11-letter words containing s, u, r, n
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
- subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
- subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subfreezing — below the freezing point.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subindustry — a subdivision of an industry
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- submarginal — Biology. near the margin.
- submarining — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submergence — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- subminister — to supply
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subornation — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subscribing — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subservient — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- substandard — below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- suburbanism — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- suburbanite — a person who lives in a suburb of a city or large town.
- suburbanize — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- suckerpunch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sudan grass — a sorghum, Sorghum sudanense, introduced into the U.S. from Africa, grown for hay and pasture.
- súgán chair — a chair with a seat made from woven súgáns
- sugar basin — sugar bowl.
- sugar candy — large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
- sugar spoon — a small spoon for serving granulated sugar, resembling but having a wider bowl than a teaspoon.
- sugar tongs — small tongs used for serving cubed sugar.
- sugar-candy — excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
- sui generis — of his, her, its, or their own kind; unique.
- sukarnapura — Jayapura
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- sum insured — The sum insured is the insurer's limit of liability under an insurance contract.
- summer-long — lasting all summer
- summerising — to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer: to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.
- sun bittern — a graceful South American wading bird, Eurypyga helias, related to the cranes and rails, having variegated plumage.
- sun prairie — a town in S Wisconsin.
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- sundry shop — (in Malaysia) a shop, similar to a delicatessen, that sells predominantly Chinese foodstuffs
- sunk relief — cavo-relievo.
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.