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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.
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