9-letter words containing u, t, i, s
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- ritualist — a student of or authority on ritual practices or religious rites.
- 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
- rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- runtishly — in a runtish manner
- rushlight — a narrow candle, formerly in use, made of the pith of various types of rush dipped in tallow
- rust mite — any of various mites that cause brown or reddish patches on leaves and fruit.
- rusticana — objects, such as agricultural implements, garden furniture, etc, relating to the countryside or made in imitation of rustic styles
- rusticate — to go to the country.
- rusticism — a rustic expression
- rusticity — the state or quality of being rustic.
- rusticize — to make rustic
- sack suit — a man's suit that has a loose-fitting jacket.
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- 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.
- saturnian — of or relating to the planet Saturn.
- saturniid — any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
- saturnine — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- saturnist — a dull, gloomy, or saturnine person thought to be born under the influence of Saturn
- sausalito — a town in W California on San Fransisco Bay: resort; formerly artist's colony.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- scrutoire — writing desk (def 1).
- scummiest — consisting of or having scum.
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- scuttling — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- seditious — of, relating to, or of the nature of sedition.
- seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- seductive — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- sequacity — following with smooth or logical regularity.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- sertorius — Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), died 72 b.c, Roman general and statesman.
- servitude — slavery or bondage of any kind: political or intellectual servitude.
- sextarius — an ancient Roman measurement for volume
- sexualist — a botanist who employs or advocates Linnaeus' sexual system of classifying plants
- sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
- shift out — (character) (SO, Control-N, ASCII 14) The character which was used to "shift out" of an alternate character set on some ancient teletypes, reversing the effect of the Shift In (SI, ASCII 15) character.
- shithouse — a privy; outhouse.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.