11-letter words containing s, u, a, n, e
- orange rust — a disease of blackberries and raspberries, characterized by an orange, powdery mass of spores on the undersides of the leaves and stunted, misshapen foliage, caused by a rust fungus, Gymnoconia interstitialis.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- outdistance — to leave behind, as in running; outstrip: The winning horse outdistanced the second-place winner by five lengths.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- outgenerals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgeneral.
- outpatients — Plural form of outpatient.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outwardness — (uncountable) The quality of being outward.
- overanxious — excessively anxious.
- pan crusher — A pan crusher is a crusher in which solids are broken by a wheel which is turning in a pan.
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- plant louse — aphid.
- playfulness — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- 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.
- punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- pure reason — reason based on a priori principles and providing a unifying ground for the perception of the phenomenal world.
- quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
- quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- reassurance — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- reinsurance — the process or business of reinsuring.
- restaurants — an establishment where meals are served to customers.
- resultantly — that results; following as a result or consequence.
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- 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.
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- sanguineous — of, relating to, or containing blood.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class