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
- shaftesbury — Anthony 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.