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11-letter words containing o, n, e, s, u

  • second unit — an additional crew on a film production, usually used at a second location for filming crowd scenes, exteriors, and other shots that do not require the principal actors.
  • semiquinone — any of the class of free radicals formed as intermediates in the oxidation of a hydroquinone to a quinone.
  • send around — to put into circulation
  • 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.
  • seriousness — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
  • serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
  • 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.
  • sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
  • smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
  • southernize — to make or become southern
  • southlander — a person from the south
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
  • spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
  • splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
  • spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • sporogenous — of or relating to spores or spore production.
  • springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
  • square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
  • squarsonage — the residence of a squarson
  • stentorious — stentorian.
  • sternutator — a chemical agent causing nose irritation, coughing, etc.
  • 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.
  • stramineous — of or resembling straw.
  • strenuosity — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
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