9-letter words containing s, t, a, u, o, r
- fructosan — any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- gustatory — of or relating to taste or tasting.
- haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- macrotous — having large ears
- marabouts — Plural form of marabout.
- minotaurs — Plural form of minotaur.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- nothosaur — An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- out-years — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outboards — Plural form of outboard.
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outmaster — to surpass
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outraised — Simple past tense and past participle of outraise.
- outreason — (transitive) To surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
- outsavour — to exceed in savouring
- outscream — to scream louder than
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- outsmarts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsmart.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- outstared — Simple past tense and past participle of outstare.
- outstrain — to strain or stretch too much
- outstream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- outswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outswear.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- pterosaur — any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- quaestors — Plural form of quaestor.
- quartzose — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rapturous — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- 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.
- rutaceous — of or like rue.
- sartorius — a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.
- saturator — a person or thing that saturates.
- scout car — a fast, lightly-armored military vehicle equipped with guns and used chiefly for reconnaissance.