9-letter words containing s, c, r, u
- preaccuse — to accuse (someone of something) prior to the specified wrongdoing being committed or prior to having evidence of wrongdoing
- precieuse — one of the 17th-century literary women of France who affected an extreme care in the use of language.
- precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- prescious — prescient
- prescutum — the anterior dorsal sclerite of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- presecure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- prickspur — a spur having a single sharp goad or point.
- proconsul — an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
- procopius — a.d. c490–c562, Greek historian.
- procuress — a woman who procures prostitutes.
- producers — a person who produces.
- promuscis — the proboscis of some insects
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- push-card — punchboard.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- quenchers — Plural form of quencher.
- quicksort — A sorting algorithm with O(n log n) average time complexity. One element, x of the list to be sorted is chosen and the other elements are split into those elements less than x and those greater than or equal to x. These two lists are then sorted recursively using the same algorithm until there is only one element in each list, at which point the sublists are recursively recombined in order yielding the sorted list. This can be written in Haskell:
- rancorous — full of or showing rancor.
- rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- raucously — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- reclusely — in a solitary or recluse manner, as or like a recluse; reclusively
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- reclusive — a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- reclusory — a recluse's dwelling or cell
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- recursion — the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- recursive — recursion
- recusancy — the state of being recusant.
- rediscuss — to discuss again
- reductase — any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.
- repercuss — to have or cause repercussions
- resecured — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- resourced — If an organization is resourced, it has all the things, such as money and materials, that it needs to function properly.
- resources — a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- rest cure — a treatment for nervous disorders, consisting of a complete rest, usually combined with systematic diet, massage, etc., especially at a spa or sanitorium.
- rest-cure — a treatment for nervous disorders, consisting of a complete rest, usually combined with systematic diet, massage, etc., especially at a spa or sanitorium.
- resubject — to subject again
- resurface — to give a new surface to.
- resurrect — to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
- ridicules — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- rock dust — a crushed limestone sprayed on surfaces in mines to make coal dust incombustible in case of a gas explosion.
- rosaceous — belonging to the plant family Rosaceae. Compare rose family.
- 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.
- rubescent — becoming red; blushing.
- rudaceous — (of conglomerate, breccia, and similar rocks) composed of coarse-grained material