10-letter words containing o, n, e, u
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- subsection — a part or division of a section.
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- succession — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- succorance — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- suggestion — the act of suggesting.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sun lounge — a room with large windows positioned to receive as much sunlight as possible
- sunlounger — a reclining chair used when sunbathing
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superphone — a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supersound — sound that is inaudible, either because its frequency is too high or because it is too intense to endure
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- suppletion — the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.
- surjection — onto function.
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surrounded — to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- suspension — the act of suspending.
- suspensoid — a sol having a solid disperse phase.
- suspensory — a supporting bandage, muscle, ligament, etc.
- sustention — the act of sustaining.
- synoecious — having male and female flowers on one head, as in many composite plants.
- syon house — a mansion near Brentford in London: originally a monastery, rebuilt in the 16th century, altered by Inigo Jones in the 17th century, and by Robert Adam in the 18th century; seat of the Dukes of Northumberland; gardens laid out by Capability Brown
- tablemount — guyot
- take up on — If you take someone up on their offer or invitation, you accept it.
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- tau lepton — an unstable lepton with a mass approximately 3500 times that of the electron. Symbol: T.
- tena korua — a Māori greeting to two people
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- tenpounder — ladyfish.
- the bounce — the start of play at the beginning of each quarter or after a goal
- the hounds — a pack of foxhounds, etc
- theonomous — the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
- theopneust — inspired by God or a god
- thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- tide-bound — (of a vessel) grounded or otherwise confined at low tide.
- tolu resin — tolu.
- tongue-tie — impeded motion of the tongue caused especially by shortness of the frenum, which binds it to the floor of the mouth.
- tonguefish — any of several flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, having the tail tapered to a point.
- tongueless — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- tonguester — a person who talks endlessly or who gossips
- touch-tone — of or relating to a tone-dialing system or a push-button phone operating on tone dialing.
- touchstone — a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.