11-letter words containing n, a, r, i, s
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- superdainty — very dainty
- 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.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- 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.
- suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
- susurration — a soft murmur; whisper.
- swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- swearing in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- swearing-in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- tarim basin — a region in W China between the Tien Shan and Kunlun mountain ranges. About 350,000 sq. mi. (906,000 sq. km).
- tax sharing — revenue sharing.
- tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
- tertianship — (in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
- torsion bar — a metal bar having elasticity when subjected to torsion: used as a spring in various machines and in automobile suspensions.
- trade winds — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- trailbaston — a judging commission first created by Edward I of England which punished crimes and trespass
- train crash — a type of accident involving one or more trains
- train smash — a disaster or serious setback (esp in the phrase it's not a train smash)
- traineeship — the state or position of being a trainee.
- trainmaster — a person who has charge of operations over one portion of a railroad.
- transaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- transalpine — situated beyond the Alps, especially toward the north as viewed from Italy.
- transandine — crossing or beyond the Andes
- transarctic — across or beyond the arctic.
- transceiver — a transmitter and receiver combined in one unit.
- transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- transecting — to cut across; dissect transversely.