11-letter words containing n, e, u, s
- self-insure — to subject (one's property or interests) to self-insurance.
- self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
- semi-annual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- semiquinone — any of the class of free radicals formed as intermediates in the oxidation of a hydroquinone to a quinone.
- sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
- send around — to put into circulation
- senectitude — the last stage of life; old age.
- sense datum — Also called sensum. Psychology. the basic unit of an experience resulting from the stimulation of a sense organ; a stimulus or an object of perception or sensation.
- sensurround — a sound reproduction system used esp in cinemas, in which low-frequency output causes bodily sensations in the audience, resulting in a feeling of involvement in the film
- sententious — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
- sentry duty — the duty of serving as a sentry
- septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
- sequestrant — any substance used to bring about sequestration, often by chelation. They are used in horticulture to counteract lime in the soil
- seriousness — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- sertularian — a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.
- sesquiplane — a biplane having one wing with not more than half the surface area of the other wing.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- sibuyan sea — a sea in the Philippines S of Luzon and E of Mindanao: site of U.S.-Japan naval battle 1944.
- single-hung — (of a window) having two sashes, only one of which is movable.
- singularize — to make singular.
- singulative — a grammatical form or construction that expresses a singular entity or indicates that an individual is singled out from a group, especially as opposed to a collective noun, as snowflake as opposed to snow.
- skunk river — a river in central Iowa, flowing SE to the Mississippi River. 264 miles (425 km) long.
- sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
- sneezeguard — a plastic or glass shield overhanging a salad bar, buffet, or the like to protect the food from contamination.
- snuff movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- snuff-movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- sojournment — the state of sojourning
- solanaceous — belonging to the Solanaceae, the nightshade family of plants.
- soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
- sound mixer — sb who records film sound
- sound stage — a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- soup tureen — a large bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table
- sour orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- south devon — a breed of large red cattle originally from South Devon
- south ogden — a town in N Utah.
- south yemen — Yemen (def 3).