11-letter words containing s, u, c, t
- publicities — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- pugil stick — a long pole or stick with padded ends used to carry out mock combat.
- punctilious — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- punctualist — a person who is concerned with points of conduct
- putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quick study — someone who is able to learn a new job or adjust to a new social environment in a short time.
- quiescently — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
- radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- reductivism — reductionism.
- restructure — to change, alter, or restore the structure of: to restructure a broken nose.
- resurrected — to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
- resurrector — to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- resuscitate — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
- ritualistic — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
- roots music — reggae, esp when regarded as authentic and uncommercialized
- rudderstock — the vertical member at the forward edge of a rudder, hinged at the sternpost and attached to the helm or steering gear.
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- rust bucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
- rusticating — to go to the country.
- 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.
- sacculation — formed into or having a saccule, sac, or saclike dilation.
- saint lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- saint-cloud — a city in central Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- santa claus — a benevolent figure of legend, associated with Saint Nicholas, supposed to bring gifts to children on Christmas Eve.
- sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
- sarcomatous — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- satay sauce — a sauce made from peanuts
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- saussuritic — relating to, resembling, or having saussurite
- scar tissue — connective tissue that has contracted and become dense and fibrous.
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- scatter rug — a small rug, placed on the floor in front of a chair, under a table, etc.
- scatter-gun — a shotgun
- schizanthus — any of several plants of the genus Schizanthus, native to Chile, having numerous variously colored flowers resembling small orchids.
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scotomatous — loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- scottsbluff — a city in W Nebraska, on the North Platte River.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- scriptorium — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.