9-letter words containing s, i, l, u, r
- semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- seriously — in a serious manner: He shook his head seriously.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- side curl — earlock.
- silverius — Saint, died a.d. 537, pope 536–37.
- simulacra — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- singulary — (of an operator) monadic
- slit-drum — a hollowed-out log with a long, narrow slit, beaten with a stick or stamped upon to produce a drumming sound, found in many cultures since ancient times.
- slurrying — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- slut-tier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
- sour milk — milk that has spoiled
- sourishly — in a sourish manner
- spirillum — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- spiritful — full of spirit or spiritual
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- spit curl — a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.
- split run — a pressrun, as that of a newspaper or magazine, which is interrupted after the running of a specified number of copies to permit the substitution of type or of a cut, as in a keyed advertisement: a device for testing the relative effectiveness of different versions of an advertisement.
- squirrely — eccentric; flighty.
- sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- subaerial — located or occurring on the surface of the earth.
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- subpurlin — a light structural member for carrying roofing materials, supported by and running at right angles to purlins.
- subsoiler — one who operates a subsoil plow.
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- sulfurize — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- summarily — in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- surcingle — a belt or girth that passes around the belly of a horse and over the blanket, pack, saddle, etc., and is buckled on the horse's back.
- surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
- surliness — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- surprisal — the act of surprising.
- surtitles — supertitle.
- thirstful — having or full of thirst; thirsty
- torulosis — cryptococcosis.
- trochilus — scotia.
- tuileries — a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park (Tuileries Gardens)
- turnstile — a structure of four horizontally revolving arms pivoted atop a post and set in a gateway or opening in a fence to allow the controlled passage of people.
- undersoil — subsoil.
- uniserial — in or relating to a single series
- unispiral — having one spiral.
- universal — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- unrealism — abstractionism or a representation lacking a direct relation to a tangible or concrete object