9-letter words containing t, r, e, s, l
- rightless — lacking rights
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- rillettes — an appetizer made usually of pork or goose meat that is diced, seasoned, cooked, and then pounded or ground to the consistency of a spread.
- roosevelt — (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- rust belt — the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
- rustle up — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- saleratus — sodium bicarbonate used in cookery; baking soda.
- salimeter — salinometer.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salt tree — athel tree.
- salt-free — containing or involving no salt
- saltpeter — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saltpetre — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saltwater — of or relating to salt water.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- scelerate — a villain, or extremely wicked person; a criminal
- scleritis — inflammation of the sclera.
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- sclerotic — Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- sectarial — distinguishing or differentiating a sect
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- semestral — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- sepulture — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- serialist — a writer of serials
- seriality — a serial layout or arrangement; the quality of taking place in series
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- serrulate — finely or minutely serrate, as a leaf.
- servility — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
- severalty — the state of being separate.
- sheltered — protected or shielded from storms, missiles, etc., by a wall, roof, barrier, or the like.
- shirtless — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- short leg — a fielding position on the leg side near the batsman's wicket
- shrillest — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- silk tree — a tree, Albizia julibrissin, of the legume family, native to Asia, having pinnate leaves and plumelike pink flowers and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- silvertip — grizzly bear.
- silvester — Sylvester II.
- skirtless — having, or wearing, no skirt
- skirtlike — resembling a skirt
- slaistery — resembling slaister
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- slew rate — the rate at which an electronic amplifier can respond to an abrupt change of input level