11-letter words containing c, u, r, t, s
- stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stake truck — a truck or trailer with a stake body, as for hauling farm animals or feed bags.
- star-struck — captivated by famous people or by fame itself.
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- stirrup cup — farewell drink, especially one offered to a rider already mounted for departure.
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- stock-route — a public trail having right of way across private properties and over which cattle and sheep may be herded to grazing grounds or to market.
- stonecutter — a person who cuts or carves stone.
- stop chorus — a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- stretch out — lie down, sprawl
- struck jury — a jury obtained by special agreement between the opposing attorneys, each taking turns in eliminating a member of the impaneled group until 12 members remain.
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- stumpsucker — windsucker; cribber.
- sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- sub-culture — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- sub-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- 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.
- subcritical — Physics. pertaining to a state, value, or quantity that is less than critical, especially to a mass of radioactive material.
- subcultured — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subdistrict — a division of a district.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- 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.
- sucker list — a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors.
- sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- summercater — a person who lives on the Maine coast only in the summer.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- supercenter — a very large shopping centre or complex
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- superscript — Printing. superior (def 10).
- supersecret — a top secret
- superstruct — to erect upon a foundation or on top of another building or part
- support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill