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11-letter words containing a, u, r, o, s, t

  • rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
  • rogue state — When politicians or journalists talk about a rogue state, they mean a country that they regard as a threat to their own country's security, for example because it supports terrorism.
  • rose quartz — a rose-red to pink variety of crystalline quartz usually found in massive form and used as a gem or ornamental stone.
  • round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
  • rousseauist — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
  • ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
  • rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
  • saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
  • sailor suit — naval uniform
  • sarcomatous — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
  • scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
  • serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
  • shootaround — an informal match or practice session
  • south korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
  • southeaster — a wind or storm from the southeast.
  • southlander — a person from the south
  • southwardly — toward the south
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • sporulation — to produce spores.
  • sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
  • square foot — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. 2 , sq. ft. Abbreviation: ft.
  • square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
  • square root — a quantity of which a given quantity is the square: The quantities +6 and −6 are square roots of 36 since (+6)×(+6)=36 and (−6)×(−6)=36.
  • square-toed — with the toes squared off
  • square-toes — an old-fashioned or strait-laced person.
  • status zero — the condition of young people who are out of school but not in further education or training, permanently or regularly out of work, and dropping out of the mainstream of society
  • statutorily — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
  • stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
  • stegosaurus — any of a suborder (Stegosauria) of large ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Jurassic having a small head and heavy bony plates with sharp spikes down the backbone
  • sternutator — a chemical agent causing nose irritation, coughing, etc.
  • stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
  • stramineous — of or resembling straw.
  • stratopause — the boundary or transition layer between the stratosphere and mesosphere.
  • subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
  • subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
  • subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
  • subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
  • subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
  • subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
  • subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • sugar tongs — small tongs used for serving cubed sugar.
  • sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
  • sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
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