11-letter words containing s, i, d, r, a
- stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
- stipendiary — receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
- storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
- strand line — a shoreline, especially one from which the sea or a lake has receded.
- strategized — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- streamlined — streamlined.
- string band — a band consisting of stringed instruments
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- stromateoid — resembling or related to the Stromateidae.
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- superdainty — very dainty
- suraddition — an additional title
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- swiss chard — chard.
- swiss guard — a member of a corps of bodyguards protecting the pope, with membership restricted to natives of Switzerland.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
- tabularised — to tabulate.
- tardis-like — having an interior that is more spacious than could be imagined from looking at the outside
- taxidermist — embalmer
- the midrash — these commentaries and notes collectively
- theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
- third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
- third-class — of the lowest or poorest class or quality; inferior.
- thirdstream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- thread silk — silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- tight-arsed — inhibited or conservative in attitude or behaviour
- tordesillas — a town in NW Spain, SW of Valladolid: treaty (1494) defining the colonial spheres of Spain and Portugal.
- trade winds — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- transandine — crossing or beyond the Andes
- traumatised — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- tricuspidal — having three cusps
- tselinograd — a former name of Akmola.
- unaspirated — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- underpraise — to praise to a lesser degree or extent than the circumstances warrant.
- undesirable — not desirable or attractive; objectionable: undesirable qualities.
- ungarnished — to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate.
- unpractised — not trained or skilled; inexpert: an unpracticed actor.
- unreadiness — not ready; not made ready: The new stadium is as yet unready for use.
- untarnished — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- unvarnished — plain; clear; straightforward; without vagueness or subterfuge; frank: the unvarnished truth.
- uranoscopid — any fish of the family Uranoscopidae, comprising the stargazers.
- urodynamics — the study and measurement of the flow of urine in the urinary tract
- vanguardism — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.
- vanguardist — the beliefs and activities of persons who consider themselves to be leaders in a particular field or school of thought.