11-letter words containing o, r, s, i, u
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- 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.
- statutorily — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- stentorious — stentorian.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- strenuosity — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- strong suit — Bridge. a long suit that contains high cards.
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- sublittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the littoral and bathyal zones, from the low water line to the edge of the continental shelf, or to a depth of approximately 660 feet (200 meters).
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subornation — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subprioress — a nun junior to a prioress
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- subvitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- superimpose — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
- supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
- supervisory — of, relating to, or having supervision.
- suppository — a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
- suppression — the act of suppressing.