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9-letter words containing r, e, u, t, s

  • serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
  • serrulate — finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.
  • sertorius — Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), died 72 b.c, Roman general and statesman.
  • serve out — dish up, distribute: food
  • servitude — slavery or bondage of any kind: political or intellectual servitude.
  • set scrum — the act or method of restarting play after an infringement, called by the referee, when the two opposing packs of forwards group together with heads down and arms interlocked and push to gain ground while the scrum half throws the ball in and the hookers attempt to scoop it out to their own team
  • sextarius — an ancient Roman measurement for volume
  • shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
  • share out — distribute fairly
  • shuttered — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
  • signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
  • sit under — to be seated on the right of (the player)
  • slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
  • slut-tier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
  • sobriquet — a nickname.
  • sodbuster — a farmer who works the soil.
  • solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
  • 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.
  • soubrette — a maidservant or lady's maid in a play, opera, or the like, especially one displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to engage in intrigue.
  • souteneur — a pimp
  • southerly — a wind that blows from the south.
  • spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
  • spluttery — tending to splutter: spluttery fire sparks.
  • sporulate — to produce spores.
  • stare out — If you stare someone out, you look steadily into their eyes for such a long time that they feel that they have to turn their eyes away from you.
  • starquake — a rapid change in the mass distribution or shape of a pulsar, resulting in a fluctuation of the pulsar's pulse rate or radiation intensity.
  • state-run — controlled by the government
  • stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
  • stegosaur — a plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a heavy, bony armor and a row of bony plates along its back, and growing to a length of 20 to 40 feet (6–12 meters).
  • stellular — having the form of a small star or small stars.
  • stem rust — any of several fungal diseases of plants affecting the stems, especially a disease of wheat and other grasses characterized by pustules of red and then black spores.
  • 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.
  • sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
  • stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
  • streetful — the amount of people or things a street can hold
  • strenuous — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
  • stressful — full of stress or tension: the stressful days before a war.
  • striature — the way something is striated
  • stricture — a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
  • strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
  • strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strikeout — an out made by a batter to whom three strikes have been charged, or as recorded by the pitcher who accomplishes this.
  • structure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
  • struggled — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
  • struggler — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
  • struthers — a city in NE Ohio, near Youngstown.
  • stud mare — a female horse kept for breeding
  • studentry — students collectively
  • studhorse — a stallion kept for breeding.
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