9-letter words containing s, u, r, l
- run close — to compete closely with; present a serious challenge to
- runtishly — in a runtish manner
- ruralness — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- rushingly — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- rushlight — a narrow candle, formerly in use, made of the pith of various types of rush dipped in tallow
- rust belt — the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
- rustle up — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- saleratus — sodium bicarbonate used in cookery; baking soda.
- salisbury — Harrison, 1908–93, U.S. journalist and writer.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- scapulary — scapular1 .
- schedular — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- scheduler — scheduling
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- scoundrel — an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
- scrubbily — in a scrubby or messy manner
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- scruffily — in an unkempt or shabby fashion
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- scuddaler — a leader of festivities
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- secularly — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- securable — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- self-rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- sepulcher — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
- sepulchre — to place in a sepulcher; bury.
- sepulture — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- seriously — in a serious manner: He shook his head seriously.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- serrulate — finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.
- shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
- showerful — abundant
- shrubland — land covered by shrubs
- shrubless — devoid of shrubs
- side curl — earlock.
- silverius — Saint, died a.d. 537, pope 536–37.
- simulacra — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- singulary — (of an operator) monadic
- slangular — relating to slang
- 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.
- slow burn — a gradual building up of anger, as opposed to an immediate outburst: I did a slow burn as the conversation progressed.
- slum area — an area of a city filled with slums
- slumbered — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.