8-letter words containing r, u, t, l, e
- plectrum — a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- pulpiter — a preacher
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- quartile — Statistics. (in a frequency distribution) one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into four groups having equal frequencies. Compare first quartile, median, third quartile.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- quilters — Plural form of quilter.
- rebuttal — an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
- reel out — to unwind from a reel
- refluent — flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- relucent — shining; bright.
- requital — the act of requiting.
- resalute — to salute or greet again
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- resolute — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- resulted — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- reticule — a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- revolute — rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- roulette — a game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36, one or two zeros, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities, and having in the center a revolving, dishlike device (roulette wheel) into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments, indicating the winning number and its characteristics, as odd or even, red or black, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.
- roundlet — a small circle or circular object.
- rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- ruralite — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- rustable — liable to rust
- rustbelt — the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
- rustless — free from rust.
- ruthless — without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
- rutledge — Ann, 1816–35, fiancée of Abraham Lincoln.
- scuttler — someone or something that scuttles
- shuttler — a person who weaves
- sluttery — the state of being a slut
- sluttier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- souterly — relating to a souter
- splutter — to talk rapidly and somewhat incoherently, as when confused, excited, or embarrassed: When pushed for an explanation, he always spluttered.
- staumrel — stupid; half-witted.
- streusel — a topping for coffeecake, consisting of crumbs of blended sugar, cinnamon, flour, butter, and chopped nutmeats.
- struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- strummel — straw
- sulfuret — Chemistry. a sulfide.
- surtitle — supertitle.
- tailleur — a tailored or tailor-made costume for women.
- tellural — relating to the earth