9-letter words containing s, t, o, r
- atherosis — (pathology) atheroma.
- atomizers — Plural form of atomizer.
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attolaser — a high-power laser capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
- attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- authoress — An authoress is a female author. Many female writers object to this word, and prefer to be called authors.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorish — like or similar to an author
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- autocrats — Plural form of autocrat.
- autocross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a half-mile circuit of rough grass
- autogiros — Plural form of autogiro.
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- autostart — (transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- balloters — Plural form of balloter.
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- bar-stool — a high backless seat found chiefly in bars, at the serving counter
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barrators — a person who commits barratry.
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- beetroots — Plural form of beetroot.
- bemonster — to treat as a monster
- bergstrom — Sune (ˈsʊnə). 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist; shared the Nobel prize for medicine and physiology (1982) for work on prostaglandin
- biostrome — a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils
- bird shot — small-sized shot used for shooting birds.
- bogo-sort — (algorithm, humour) /boh"goh-sort"/ (Or "stupid-sort") The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to bubble sort, which is merely the generic *bad* algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in order. It serves as a sort of canonical example of awfulness. Looking at a program and seeing a dumb algorithm, one might say "Oh, I see, this program uses bogo-sort." Also known as "monkey sort" after the Infinite Monkey Theorem. Compare brute force, Lasherism.
- bolstered — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- book rest — a support for an open book, usually holding it at a slight angle.
- bookstore — A bookstore is a shop where books are sold.
- bootstrap — If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources.
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- botmaster — (chat) The owner of a bot.
- bowstring — the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
- box store — a retail store that sells a limited assortment of basic grocery items, often, as at a warehouse, displayed in their original cartons in order to lower costs and prices.
- boyshorts — women's underpants which resemble close-fitting shorts, sitting below the waist and stretching to the tops of the legs
- brimstone — Brimstone is the same as sulphur.
- brimstony — of, relating to or resembling brimstone; sulphurous
- broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- bronxites — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- bud sport — a shoot, inflorescence, etc, that differs from another such structure on a plant and is caused by a somatic mutation; the differences can be retained by vegetative propagation
- buhrstone — a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone
- burrstone — buhrstone