12-letter words containing a, n, u, l, r, s
- russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- sea purslane — a small chenopodiaceous shrub, Halimione portulacoides, of salt marshes in Eurasia and parts of Africa, having oval leaves and inconspicuous flowers
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
- sun umbrella — an umbrella by a chair or table, used for protecting you from the sun
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- supernatural — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- supersensual — beyond the range of the senses.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- supranatural — beyond what is natural; supernatural.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- trans-sexual — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- transannular — of or relating to tautomerism in cyclic compounds that is characterized by the migration of an atom or group from one position in the ring to another.
- translucence — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- transnatural — beyond nature, spiritual
- transvaluate — to change the value of
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)