9-letter words containing s, t, r, u
- sextarius — an ancient Roman measurement for volume
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- share out — distribute fairly
- sharp-cut — cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
- short cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- short-cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short-run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- shottsuru — a fish sauce used in Japanese cookery.
- shuttered — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- sit under — to be seated on the right of (the player)
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- 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.
- slut-tier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- sobriquet — a nickname.
- sodbuster — a farmer who works the soil.
- soft drug — a drug, usually illicit, that does not produce significant psychological or physical dependence.
- solothurn — a city in NW Switzerland, on the Aar River: capital of canton of Solothurn.
- solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
- solutrean — Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- soubrette — a maidservant or lady's maid in a play, opera, or the like, especially one displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to engage in intrigue.
- sour salt — crystals of citric acid used as a flavoring in foods, carbonated beverages, and pharmaceuticals.
- souteneur — a pimp
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
- southerly — a wind that blows from the south.
- southport — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England: resort.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- spartacus — died 71 b.c, Thracian slave, gladiator, and insurrectionist.
- spiritful — full of spirit or spiritual
- spiritous — of the nature of spirit; immaterial, ethereal, or refined.
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- 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.
- spluttery — tending to splutter: spluttery fire sparks.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- squawroot — a fleshy, leafless plant, Conopholis americana, of the broomrape family, native to eastern North America, having a stout, yellowish, conelike stalk of lipped flowers, and growing in clusters, especially under oaks.
- star ruby — a ruby that resembles a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure
- star turn — the leading performer or act in a play, review, film, or the like.
- starburst — a pattern of lines or rays radiating from a central point.
- stare out — If you stare someone out, you look steadily into their eyes for such a long time that they feel that they have to turn their eyes away from you.
- starquake — a rapid change in the mass distribution or shape of a pulsar, resulting in a fluctuation of the pulsar's pulse rate or radiation intensity.
- start out — begin career
- state-run — controlled by the government
- statutory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stegosaur — a plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a heavy, bony armor and a row of bony plates along its back, and growing to a length of 20 to 40 feet (6–12 meters).