9-letter words ending in OOT

9-letter words 18

• underfootunder the feet
• pussyfootto go stealthily or furtively
• overshootan approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
• crapshoota risky and uncertain venture
• bandicootany of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
• arrowroota nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
• grassroot
• bloodrootperennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
• coltsfoottufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
• snakeroota plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
• goosefootany of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers
• cocksfootwidely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass
• orrisrootfragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines
• splayfoota foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out
• birthroottrillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
• colicrootany of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
• puttyrootNorth American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
• squawroottall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally