11-letter words containing s, o, u, a
- saint-louis — a port in E Missouri, on the Mississippi.
- salaciously — lustful or lecherous.
- salicaceous — belonging to the Salicaceae, the willow family of plants.
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- salsuginous — full of salt or able to grow in salty soil
- salting out — the addition of salt to a mixture to precipitate proteins, soaps, and other simple organic compounds.
- salting-out — Salting-out is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute reduces the solubility of that solute.
- salutations — the act of saluting.
- sam houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
- san joaquin — a river in California, flowing NW from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Sacramento River. 350 miles (560 km) long.
- sand grouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sanguineous — of, relating to, or containing blood.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- sapiosexual — a person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others.
- saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
- sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
- sarcomatous — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sato eisaku — 1901–75, Japanese statesman: prime minister (1964–72). During his term of office Japan became a major economic power. He shared the Nobel peace prize (1974) for opposing the proliferation of nuclear weapons
- saucer dome — a dome having the form of a segment of a sphere, with the center well below the springing line; a shallow dome, as in Roman or Byzantine architecture.
- saul bellow — Saul, 1915–2005, U.S. novelist, born in Canada: Nobel Prize in Literature 1976.
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- scaberulous — tending to be scabrous or slightly rough to the touch
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
- scarf cloud — pileus (def 3).
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schaffhouse — a town in N Switzerland, capital of Schaffhausen canton, on the Rhine. Pop: 33 628 (2000)
- sclerocauly — the feature of having a hard, dry stem
- scotomatous — loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- scribacious — having the tendency to write a lot or too much
- scrobicular — of or relating to the smooth areas on a sea urchin surrounding its nodules
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- send around — to put into circulation
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
- shootaround — an informal match or practice session
- shop around — compare prices
- show around — guide round a new place
- shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
- simon magus — Simon (defs 5, 6).
- sioux falls — a city in SE South Dakota.
- sioux state — a nickname of the state of North Dakota.
- situational — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
- slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
- small hours — pre-dawn
- smash-mouth — designating or of a style of football characterized by rough, aggressive play and, typically, strong offensive rushing