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11-letter words containing s, u, r, f

  • quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
  • quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
  • rediffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
  • refurbisher — a person who refurbishes
  • researchful — (of a book, academic paper etc) full of research, containing or built upon a great deal of research
  • resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
  • rifled slug — a shotgun projectile with helical grooves on its sides for imparting a spin to it when it is fired through the smooth bore of the shotgun.
  • right stuff — the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring (usually preceded by the).
  • rough stuff — violence, as physical assault, torture or shooting.
  • royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
  • rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
  • sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
  • safari suit — a suit consisting of a bush jacket and matching trousers.
  • scarf cloud — pileus (def 3).
  • schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
  • scruffiness — the state of being unkempt or shabby
  • scuff marks — marks made by scuffing
  • self-insure — to subject (one's property or interests) to self-insurance.
  • self-murder — suicide
  • self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
  • septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
  • shaftesburyAnthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
  • snowsurfing — the use of a board without bindings to travel over snow
  • so much for — So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.
  • sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
  • soft ground — an etching ground usually mixed with tallow. Compare hard ground.
  • somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
  • sorrowfully — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
  • spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
  • spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
  • spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
  • sporiferous — bearing spores.
  • square foot — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. 2 , sq. ft. Abbreviation: ft.
  • staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
  • stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
  • stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
  • strengthful — full of strength, strong
  • strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
  • stunt flier — someone who performs stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
  • styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
  • sub-surface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
  • subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • subfreezing — below the freezing point.
  • sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
  • suffer from — be ill with
  • suffragette — a woman advocate of female suffrage.
  • sulfo group — the univalent group SO 3 H–, derived from sulfuric acid.
  • sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
  • sunk relief — cavo-relievo.
  • superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
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