9-letter words containing r, u, s, t, o
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rapturous — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- retrousse — (especially of the nose) turned up.
- retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rock dust — a crushed limestone sprayed on surfaces in mines to make coal dust incombustible in case of a gas explosion.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
- roussette — a type of dogfish
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- routinist — someone who lives by routine
- routously — in a routous manner
- rubtsovsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia.
- run short — having little length; not long.
- rustproof — not subject to rusting.
- rutaceous — of or like rue.
- sartorius — a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.
- saturator — a person or thing that saturates.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- score out — to delete or cancel by marking through with a line or lines; cross out
- scout car — a fast, lightly-armored military vehicle equipped with guns and used chiefly for reconnaissance.
- scouthery — scorching
- scrutator — a person who investigates.
- scrutoire — writing desk (def 1).
- scut work — work that is regarded as tedious and routine or menial
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- sea route — a route followed by ships
- sea trout — any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
- sertorius — Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), died 72 b.c, Roman general and statesman.
- serve out — dish up, distribute: food
- share out — distribute fairly
- short cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- short-cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short-run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- shottsuru — a fish sauce used in Japanese cookery.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- sobriquet — a nickname.
- sodbuster — a farmer who works the soil.
- soft drug — a drug, usually illicit, that does not produce significant psychological or physical dependence.
- solothurn — a city in NW Switzerland, on the Aar River: capital of canton of Solothurn.
- 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.
- sour salt — crystals of citric acid used as a flavoring in foods, carbonated beverages, and pharmaceuticals.
- souteneur — a pimp
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.