11-letter words containing d, u, r, s
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
- strike dumb — to amaze; astound; astonish
- strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- study group — an informal gathering of people who convene regularly to exchange ideas and information on a specific subject.
- sub-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subcultured — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subdelirium — a mild delirium with lucid intervals.
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subdistrict — a division of a district.
- subindustry — a subdivision of an industry
- 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.
- substandard — below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.
- sudan grass — a sorghum, Sorghum sudanense, introduced into the U.S. from Africa, grown for hay and pasture.
- sugar candy — large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
- sugar daddy — a wealthy, middle-aged man who spends freely on a young woman in return for her companionship or intimacy.
- sugar-candy — excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
- sugar-cured — (especially of ham or bacon) cured in a mixture of sugar, salt, and sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- sulphhydryl — the univalent radical group -SH
- sum assured — The sum assured is the amount payable on the occurrence of an event insured against under a benefit policy, such as the death of the insured.
- sum insured — The sum insured is the insurer's limit of liability under an insurance contract.
- sundry shop — (in Malaysia) a shop, similar to a delicatessen, that sells predominantly Chinese foodstuffs
- super-duper — extremely good, powerful, large, etc.; very super; marvelous or colossal.
- super-sized — having size as specified (often used in combination): middle-sized.
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.
- superceding — supersede.
- superdainty — very dainty
- superdeluxe — very luxurious, more than deluxe
- superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
- superharden — harden (def 6).
- superheated — If a liquid is superheated, it has been heated to a temperature that is higher than its boiling point without being allowed to boil.
- superinduce — to bring in or induce as an added feature, circumstance, etc.; superimpose.
- superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
- supermodern — highly modern
- supersedeas — a writ ordering a stoppage or suspension of a judicial proceeding, of the execution of a judgment, or of the enforcement of another writ.
- supersedere — an agreement between creditors to temporarily halt action against a debtor
- superseding — to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
- supersedure — supersession.
- suraddition — an additional title
- sure-footed — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- sure-handed — using the hands with skill and confidence; dexterous.