11-letter words containing r, e, s, u
- subservient — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subtreasury — a subordinate or branch treasury.
- subumbrella — the concave undersurface of a coelenterate medusa, as a jellyfish.
- suburbanite — a person who lives in a suburb of a city or large town.
- suburbanize — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- subvitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- sucker list — a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors.
- suckerpunch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
- suffer from — be ill with
- suffragette — a woman advocate of female suffrage.
- sugar apple — sweetsop.
- sugar grove — sugarbush (def 2).
- sugar maple — any of several maples having a sweet sap, especially Acer saccharum (the state tree of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), having a short trunk and long, curving branches, yielding a hard wood used for making furniture and being the chief source of maple sugar.
- sugar-cured — (especially of ham or bacon) cured in a mixture of sugar, salt, and sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- sui generis — of his, her, its, or their own kind; unique.
- sulphureous — of the yellow colour of sulphur
- sum assured — The sum assured is the amount payable on the occurrence of an event insured against under a benefit policy, such as the death of the insured.
- sum insured — The sum insured is the insurer's limit of liability under an insurance contract.
- summer camp — a camp, especially one for children during the summer, providing facilities for sleeping and eating, and usually for handicrafts, sports, etc.
- summer term — school trimester from spring to summer
- summer time — Chiefly British. daylight-saving time.
- summer-long — lasting all summer
- summercater — a person who lives on the Maine coast only in the summer.
- summerhouse — a simple, often rustic structure in a park or garden, intended to provide shade in the summer.
- summerising — to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer: to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.
- summersault — to perform a somersault.
- sun bittern — a graceful South American wading bird, Eurypyga helias, related to the cranes and rails, having variegated plumage.
- sun prairie — a town in S Wisconsin.
- sunk relief — cavo-relievo.
- super-duper — extremely good, powerful, large, etc.; very super; marvelous or colossal.
- super-earth — a hypothetical planet larger than the earth but smaller than the four gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus, thought to be orbiting the sun beyond the Kuiper belt but nearer than the Oort cloud: its existence is suggested by two known dwarf planets in a similar orbit
- super-sized — having size as specified (often used in combination): middle-sized.
- super-slick — very well-executed or presented
- super-title — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- superagency — a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.
- superaltern — a universal proposition that is the basis for the immediate inference of a corresponding particular proposition.
- superbazaar — (in India) a large department store or supermarket, esp one set up as a cooperative store by the government
- superbomber — an aircraft used for dropping superbombs
- superbright — exceptionally bright
- superceding — supersede.
- supercenter — a very large shopping centre or complex
- supercharge — to charge with an abundant or excessive amount, as of energy, emotion, or tension.