10-letter words containing r, e, s, o, u, n
- send round — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- serotinous — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- snow under — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- sojourners — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- soniferous — conveying or producing sound.
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- square one — a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- submersion — to submerge.
- 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).
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- succorance — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- 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.
- 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.
- suspensory — a supporting bandage, muscle, ligament, etc.
- 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.
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- tolu resin — tolu.
- tonguester — a person who talks endlessly or who gossips
- treasonous — treasonable.
- tremendous — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- trousering — any cloth suitable for trousers
- trunk hose — full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- ultroneous — spontaneous; willing; voluntary
- unabsorbed — not absorbed or taken in
- unassorted — consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous: assorted flavors; assorted sizes.
- uncensored — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
- uncorseted — Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- underscore — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underline, as for emphasis.
- undershoot — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- understock — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.