10-letter words containing s, e, n, u, a
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- puntarenas — a seaport in W Costa Rica.
- quaintness — (obsolete) Cunning; craftiness.
- quandaries — Plural form of quandary.
- quantasome — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantities — Plural form of quantity.
- queasiness — The state of being queasy; nausea.
- queensland — a state in NE Australia. 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km). Capital: Brisbane.
- queensware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- raisonneur — a character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy, or point of view of the work.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- restaurant — an establishment where meals are served to customers.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
- run scared — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- russianize — to make Russian; impart Russian characteristics to.
- saint jude — the author of this, stated to be the brother of James (Jude 1) and almost certainly identical with Thaddaeus (Matthew 10:2–4). Feast day: Oct 28 or June 19
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- saint-ouen — a suburb of Paris in N France.
- san manuel — a town in S Arizona.
- san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
- sanctitude — holiness; saintliness; sanctity.
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
- sanguinely — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sans doute — without doubt; certainly.
- sauntering — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- saussurean — pertaining to or characteristic of the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure, especially the view that a language consists of a network of interrelated elements in contrast.
- saxon blue — a dye made by dissolving indigo in a solution of sulphuric acid
- scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.
- scaturient — gushing; overflowing.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- sea return — radar signals that are reflected by a body of water and hamper target identification.
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- sea walnut — a comb jelly, as of the genus Mnemiopsis, shaped like a walnut.
- seleucidan — Seleucid.
- semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- semiannual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- sensualise — to render sensual.
- sensualism — subjection to sensual appetites; sensuality.
- sensualist — a person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites.