9-letter words containing s, u, r, o
- outstrike — (transitive) To strike faster than.
- outstrips — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outstrip.
- outstrive — to strive harder than
- outstroke — a stroke in an outward direction.
- outstruck — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- outswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outswear.
- outthrows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outthrow.
- outthrust — thrust or extended outward: a friendly, outthrust hand.
- over-busy — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- overbrush — To brush excessively.
- overflush — too flush
- overfocus — to focus too much
- overfussy — too fussy
- overissue — an excessive issue of stocks or bonds, as in excess of the needs of the business or in excess of charter authorization.
- overlusty — too lusty
- oversauce — to put too much sauce on
- overstudy — excessive study.
- overstuff — to force too much into: If you overstuff your suitcase, the fastenings may not hold.
- overtrust — to trust too much
- oviferous — bearing eggs.
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- panderous — resembling a pander
- parcourse — an outdoor exercise track or course, especially for joggers, equipped with a series of stations along the way where one is to stop and perform a specific exercise.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- peasouper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- percussor — plexor.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- pesterous — having a propensity to pester, annoy, or to be trying
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- pistorius — Oscar (Leonard Carl), born 1986, South African sprinter in races for below-the-knee amputees; winner of six Paralympic gold medals (2004–2012); found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (1983–2013)
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- poorhouse — (formerly) an institution in which paupers were maintained at public expense.
- port dues — the charge for the use of a port
- porthouse — a company that produces port
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- poudreuse — a small toilet table of the 18th century.
- pour test — any test for determining the pour point of a substance.
- precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- prelusion — a prelude.