9-letter words containing r, o, t, a, u
- mutilator — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- neuration — venation, as of an insect's wings.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- nocturnal — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- nonauthor — a person who is not an author
- nonmature — not mature; immature
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- nothosaur — An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.
- nucleator — having a nucleus.
- numerator — Arithmetic. the term of a fraction, usually above the line, that indicates the number of equal parts that are to be added together; the dividend placed over a divisor: The numerator of the fraction 2/3 is 2. Compare denominator (def 1).
- objurgate — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obturator — to stop up; close.
- obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- orangutan — a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- orbituary — Orbital.
- ortanique — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a tangerine, developed in Jamaica in the 1920s.
- out-years — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outboards — Plural form of outboard.
- outbraved — Simple past tense and past participle of outbrave.
- outbrazen — to be more brazen or impudent than
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outcrafty — to be craftier than
- outer bar — a body of the junior counsel who sit and plead outside the dividing bar in the court, ranking below the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel.
- outer ear — external ear.
- outercoat — coat (def 1).
- outerwear — garments, as raincoats or overcoats, worn over other clothing for warmth or protection outdoors; overclothes.
- outlander — a foreigner; alien.
- outlinear — relating to an outline
- outmaster — to surpass
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outraging — Present participle of outrage.
- outraised — Simple past tense and past participle of outraise.
- outranged — Simple past tense and past participle of outrange.
- outranked — Simple past tense and past participle of outrank.
- outreason — (transitive) To surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
- outsavour — to exceed in savouring
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- outsmarts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsmart.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- outstared — Simple past tense and past participle of outstare.