9-letter words containing s, u, r, o
- truss rod — a tie rod in a truss.
- 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.
- tyrannous — tyrannical.
- ultraposh — extremely posh
- ultraslow — extremely slow
- ultrasoft — extremely soft
- un-robust — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- unaroused — to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.
- uncrossed — not crossed.
- uncurious — incurious
- underboss — a lesser or minor boss, often the second in command, as in an underworld hierarchy.
- underdose — a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- undergoes — to be subjected to; experience; pass through: to undergo surgery.
- undermost — being the furthest under; lowest
- undershot — having the front teeth of the lower jaw projecting in front of the upper teeth, as a bulldog.
- undersoil — subsoil.
- undersold — to sell more cheaply than.
- undersong — an accompanying secondary melody
- uniparous — Zoology. producing only one egg or offspring at a time.
- uniramous — Biology. having one branch.
- unmortise — to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- unroasted — not roasted or cooked over dry heat
- unrosined — not coated with rosin
- unsavoury — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- unscoured — unclean; unscrubbed
- unserious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- unsoberly — in an unsober manner
- unsourced — (of a story or quotation) not attributed to a source
- unstopper — to unstop.
- unstoried — without a history; not written as history or told as folklore: an unstoried island.
- upholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- uppermost — highest in place, order, rank, power, etc.: the uppermost peaks of the mountain; the uppermost class of society.
- uredinous — of or relating to rust
- urogenous — secreting or producing urine.
- urokinase — an enzyme, present in the blood and urine of mammals, that activates plasminogen and is used medicinally to dissolve blood clots.
- urologist — the scientific, clinical, and especially surgical aspects of the study of the urine and the genitourinary tract in health and disease.
- uttermost — most remote or outermost; farthest: the uttermost stars.
- vagarious — characterized by vagaries; erratic; capricious: a vagarious foreign policy.
- variolous — of or relating to smallpox.
- variously — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- venereous — encouraging lust; aphrodisiac
- venturous — venturesome.
- veracious — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
- verdurous — rich in verdure; freshly green; verdant.
- verminous — of the nature of or resembling vermin.
- verrucose — studded with wartlike protuberances or elevations.