9-letter words containing s, r, u, t, i
- 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.
- 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.
- stirabout — porridge.
- striature — the way something is striated
- stricture — a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- strikeout — an out made by a batter to whom three strikes have been charged, or as recorded by the pitcher who accomplishes this.
- string up — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- 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
- strumitis — an inflammation of thyroid gland
- strutting — walking or moving with a strut; walking pompously; pompous.
- sub-tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submitter — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- subtorrid — subtropical (def 2).
- subwriter — a person carrying out writing tasks for another writer
- suctorial — adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- sugar tit — a piece of cloth containing moist sugar, wrapped to resemble a nipple and used to pacify an infant.
- sugar-tit — a piece of cloth containing moist sugar, wrapped to resemble a nipple and used to pacify an infant.
- summarist — a person who summarizes
- summiteer — a participant in a summit meeting.
- sunbright — as bright as the sun, very bright
- superbity — pride
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- superthin — extremely thin
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.
- surfeited — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- surtitles — supertitle.
- sustainer — a person or thing that sustains.
- taruntius — a crater in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 38 miles (61 km) in diameter.
- tessitura — the general pitch level or average range of a vocal or instrumental part in a musical composition: an uncomfortably high tessitura.
- theurgist — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
- thirstful — having or full of thirst; thirsty
- thrusting — to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- togavirus — a virus belonging to the Togaviridae family and which usually affects birds and mammals rather than humans
- toreutics — the art or technique of decorating metal or other material, especially by embossing or chasing.
- torminous — suffering from tormina
- torulosis — cryptococcosis.
- touristed — busy with tourists
- touristic — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.