10-letter words containing n, u, r, s, i
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- reunionist — a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church.
- rhinovirus — any of a varied and widespread group of picornaviruses responsible for many respiratory diseases, including the common cold.
- ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- roussillon — a historic region in S France, on the border of Spain and the Mediterranean Sea.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- rubiginose — rust-coloured or rusty
- rubiginous — rusty; rust-colored; brownish-red.
- rubinstein — Anton [an-ton;; Russian uhn-tawn] /ˈæn tɒn;; Russian ʌnˈtɔn/ (Show IPA), 1829–94, Russian pianist and composer.
- ruffianish — like a ruffian
- ruffianism — conduct befitting a ruffian.
- rumfustian — a type of spiced nightcap made with beer
- run a risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- rupestrine — living or growing on or among rocks.
- russetting — a boot or a piece of russet clothing
- russianize — to make Russian; impart Russian characteristics to.
- rust joint — (in plumbing and metalwork) a watertight joint made between two pieces by rusting them together.
- rusticness — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- rusty iron — (jargon, hardware) Synonym tired iron. It has been claimed that this is the inevitable fate of water MIPS.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- saintsbury — George Edward Bateman [beyt-muh n] /ˈbeɪt mən/ (Show IPA), 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.
- sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanguinary — full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.
- sanitarium — an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
- saturation — the act or process of saturating.
- saturnalia — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scaturient — gushing; overflowing.
- scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.
- scrutineer — an official examiner, especially of votes in an election.
- scrutinise — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinous — strict, thorough
- scurfiness — the state or quality of being scurfy
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- serotinous — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- shuddering — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- shuttering — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- sideburned — having sideburns
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- sinarquist — a member or advocate of an ultrareactionary, semifascist movement organized in Mexico about 1937.
- sine curve — a curve described by the equation y = sin x, the ordinate being equal to the sine of the abscissa.
- singularly — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.