9-Letter Words Containing: _,A,E,R,S,T,T,U

• someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it

• someone who settles on land without right or title

• a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)

• The forward curve of the stem of a ship

• The wedge of a bridge pier, that resists the flow of water and ice.

• A black skimmer; a sea bird of the species Rynchops niger, that flies low over the sea, "cutting" the water surface with its lower mandible to catch small fish.

• Any salt or ester of butyric acid.

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• treat cruelly

• the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

• any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe

• a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts

• pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

• edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber