11-letter words containing r, o, u, s, t
- surmounting — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surrogation — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
- sustentator — a sustaining part or structure
- susurration — a soft murmur; whisper.
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- tautomerism — the ability of certain organic compounds to react in isomeric structures that differ from each other in the position of a hydrogen atom and a double bond.
- telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
- temerarious — reckless; rash.
- terraqueous — consisting of land and water, as the earth.
- terricolous — living on or in the ground.
- terrigenous — produced by the earth.
- tetracoccus — a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.
- tetragonous — related to a tetragon
- tetramerous — consisting of or divided into four parts.
- tetrandrous — having four stamens.
- tetrapodous — of or related to a tetrapod
- the support — an actor or group of actors playing subordinate roles
- the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
- thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
- third house — a legislative lobby.
- three hours — a religious observance practiced between noon and three o'clock on the afternoon of Good Friday.
- thrust upon — If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it.
- thuriferous — producing frankincense
- tibiotarsus — the main bone of the leg of a bird, between the femur and tarsometatarsus, formed by the fusion of several tarsal bones with the tibia.
- tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
- topsy-turvy — with the top where the bottom should be; upside down.
- torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
- touchscreen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- tourist car — a railroad sleeping car, usually having seats that can be converted into berths.
- touristical — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.
- tract house — a house forming part of a real-estate development, usually having a plan and appearance common to some or all of the houses in the development.
- transductor — a magnetic device that amplifies electronic signals
- transfusion — the act or process of transfusing.
- travelogues — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- treacherous — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- tremulously — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- triphibious — employing or involving land, naval, and air forces in a combined operation.
- triphyllous — having three leaves.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- triquetrous — three-sided; triangular.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- trispermous — having three seeds.
- tristichous — arranged in three rows.
- trobar clus — a complex and obscure style of writing adopted by some 12th-century Provençal poets.
- trolley bus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
- troubadours — one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
- troubleshot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.