11-letter words containing e, t, o, u
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
- spotted gum — an Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus maculata
- spouted bed — A spouted bed is a bed in which the particles are quite big, and contact only happens in an upward movement of fluid in the middle of the bed.
- 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.
- squeeze out — extract
- state house — the building in which the legislature of a state sits; the capitol of a state.
- 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
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- steak house — A steak house is a restaurant that serves mainly steaks.
- 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
- stentorious — stentorian.
- sternutator — a chemical agent causing nose irritation, coughing, etc.
- 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.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- stonecutter — a person who cuts or carves stone.
- stoneground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
- storm house — a storm cellar.
- storm surge — an abnormal rise in the level of the sea along a coast caused by the onshore winds of a severe cyclone.
- stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- stratopause — the boundary or transition layer between the stratosphere and mesosphere.
- strenuosity — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- strenuously — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- stretch out — lie down, sprawl
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- struggle on — If you struggle on, you continue doing something rather than stopping, even though it is difficult.
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- stuffed toy — A stuffed toy is the same as a stuffed animal.
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- sub-society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subitaneous — sudden
- subnotebook — a laptop computer smaller and lighter than a notebook, typically weighing less than 5 pounds (2.3 kg).
- suboptimize — to use in a way that is less than optimal
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subvitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
- 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.