11-letter words containing r, e, s, u
- storm surge — an abnormal rise in the level of the sea along a coast caused by the onshore winds of a severe cyclone.
- stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- stratopause — the boundary or transition layer between the stratosphere and mesosphere.
- street luge — the sport of racing down a paved incline on a wheeled sled, in a supine position.
- strengthful — full of strength, strong
- strenuosity — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- strenuously — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- stretch out — lie down, sprawl
- strike dumb — to amaze; astound; astonish
- strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- stripe rust — a disease of wheat, barley, rye, and other grasses, characterized by elongated rows of yellow spores on the affected parts, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia glumarum.
- stripe smut — a disease of grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the leaves, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Urocystis and Ustilago.
- struggle on — If you struggle on, you continue doing something rather than stopping, even though it is difficult.
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- stumpsucker — windsucker; cribber.
- stunt flier — someone who performs stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- sub-culture — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- sub-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- sub-surface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
- subaerially — in a subaerial manner
- subarboreal — living or thriving under trees
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subcellular — contained within a cell.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subcultured — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subdelirium — a mild delirium with lucid intervals.
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subfreezing — below the freezing point.
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- subirrigate — to irrigate beneath the surface of the ground, as with water passing through a system of underground porous pipes or transmitted through the subsoil from ditches, etc.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- subliterary — not intended as literature
- subliterate — less than fully literate.
- submergence — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- submergible — submersible.
- submersible — capable of being submersed.
- subminister — to supply
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subparallel — not quite parallel
- subprioress — a nun junior to a prioress