9-letter words containing s, t, o, r, e
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- remoisten — to moisten again, to add new moisture to
- repositor — any surgical instrument used for correcting the position of displaced organs or bones
- resection — Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- resnatron — a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- resolicit — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- resolvent — resolving; causing solution; solvent.
- resonator — anything that resonates.
- resorting — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- rest home — a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- rest room — rooms or a room having a washbowl, toilet, and other facilities for use by employees, visitors, etc., as in a store, theater, or office.
- rest stop — a stop made, as during a motor trip, to allow passengers to stretch their legs, use rest rooms, get refreshments, etc.
- rest-home — a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- rethondes — a village in N France near Compiègne: armistice ending World War I signed here 1918.
- retorsion — retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
- retrousse — (especially of the nose) turned up.
- retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- road test — test of vehicle in use
- road-test — to test (an automotive vehicle) under normal operating conditions on the road, as by a potential purchaser.
- roadstead — road (def 4).
- robertson — Oscar Palmer ("The Big O") born 1938, U.S. basketball player.
- rochester — John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier.
- roisterer — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- roosevelt — (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- root test — the theorem that a given infinite series converges if the n th root of the absolute value of the n th term approaches a limit less than 1 as n increases without bound.
- rose-root — any of certain perennial mountain plants, as Sedum rosea, Sedum rhodiola, or Rhodiola rosea, so called because the roots smell like roses.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rosetting — abnormal leaf formation in a plant due to disease
- rosewater — perfume, flavouring from rose petals
- rosinante — the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- rotatores — a person or thing that rotates.
- rotoscope — a projection device that allows images from live-action films to be traced to create an animated sequence
- rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
- roussette — a type of dogfish
- roysterer — someone who partakes in merry-making
- rutaceous — of or like rue.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- sclerotic — Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- score out — to delete or cancel by marking through with a line or lines; cross out