9-letter words containing u, n, r, s
- surgeoncy — the office, duties, or position of a surgeon, esp in the army or navy
- surliness — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- surreined — (of horse) ridden too much
- surrejoin — to reply to a legal rejoinder
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- surveying — the science or scientific method of making surveys of land.
- surviving — to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
- suspender — Usually, suspenders. Also called, especially British, braces. adjustable straps or bands worn over the shoulders with the ends buttoned or clipped to the waistband of a pair of trousers or a skirt to support it.
- suspenser — a film that creates a feeling of suspense
- suspensor — a suspensory ligament, bandage, etc.
- sustainer — a person or thing that sustains.
- susurrant — softly murmuring; whispering.
- swinburne — Algernon Charles, 1837–1909, English poet and critic.
- synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
- taruntius — a crater in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 38 miles (61 km) in diameter.
- ten gurus — the ten leaders of the Sikh religion from its founder Guru Nanak to Guru Govind Singh, who ended the line of gurus by calling on Sikhs to rely on the holy text of the Granth to guide them
- tenebrous — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- thornbush — any of various shrubs or bushes having spines or thorns.
- thrusting — to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- torminous — suffering from tormina
- tournedos — small slices of fillet of beef, round and thick, served with a variety of sauces and garnished.
- trachinus — a weever fish
- trans-use — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- transduce — to convert (energy) from one form into another.
- transeunt — (of a mental act) producing an effect outside of the mind.
- transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- transmute — change into another form
- transumpt — an official or legal transcription, usually an old one
- trigonous — having three angles or corners, as a stem or seed; triangular.
- trigynous — (of a plant) having three pistils
- trunkfish — any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
- trunkless — the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- turkestan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turkistan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turnstile — a structure of four horizontally revolving arms pivoted atop a post and set in a gateway or opening in a fence to allow the controlled passage of people.
- turnstone — any shorebird of the genus Arenaria, characterized by the habit of turning over stones in search of food.
- tyndareus — the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.
- tyrannous — tyrannical.
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- un-robust — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- un-strict — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
- unaroused — to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.
- unassured — guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
- unbruised — not bruised; unharmed by bruising
- unbrushed — (of hair, clothing, etc) not brushed
- uncrossed — not crossed.
- uncrushed — intact or not crushed
- uncurious — incurious
- underages — shortage; deficiency in amount.