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11-letter words containing s, o, u, n, d

  • protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
  • pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
  • pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
  • pseudophone — an instrument for producing illusory auditory localization by changing the relationship between the receptor and the actual direction of the sound.
  • puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
  • push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
  • put down as — If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing.
  • quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • rediffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
  • round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
  • run to seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
  • saint-cloud — a city in central Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
  • 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.
  • sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
  • school fund — the money provided by a government or raised by parents and teachers to finance the running of a school
  • schrödinbug — (jargon, programming)   /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
  • scoundrelly — having the character of a scoundrel; unscrupulous; villainous.
  • scrub round — to waive; avoid or ignore
  • second unit — an additional crew on a film production, usually used at a second location for filming crowd scenes, exteriors, and other shots that do not require the principal actors.
  • send around — to put into circulation
  • sensurround — a sound reproduction system used esp in cinemas, in which low-frequency output causes bodily sensations in the audience, resulting in a feeling of involvement in the film
  • shogun bond — a bond sold on the Japanese market by a foreign institution and denominated in a foreign currency
  • shootaround — an informal match or practice session
  • shop around — compare prices
  • show around — guide round a new place
  • shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • shunt-wound — noting a motor or a generator that has the field circuit connected in parallel with the armature winding.
  • sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
  • sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
  • slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
  • smoothhound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
  • smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
  • social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
  • soft ground — an etching ground usually mixed with tallow. Compare hard ground.
  • sound block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
  • sound mixer — sb who records film sound
  • sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
  • sound stage — a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.
  • sound truck — a truck carrying a loudspeaker from which speeches, music, etc., are broadcast, as for advertising, campaigning, or the like.
  • sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
  • south devon — a breed of large red cattle originally from South Devon
  • south downs — a range of low hills, from Hampshire to East Sussex, in S England.
  • south ogden — a town in N Utah.
  • south sudan — a landlocked republic in NE Africa, in the Sahel region; formerly part of Sudan: became independent after a referendum in 2011, following a long civil war. Languages: English, Arabic. Religions: Christian, animist. Currency: South Sudanese Pound. Capital: Juba. Pop: 11 090 104 (2013 est). Area: 644 329 sq km (248 777 sq miles)
  • southlander — a person from the south
  • splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
  • spondulicks — money; cash.
  • staminodium — a sterile or abortive stamen.
  • stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
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