11-letter words containing t, o, u, r
- sublittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the littoral and bathyal zones, from the low water line to the edge of the continental shelf, or to a depth of approximately 660 feet (200 meters).
- 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.
- substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- subvitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
- 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.
- sugar tongs — small tongs used for serving cubed sugar.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- sulphurator — an apparatus used in treating anything with sulphur or sulphur fumes, such as in fumigating
- sulphurwort — an umbelliferous perennial plant, Peucedanum officinale, of which the roots produce a smell like that of sulphur
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
- superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- superpolite — extremely polite
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
- superstrong — extremely strong
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
- support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supportment — the action of supporting
- supportress — a female supporter
- suppository — a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- supracostal — above the rib
- suraddition — an additional title
- sure-footed — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- surf scoter — a large, North American scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, the adult male of which is black with two white patches on the head.
- surmounting — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surrogation — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
- sustentator — a sustaining part or structure
- susurration — a soft murmur; whisper.
- talk around — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- taurobolium — the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
- taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
- tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
- tautomerism — the ability of certain organic compounds to react in isomeric structures that differ from each other in the position of a hydrogen atom and a double bond.
- tautomerize — to undergo tautomerism.
- tautometric — having the same metre or arrangement of syllables
- telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
- temerarious — reckless; rash.