9-letter words containing s, u, r, v
- 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.
- perfusive — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- prelusive — introductory.
- presurvey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverous — consisting of tiny particles
- purposive — having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
- push over — shove to the ground
- quiverish — given to quivering, tremulous
- reclusive — a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- recursive — recursion
- redivivus — living again; revived.
- repulsive — causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask.
- retrusive — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- revelrous — of or relating to revelry
- revenuers — an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, especially one whose responsibility is to enforce laws against illegal distilling or bootlegging of alcoholic liquor.
- revulsion — a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
- revulsive — tending to alter the distribution of blood by revulsion.
- rivalrous — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- rna virus — any virus containing RNA; retrovirus.
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- rubtsovsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia.
- saver sub — A saver sub is a short piece of connecting pipe with threads on both ends, which is part of a drill string.
- savouries — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- serve out — dish up, distribute: food
- servitude — slavery or bondage of any kind: political or intellectual servitude.
- severinus — died a.d. 640, pope 640.
- silverius — Saint, died a.d. 537, pope 536–37.
- sub verbo — (used as a direction to a reference) under the word or heading. Abbreviation: s.v.
- subverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- subverted — to overthrow (something established or existing).
- sun visor — a flap, usually of padded cardboard, acetate, or the like, that is attached inside a vehicle above the windshield and can be swung down to protect the eyes from the sun's glare.
- super vga — Super Video Graphics Array
- superhive — super (def 3).
- supernova — the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.
- supervene — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supervise — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- superwave — an exceptionally large wave