9-letter words containing t, a, u, r, s
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rapturist — a person who goes into raptures, an enthusiast
- rapturous — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- re-adjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- reductase — any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.
- resituate — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.
- resultant — that results; following as a result or consequence.
- retiarius — a gladiator equipped with a net for casting over his opponent.
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- ritualist — a student of or authority on ritual practices or religious rites.
- 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.
- rust away — When a metal object rusts away, it is gradually weakened and destroyed by rust.
- rusticana — objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles
- rusticate — to go to the country.
- rutaceous — of or like rue.
- saleratus — sodium bicarbonate used in cookery; baking soda.
- 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.
- sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
- sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- 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.
- satu-mare — a city in NW Romania.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- saturated — saturated.
- saturater — a person or thing that saturates.
- saturator — a person or thing that saturates.
- saturdays — on Saturdays: Saturdays we go to the movies.
- saturnian — of or relating to the planet Saturn.
- saturniid — any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
- saturnine — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- saturnist — a dull, gloomy, or saturnine person thought to be born under the influence of Saturn
- sauntered — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- sauternes — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- scout car — a fast, lightly-armored military vehicle equipped with guns and used chiefly for reconnaissance.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- scrutator — a person who investigates.
- sea route — a route followed by ships
- sea trout — any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
- secateurs — scissors or shears, especially pruning shears.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- sequestra — a fragment of bone that has become necrotic as a result of disease or injury and has separated from the normal bone structure.
- serrulate — finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.
- sextarius — an ancient Roman measurement for volume
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment