10-letter words containing s, u, r, l, i, n
- licensures — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- linguister — an interpreter
- linguistry — the study of language
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminarias — Plural form of luminaria.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminarism — the art and theory of the luminarists
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- nail brush — small brush for cleaning finger- and toe-nails
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- naturalist — a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- nebulizers — Plural form of nebulizer.
- neurolysin — (neuroscience, toxicology) A neurotoxin.
- neurolysis — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralist — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- nullifiers — Plural form of nullifier.
- nulliparas — Plural form of nullipara.
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- pursuingly — in a pursuing manner
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- rainsquall — squall1 (def 1).
- relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- roussillon — a historic region in S France, on the border of Spain and the Mediterranean Sea.
- saturnalia — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- singularly — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- spinnerule — part of the spinneret of a spider
- squireling — a landowner of a small estate.
- struggling — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- subcranial — of the area beneath the cranium or skull
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- sultriness — oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day.