11-letter words containing s, e, r, u
- as you were — a military command to withdraw an order, return to the previous position, etc
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspergillus — any ascomycetous fungus of the genus Aspergillus, having chains of conidia attached like bristles to a club-shaped stalk: family Aspergillaceae
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- assuredness — guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
- asteraceous — belonging to the Asterasceae, an alternative name for the plant family Compositae.
- asteropaeus — a Trojan ally slain by Achilles.
- athermanous — capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
- attenuators — Plural form of attenuator.
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- audiometers — Plural form of audiometer.
- austereness — The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
- austerities — Plural form of austerity.
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- authorities — the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
- autocracies — Plural form of autocracy.
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autoerotism — pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
- autoreverse — a system in a tape player that automatically reverses the tape and plays another track when one track has finished
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- autoworkers — Plural form of autoworker.
- auxiliaries — foreign or allied troops serving another nation; mercenaries
- b1 security — Orange Book
- b2 security — Orange Book
- b3 security — Orange Book
- bacciferous — bearing berries
- ball-buster — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- bancassurer — a bank that sells insurance products
- barbaresque — (particularly of art) stylistically barbaric
- baroqueness — The state or condition of being baroque.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- base runner — any member of the team at bat who has reached first, second, or third base safely or is trying to reach a base or home plate
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beauharnais — Alexandre (alɛksãdr), Vicomte de. 1760–94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined
- beautifiers — Plural form of beautifier.
- bedside rug — a rug beside a bed
- beefburgers — Plural form of beefburger.
- belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
- belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- bergschrund — a crevasse at the head of a glacier
- beta crucis — a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Southern Cross.
- bhubaneswar — an ancient city in E India, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa) state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop: 647 302 (2001)
- bitterbrush — a flowering plant of the genus Purshia, native to North America
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.