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12-letter words containing s, u, r, l, i, n

  • quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
  • reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
  • relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • relinquisher — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • resolutioner — a person joining in or subscribing to a resolution.
  • resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
  • retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
  • russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
  • scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
  • seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
  • self-insurer — one insured under self-insurance.
  • setting rule — a metal strip used in the hand-setting of type in a composing stick to separate the line being set from the previous one
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
  • slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
  • slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
  • slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
  • sporangiolum — a small sporangium
  • sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
  • sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
  • sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
  • subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
  • sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
  • supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
  • superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
  • surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
  • surprisingly — causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment.
  • surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
  • suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
  • synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
  • teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
  • tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
  • truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
  • ultradistant — extremely distant
  • unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
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