10-letter words containing r, o, u, e
- sour crude — Sour crude is crude oil with a high sulfur content.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- sourcebook — a book which contains sources of information on a particular subject
- sourceless — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spread out — extend, splay
- square off — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- square one — a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.
- square rod — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one rod on each side.
- squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
- star route — former name for highway contract route.
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- stertorous — characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.
- stockroute — a public trail having right of way across private properties and over which cattle and sheep may be herded to grazing grounds or to market.
- storehouse — a building in which things are stored.
- stoutherie — theft
- stouthrief — theft using force or violence
- streperous — boisterous, loud, or harsh-sounding
- strepitous — boisterous; noisy.
- stress out — be tense and anxious
- stretchout — a deliberate extension of time for meeting a production quota.
- strike out — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- sub-sector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- submersion — to submerge.
- subofficer — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- subprocess — a process that is part of a larger process
- subproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- 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.
- sugarhouse — a shed or other building where maple syrup or maple sugar is made.
- sulfureous — consisting of, containing, or pertaining to sulfur.
- sumerology — the study of the history, language, and culture of the Sumerians.
- summer job — a job that a student does in the summer vacation
- summerwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by compact, thick-walled cells, formed during the later part of the growing season.
- sunlounger — a reclining chair used when sunbathing
- super bowl — the annual championship football game between the best team of the National Football Conference and that of the American Football Conference.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing