11-letter words containing s, t, a, n, o, u
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- sacculation — formed into or having a saccule, sac, or saclike dilation.
- saint louis — Saint, 1214?–70, king of France 1226–70.
- saint-cloud — a city in central Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- saint-louis — a port in E Missouri, on the Mississippi.
- 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.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- shootaround — an informal match or practice session
- situational — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
- snap out of — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- social unit — a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- sound stage — a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.
- 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)
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- southlander — a person from the south
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- squassation — a form of strappado in which the victim, with arms bound behind and feet heavily weighted, was jerked up and down at the end of a rope passed under the arms.
- staminodium — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- sternutator — a chemical agent causing nose irritation, coughing, etc.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- stunt woman — a woman who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
- subaudition — an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
- subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
- subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subitaneous — sudden
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- subluxation — a partial dislocation, as of a joint; sprain.
- subnational — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.