9-letter words containing s, a, u, r
- antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
- antitrust — In the United States, antitrust laws are intended to stop large firms taking over their competitors, fixing prices with their competitors, or interfering with free competition in any way.
- antivirus — a piece of software designed to prevent viruses entering a computer system or network
- apatosaur — a large, long-necked, herbivorous dinosaur
- apertures — Plural form of aperture.
- apivorous — eating bees
- apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
- apronfuls — Plural form of apronful.
- aquarists — Plural form of aquarist.
- aquariums — Plural form of aquarium.
- aquitards — Plural form of aquitard.
- arabesque — An arabesque is a position in ballet dancing. The dancer stands on one leg with their other leg lifted and stretched out backwards, and their arms stretched out in front of them.
- arboreous — thickly wooded; having many trees
- arbovirus — any one of a group of viruses that cause such diseases as encephalitis and dengue and are transmitted to humans by arthropods, esp insects and ticks
- arbutuses — Plural form of arbutus.
- archdukes — Plural form of archduke.
- archosaur — any of a group of reptiles consisting of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, modern birds, modern crocodiles and extinct relatives of crocodiles, all having a diapsid skull
- arduously — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- areopagus — the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- arethusas — Plural form of arethusa.
- argentous — of or containing silver in the monovalent state
- argonauts — Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
- arguments — an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation: a violent argument.
- aristaeus — a son of Apollo and Cyrene: protector of herds and fields
- armatures — Plural form of armature.
- armourers — Plural form of armourer.
- armouries — a drill hall used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces
- arousable — able to be aroused
- arquebuse — A sort of trigger-based handgun or firearm, by which a burning match was applied, from which the musket was derived.
- arrhenius — Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903
- arsenious — of or containing arsenic in the trivalent state
- art house — a motion-picture theater specializing in the exhibition of art films.
- art music — music written by a composer rather than passed on by oral tradition
- art-house — An art-house film is a film that is intended to be a serious artistic work rather than a piece of popular entertainment.
- aryballus — aryballos.
- as a rule — If you say that something happens as a rule, you mean that it usually happens.
- ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
- ashburton — 1st Baron, Baring, Alexander.
- asmoulder — in a smouldering or slowly burning manner
- asparagus — Asparagus is a vegetable that is long and green and has small shoots at one end. It is cooked and served whole.
- assaulter — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assurance — If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
- assuredly — If something is assuredly true, it is definitely true.
- assurgent — (of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising
- astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
- astroturf — Astroturf is a type of artificial fiber that is used instead of grass on some sports fields.
- at source — at the point of origin
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- auditress — a female auditor
- auriculas — Plural form of auricula.