9-letter words containing r, u, s, t, o
- southerly — a wind that blows from the south.
- southport — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England: resort.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- spiritous — of the nature of spirit; immaterial, ethereal, or refined.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- squawroot — a fleshy, leafless plant, Conopholis americana, of the broomrape family, native to eastern North America, having a stout, yellowish, conelike stalk of lipped flowers, and growing in clusters, especially under oaks.
- 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.
- start out — begin career
- statutory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- 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).
- stirabout — porridge.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- strenuous — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- strikeout — an out made by a batter to whom three strikes have been charged, or as recorded by the pitcher who accomplishes this.
- strip out — to remove the working parts of (a machine)
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- strontium — a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- strouding — a woolly material used to make strouds or blankets
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- studhorse — a stallion kept for breeding.
- stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
- stuporous — suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
- sturluson — Snorri Sturluson.
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subrogate — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subsector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- subtorrid — subtropical (def 2).
- succentor — a precentor's deputy.
- succorant — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- sugarcoat — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- sunstroke — a sudden and sometimes fatal affection due to exposure to the sun's rays or to excessive heat, marked by prostration with or without fever, convulsion, and coma.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- supermoto — a form of motorcycle racing in which powerful motorbikes are raced over a circuit that is part tarmac and part dirt
- superport — a deepwater port, often one built offshore, capable of accommodating very large ships, especially supertankers of 100,000 tons or more.
- supersoft — exceptionally soft
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.
- supporter — a person or thing that supports.
- surf boat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- surrogate — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- 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.
- swarthout — Gladys, 1904–69, U.S. soprano.
- swear out — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- tartarous — consisting of or containing tartar.
- tau cross — a T -shaped cross.
- teleosaur — a type of crocodile from the Jurassic period