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11-letter words containing s, t, a, u, r

  • house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
  • house-craft — skill in domestic management
  • house-train — to housebreak.
  • houseboater — One who lives in a houseboat.
  • housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
  • housemaster — a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
  • houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
  • hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
  • hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
  • ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
  • illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
  • illustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of illustrate.
  • illustrator — an artist who makes illustrations: an illustrator of children's books.
  • in transitu — in transit; on the way.
  • inaugurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inaugurate.
  • industrials — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • insalubrity — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
  • inscrutable — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
  • inscrutably — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
  • insectarium — a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
  • insinuatory — Insinuative.
  • insufflator — to blow or breathe (something) in.
  • intercampus — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
  • interradius — an interradial part or space
  • intersexual — existing between the sexes; done or used by both sexes: an intersexual tennis competition.
  • intra muros — within the walls, as of a city.
  • intrafusion — The act of pouring into a vessel.
  • intramurals — Plural form of intramural.
  • intrasexual — Within a group of individuals of the same sex.
  • intravenous — within a vein.
  • iteroparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit more than once (usually many times) before dying
  • jesuit ware — Chinese porcelain of the early 18th century, decorated with Christian motifs, usually in black and gold on a white background.
  • joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
  • journalists — Plural form of journalist.
  • judicatures — Plural form of judicature.
  • juggernauts — Plural form of juggernaut.
  • jumpmasters — Plural form of jumpmaster.
  • jumpstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of jumpstart.
  • jus naturae — law of nature; natural law
  • justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
  • keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
  • knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
  • kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
  • lack-luster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
  • lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
  • last hurrah — a politician's final campaign.
  • last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • lateritious — of the color of brick; brick-red.
  • laundromats — Plural form of laundromat.
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