9-letter words containing s, t, r, u
- trans-use — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- transduce — to convert (energy) from one form into another.
- transeunt — (of a mental act) producing an effect outside of the mind.
- transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- transmute — change into another form
- transumpt — an official or legal transcription, usually an old one
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.
- treasured — wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
- treasurer — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
- treasures — wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
- treehouse — a small house, especially one for children to play in, built or placed up in the branches of a tree.
- tremorous — involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- tremulous — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- tricuspid — Also, tricuspidal. having three cusps or points, as a tooth. Compare bicuspid.
- triecious — of or relating to a species having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants.
- trigamous — of or relating to trigamy or a trigamist.
- trigonous — having three angles or corners, as a stem or seed; triangular.
- trigynous — (of a plant) having three pistils
- trimerous — Botany. (of flowers) having members in each whorl in groups of three.
- triradius — a Y -shaped group of ridges on the palm of the hand at the base of each finger.
- trisodium — pertaining to molecules containing three sodium atoms.
- trochilus — scotia.
- troublous — characterized by trouble; unsettled: troublous times.
- trousseau — an outfit of clothing, household linen, etc., for a bride.
- troutless — (of a river, stream, lake or other body of water) without or empty of trout
- trouveres — one of a class of medieval poets who flourished in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries, wrote in langue d'oïl, and composed chiefly the chansons de geste and works on the themes of courtly love.
- truceless — having no truce
- truckstop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
- true ribs — ribs that are attached by cartilage directly to the sternum; in humans, the upper seven pairs of ribs
- trunkfish — any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
- trunkless — the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- truss rod — a tie rod in a truss.
- trustable — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- trustless — not worthy of trust; faithless; unreliable; false: He was trustless when money was involved.
- truth set — the set of values that satisfy an open sentence, equation, inequality, etc, having no unique solution
- tuileries — a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park (Tuileries Gardens)
- turfgrass — grass grown for lawns, of a type that forms a dense even turf if mown and maintained
- turkestan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turkistan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turnstile — a structure of four horizontally revolving arms pivoted atop a post and set in a gateway or opening in a fence to allow the controlled passage of people.
- turnstone — any shorebird of the genus Arenaria, characterized by the habit of turning over stones in search of food.
- turquoise — Also, turquois. an opaque mineral, a basic hydrous copper aluminum phosphate often containing a small amount of iron, sky-blue or greenish-blue in color, cut cabochon as a gem. Compare bone turquoise.
- tuscarora — a member of an Indian people living originally in North Carolina and later, after their admission into the Iroquois confederacy, in New York.
- tutiorism — (in Roman Catholic moral theology) the doctrine that in cases of moral doubt it is best to follow the safer course or that in agreement with the law
- tutorship — a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- tyndareus — the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.
- tyrannous — tyrannical.
- ullswater — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 12 km (7.5 miles)
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.