9-letter words containing s, u, r, o
- repurpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- reremouse — a bat.
- residuous — residual, remaining
- resoluble — able to be redissolved.
- resounded — to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
- resourced — If an organization is resourced, it has all the things, such as money and materials, that it needs to function properly.
- resources — a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
- retrousse — (especially of the nose) turned up.
- retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- revelrous — of or relating to revelry
- revulsion — a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rivalrous — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- road user — anyone who uses a road, such as a pedestrian, cyclist or motorist
- roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
- rock dust — a crushed limestone sprayed on surfaces in mines to make coal dust incombustible in case of a gas explosion.
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- roguishly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- rosaceous — belonging to the plant family Rosaceae. Compare rose family.
- rose-slug — the larva of any of several sawflies, especially Endelomyia aethiops or Cladius isomerus, that skeletonize the foliage of roses.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roughshod — shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points.
- roundness — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
- roussette — a type of dogfish
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- routinist — someone who lives by routine
- routously — in a routous manner
- row house — one of a row of houses having uniform, or nearly uniform, plans and fenestration and usually having a uniform architectural treatment, as in certain housing developments.
- row-house — one of a row of houses having uniform, or nearly uniform, plans and fenestration and usually having a uniform architectural treatment, as in certain housing developments.
- rubtsovsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia.
- rudaceous — (of conglomerate, breccia, and similar rocks) composed of coarse-grained material
- run close — to compete closely with; present a serious challenge to
- run short — having little length; not long.
- rush hour — a time of day in which large numbers of people are in transit, as going to or returning from work, and that is characterized by particularly heavy traffic.
- rush-work — the handicraft of making objects woven of rushes.
- rustproof — not subject to rusting.
- rutaceous — of or like rue.
- san bruno — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
- sartorius — a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.
- saturator — a person or thing that saturates.
- savouries — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- scirrhous — of a hard, fibrous consistency.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.