11-letter words containing o, s, u, a, r
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- microquasar — (astronomy, stars) A high-energy binary star system that includes black hole or neutron star and which resembles a quasar.
- modularised — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- moratoriums — Plural form of moratorium.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- muscatorium — a flabellum or fan, esp the ceremonial fan carried before the pope
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- mustard pot — a small pot, of glass, silver, etc, placed on the table to serve mustard
- naturopaths — Plural form of naturopath.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- nitrosourea — any of various lipid-soluble, synthetic or naturally occurring alkylating agents that can cross the blood-brain barrier: used in the treatment of certain brain cancers.
- nondurables — Plural form of nondurable.
- nonreusable — not capable of being reused
- nonsingular — not singular. Compare singular (def 7).
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nonvascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- normanesque — in the style of Norman architecture, a variety of Romanesque architecture.
- nose around — pry, snoop
- nostradamus — (Michel de Nostredame) 1503–66, French astrologer.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- numerations — Plural form of numeration.
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- oceanariums — Plural form of oceanarium.
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- old russian — Russian as used in documents before 1600. Abbreviation: ORuss.
- omnifarious — of all forms, varieties, or kinds.
- onagraceous — belonging to the Onagraceae, the evening primrose family of plants.
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
- oraculously — in an oraculous manner
- orange rust — a disease of blackberries and raspberries, characterized by an orange, powdery mass of spores on the undersides of the leaves and stunted, misshapen foliage, caused by a rust fungus, Gymnoconia interstitialis.
- orbicularis — a muscle surrounding an opening
- organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people
- ornithosaur — an extinct flying reptile
- ostreaceous — oyster-like
- outdoorsman — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- outer space — space beyond the atmosphere of the earth.
- outgenerals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgeneral.
- outsmarting — Present participle of outsmart.