white or yellowish color and found with salt deposits.
- kitesurfs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kitesurf.
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- kreutzers — Plural form of kreutzer.
- laborites — Plural form of laborite.
- lacerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate.
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- lamenters — Plural form of lamenter.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
- lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
- laterites — Plural form of laterite.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- laureates — Plural form of laureate.
- lavateras — Plural form of lavatera.
- leadworts — Plural form of leadwort.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- lecturers — Plural form of lecturer.
- leftovers — Plural form of leftover.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- leicester — 1st Earl of, Robert Dudley.
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- letterset — a process of printing that transfers the image from a letterpress-type relief plate to a roller or blanket from which it is offset.
- levanters — Plural form of levanter.
- liberates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liberate.
- liberties — Plural form of liberty.
- librettos — Plural form of libretto.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- listeners — Plural form of listener.
- listerism — an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- listerize — to treat (a patient, disease, etc.) using the methods of Joseph Lister.
- listservs — Plural form of listserv.
- literates — Plural form of literate.
- literatus — singular of literati.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- liturgies — Plural form of liturgy.
- lobstered — Simple past tense and past participle of lobster.