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