9-letter words containing t, o, u, s
- solothurn — a city in NW Switzerland, on the Aar River: capital of canton of Solothurn.
- solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
- solutrean — Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- sostenuto — sustained or prolonged in the time value of the tones.
- soubrette — a maidservant or lady's maid in a play, opera, or the like, especially one displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to engage in intrigue.
- soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- sound out — to measure or try the depth of (water, a deep hole, etc.) by letting down a lead or plummet at the end of a line, or by some equivalent means.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- soundpost — a small post, usually of pine, on guitars, violins, etc, that joins the front surface to the back, helps to support the bridge, and allows the whole body of the instrument to vibrate
- sour salt — crystals of citric acid used as a flavoring in foods, carbonated beverages, and pharmaceuticals.
- soustelle — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1912–90, French anthropologist and government official.
- souteneur — a pimp
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
- southcott — Joanna. 1750–1814, British religious fanatic, who claimed that she would give birth to the second Messiah
- southdown — one of an English breed of sheep, yielding mutton of high quality.
- southeast — the point or direction midway between south and east. Abbreviation: SE.
- southerly — a wind that blows from the south.
- southgate — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- southland — a southern area.
- southmost — southernmost.
- southport — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England: resort.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- southwell — Saint Robert. ?1561–95, English poet and Roman Catholic martyr, who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed for his Jesuit activities. His best-known poem is 'The Burning Babe'
- southwest — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
- space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spazz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speak out — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- spell out — to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?
- spill out — overflow
- spiritous — of the nature of spirit; immaterial, ethereal, or refined.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spout cup — a deep vessel used in feeding babies and invalids, having a long, curved, rising spout.
- spout off — to spout words in a way that is hasty, irresponsible, etc.
- spoutless — having no spout
- squawroot — a fleshy, leafless plant, Conopholis americana, of the broomrape family, native to eastern North America, having a stout, yellowish, conelike stalk of lipped flowers, and growing in clusters, especially under oaks.
- st. cloud — a city in central Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- st. louis — Saint, 1214?–70, king of France 1226–70.
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- stake out — a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
- stake-out — a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
- stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- stand out — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- stand-out — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- stare out — If you stare someone out, you look steadily into their eyes for such a long time that they feel that they have to turn their eyes away from you.
- start out — begin career
- statutory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- stegosaur — a plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a heavy, bony armor and a row of bony plates along its back, and growing to a length of 20 to 40 feet (6–12 meters).
- stenokous — able to live or survive only within a limited range of environments
- stick out — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.