10-letter words containing s, u, r, f, e
- queer fish — strange person
- quiverfuls — Plural form of quiverful.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- red fescue — a grass, Festuca rubra, of the meadows of the North Temperate Zone, having green, reddish, or bluish-green flower clusters.
- refugeeism — a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
- refuse bin — a bin for the disposal of rubbish and waste
- remorseful — full of remorse.
- respectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- resurfaced — to give a new surface to.
- resurfacer — a machine or tool used for resurfacing
- rudderfish — any of various fishes having the habit of following behind ships, as a pilot fish.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- scurfiness — the state or quality of being scurfy
- sebiferous — producing or carrying a fatty, oily, or waxlike substance
- securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
- self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- self-trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- setiferous — having setae or bristles.
- short fuse — a quick temper: A person with a short fuse has to be handled diplomatically.
- slumberful — characterized by sleep or slumber
- soniferous — conveying or producing sound.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- square off — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- starfucker — a person who seeks to have sexual relations with celebrities; groupie
- stouthrief — theft using force or violence
- subfebrile — pertaining to or marked by a temperature slightly above normal.
- subfertile — less than normally fertile
- subofficer — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- subprefect — an administrator junior to a prefect or chief official
- subsurface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
- subterfuge — an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
- suckerfish — remora.
- sucralfate — a sugar-aluminum complex, C 1 2 H 5 4 Al 1 6 O 7 5 S 8 , used for the treatment of duodenal ulcer.
- sufferable — to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
- sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- sugar-free — containing no sugar: a sugar-free cola.
- sulfureous — consisting of, containing, or pertaining to sulfur.
- superfecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first four finishers in exact order.
- superflack — an extremely competent, successful press agent
- superfluid — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- surefooted — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- surf smelt — a smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus, inhabiting shallow waters from southern California to Alaska, and spawning in the surf.
- surfaceman — a labourer, such as a miner, who works at the surface
- surfeiting — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- survey fee — the money paid to a surveyor for an inspection of a building to determine its condition and value
- trisulfide — a sulfide containing three sulfur atoms.
- unfairness — not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- unforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unforeseen — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- unforested — not forested