9-letter words containing t, r, o, s, i
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- remoisten — to moisten again, to add new moisture to
- repositor — any surgical instrument used for correcting the position of displaced organs or bones
- resection — Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- resolicit — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- resorting — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- retorsion — retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
- retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rib roast — a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rightmost — farthest to the right side
- ring spot — any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.
- rogations — solemn supplications, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church
- roisterer — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- root sign — the symbol √ placed before a number or quantity to indicate the extraction of a root, esp a square root. The value of a higher root is indicated by a raised digit in front of the symbol, as in 3√
- rosetting — abnormal leaf formation in a plant due to disease
- rosinante — the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- rotavirus — a double-stranded RNA virus of the genus Rotavirus, family Reoviridae, that is a major cause of infant diarrhea.
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- routinist — someone who lives by routine
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- sanatoria — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- santorini — a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- sartorial — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- 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.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- 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.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- scorodite — a green or brownish mineral containing iron and aluminium
- scriptory — of or relating to writing
- scrutoire — writing desk (def 1).
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- secretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- seniority — the state of being senior; priority of birth; superior age.
- septiform — sevenfold
- seriation — the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- serositis — inflammation of a serous membrane.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serotines — a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.