11-letter words containing o, u, s, t, e
- puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
- puppet show — an entertainment, as a play or musical revue, in which the performers are puppets.
- purportless — without purport
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- questioners — Plural form of questioner.
- questioning — indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.
- questionist — a person who questions
- quite (so)! — certainly! I agree!
- quonset hut — A Quonset hut is a military hut made of metal. The walls and roof form the shape of a semi-circle.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
- requisitory — a demand, usually in writing, made by a prosecutor that a sentence be passed against an accused party, and stating reasons for the demand
- restitution — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
- restitutory — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
- resurrector — to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
- retrosexual — a heterosexual man who spends little time and money on his personal appearance
- retroussage — the technique or action, in etching or engraving, of drawing up ink from within the incised lines of an inked plate by deftly passing a soft cloth across its surface in order to spread ink to the adjacent areas.
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- reverse out — a font or type that is defined by its background or border, allowing the underlying colour of the paper or the background colour to show the shape of the characters
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rogue state — When politicians or journalists talk about a rogue state, they mean a country that they regard as a threat to their own country's security, for example because it supports terrorism.
- rose quartz — a rose-red to pink variety of crystalline quartz usually found in massive form and used as a gem or ornamental stone.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- rousseauist — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- routineness — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rudderstock — the vertical member at the forward edge of a rudder, hinged at the sternpost and attached to the helm or steering gear.
- run to seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
- sato eisaku — 1901–75, Japanese statesman: prime minister (1964–72). During his term of office Japan became a major economic power. He shared the Nobel peace prize (1974) for opposing the proliferation of nuclear weapons
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- 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.
- see through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
- see-through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
- sententious — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- set up shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
- sex tourism — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shoot'em-up — a book, film, TV show, video game, etc. characterized by much violent content, gunplay, etc., esp. one in the western, crime, or war genres