9-letter words containing r, e, u, t, s
- pertusate — stabbed or perforated at the top
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- pertussis — whooping cough.
- pesterous — having a propensity to pester, annoy, or to be trying
- 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
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- port dues — the charge for the use of a port
- porthouse — a company that produces port
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- pour test — any test for determining the pour point of a substance.
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- prescutum — the anterior dorsal sclerite of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- presummit — of the period prior to a summit
- pretarsus — the terminal outgrowth of the tarsus of an arthropod.
- 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.
- proestrus — the period immediately preceding estrus.
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
- prussiate — a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.
- pterosaur — any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- quadrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadrate.
- quaestors — Plural form of quaestor.
- quarterns — Plural form of quartern.
- quartiles — Plural form of quartile.
- quartzose — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- questrist — one who quests
- quipsters — Plural form of quipster.
- quirkiest — Superlative form of quirky.
- quitrents — Plural form of quitrent.
- re-adjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- red stuff — a compound of oil and sesquioxide of iron used for polishing brass, steel, silver, etc.; crocus or rouge.
- reductase — any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.
- rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
- rejustify — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- requested — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- requester — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- requisite — required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
- resentful — full of or marked by resentment.
- resituate — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.
- rest cure — a treatment for nervous disorders, consisting of a complete rest, usually combined with systematic diet, massage, etc., especially at a spa or sanitorium.
- rest-cure — a treatment for nervous disorders, consisting of a complete rest, usually combined with systematic diet, massage, etc., especially at a spa or sanitorium.
- restitute — to make restitution.
- resubject — to subject again
- resultant — that results; following as a result or consequence.
- resultful — containing results, having significant effects
- resulting — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.