11-letter words containing a, s, u, r, i
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subcritical — Physics. pertaining to a state, value, or quantity that is less than critical, especially to a mass of radioactive material.
- subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- subirrigate — to irrigate beneath the surface of the ground, as with water passing through a system of underground porous pipes or transmitted through the subsoil from ditches, etc.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- subliterary — not intended as literature
- subliterate — less than fully literate.
- sublittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the littoral and bathyal zones, from the low water line to the edge of the continental shelf, or to a depth of approximately 660 feet (200 meters).
- submarginal — Biology. near the margin.
- submarining — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subornation — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- suburbanism — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- suburbanite — a person who lives in a suburb of a city or large town.
- suburbanize — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- súgán chair — a chair with a seat made from woven súgáns
- sugar basin — sugar bowl.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- sun prairie — a town in S Wisconsin.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- superdainty — very dainty
- superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
- superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- superpraise — to praise excessively
- supervisual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
- suraddition — an additional title
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surrogation — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- surveillant — exercising surveillance.