9-letter words containing u, t, i, s
- potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
- presummit — of the period prior to a summit
- pretorius — Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
- prussiate — a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.
- publicist — a person who publicizes, especially a press agent or public-relations consultant.
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsating — throbbing
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- put aside — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- putschist — a participant in a putsch.
- quaesitum — something that is sought; the solution to a problem
- quaintest — Superlative form of quaint.
- qualities — an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.
- quantiles — Plural form of quantile.
- quantised — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quantizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quantize.
- quartiles — Plural form of quartile.
- quatrains — Plural form of quatrain.
- queasiest — Superlative form of queasy.
- questions — Plural form of question.
- questrist — one who quests
- quicksets — Plural form of quickset.
- quicksort — A sorting algorithm with O(n log n) average time complexity. One element, x of the list to be sorted is chosen and the other elements are split into those elements less than x and those greater than or equal to x. These two lists are then sorted recursively using the same algorithm until there is only one element in each list, at which point the sublists are recursively recombined in order yielding the sorted list. This can be written in Haskell:
- quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
- quiescent — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiet sun — the sun at the minimum of solar activity, occurring every 11 years.
- quietness — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- quietsome — still, calm, quiet
- quintains — Plural form of quintain.
- quintiles — Plural form of quintile.
- quipsters — Plural form of quipster.
- quirkiest — Superlative form of quirky.
- quitrents — Plural form of quitrent.
- quixotism — (sometimes initial capital letter) quixotic character or practice.
- quotients — Plural form of quotient.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rapturist — a person who goes into raptures, an enthusiast
- rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
- rejustify — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- requisite — required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
- resituate — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.
- restitute — to make restitution.
- resulting — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- retiarius — a gladiator equipped with a net for casting over his opponent.
- retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- retrusive — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.