9-letter words containing r, u, p, e, s, t
- 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.
- quipsters — Plural form of quipster.
- rustle up — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- sepulture — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spluttery — tending to splutter: spluttery fire sparks.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- 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.
- strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbity — pride
- superbrat — an exceptionally unpleasant or bratty person, someone who is very much a brat
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
- supercute — very cute
- superette — a grocery store with some of the self-service features of a supermarket.
- superfast — very or extremely fast
- superheat — the state of being superheated.
- supermart — a large self-service store selling food and household supplies
- supermoto — a form of motorcycle racing in which powerful motorbikes are raced over a circuit that is part tarmac and part dirt
- supernate — a supernatant liquid
- superport — a deepwater port, often one built offshore, capable of accommodating very large ships, especially supertankers of 100,000 tons or more.
- supersalt — a salt with an excess of acid over base
- supersoft — exceptionally soft
- superstar — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- superstud — a highly virile man
- supertalk — Silicon Beach Software. A superset of HyperTalk used in SuperCard.
- supertask — a paradox resulting from the notion that a task requiring an infinite number of steps could be performed in a finite time by halving the duration of each step.
- superthin — extremely thin
- supertram — a tram with greater capacity and speed than conventional trams
- supporter — a person or thing that supports.
- suppurate — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- susceptor — a piece of metallic film on a package of microwaveable food that helps cook and brown the food by producing and concentrating energy on the food's outer surface.
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.
- unstopper — to unstop.
- unstriped — not striped; nonstriated, as muscular tissue.
- upholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- uppermost — highest in place, order, rank, power, etc.: the uppermost peaks of the mountain; the uppermost class of society.
- upstirred — disturbed; in a commotion