11-letter words containing r, u, f, e
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- square foot — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. 2 , sq. ft. Abbreviation: ft.
- staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- strengthful — full of strength, strong
- strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
- 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-surface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
- subfreezing — below the freezing point.
- 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.
- sunk relief — cavo-relievo.
- superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
- superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
- superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superficies — the surface, outer face, or outside of a thing.
- superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
- superfluous — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- superrefine — to refine to an advanced degree
- supersafety — the state of being supersafe
- sure-footed — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- surf scoter — a large, North American scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, the adult male of which is black with two white patches on the head.
- surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
- telefeature — a major dramatic television film, usually of a length comparable to a theatrical feature film.
- téléférique — a cableway
- thuriferous — producing frankincense
- transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- trifluoride — a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.
- true fresco — fresco (def 1).
- true-fresco — fresco (def 1).
- trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
- twenty-four — a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
- typefounder — a person who casts metallic printer's type
- ultrafilter — Physical Chemistry. a filter for purifying sols, having a membrane with pores sufficiently small to prevent the passage of the suspended particles.
- umbriferous — casting or making shade.
- uncared for — If you describe people or animals as uncared for, you mean that they have not been looked after properly and as a result are hungry, dirty, or ill.
- uncared-for — untended; neglected; unkempt: The garden had an uncared-for look.