11-letter words containing n, u, l
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subungulate — any member of the superorder of animal termed Subungulata (also called Paenungulata), containing the elephant, sea cow and hyrax, as well as two extinct orders
- succulently — full of juice; juicy.
- sudetenland — a mountainous region in the N Czech Republic, including the Sudeten and the Erzgebirge: annexed by Germany 1938; returned to Czechoslovakia 1945.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- summer-long — lasting all summer
- sunk relief — cavo-relievo.
- superaltern — a universal proposition that is the basis for the immediate inference of a corresponding particular proposition.
- superlunary — situated above or beyond the moon.
- supernormal — in excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
- supplanting — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supply line — A supply line is a route along which goods and equipment are transported to an army during a war.
- surplussing — something that remains above what is used or needed.
- surveillant — exercising surveillance.
- surveilling — to place under surveillance.
- suspendible — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- suspenseful — a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.
- suspensible — capable of being suspended.
- suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
- sustainable — capable of being supported or upheld, as by having its weight borne from below.
- sustainably — in a way that allows for continual use of a natural resource without depleting it or causing environmental damage: sustainably grown coffee.
- syndactylus — a person having united or webbed fingers or toes.
- synsepalous — gamosepalous.
- tactfulness — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- talk around — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- tamburlaine — Tamerlane.
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- telanaipura — former name of Jambi (def 2).
- telukbetung — a port on SE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tentaculate — having tentacles
- tentaculite — a fossil of the genus Tentaculites
- terbutaline — a selective beta-adrenergic receptor agonist substance, C 12 H 19 NO 3 , used in the treatment of asthma.
- the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
- the needful — money or funds
- the sullens — a sullen mood
- think aloud — If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
- thrummingly — in a thrumming manner or by way of thrumming
- thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- thunderless — without thunder
- thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.
- tirunelveli — a city in S Tamil Nadu, in S India.
- to run wild — If something or someone, especially a child, runs wild, they behave in a natural, free, or uncontrolled way.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- tollund man — the perfectly preserved remains of an Iron Age man, hanged and thrown into a bog at Tollund, in Jutland, Denmark: discovered in 1950.
- tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
- tonal value — the relative lightness or darkness of shades between black and white