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12-letter words containing t, r, u, s, i

  • skutterudite — a mineral, chiefly cobalt and nickel arsenide, (Co,Ni)As 3 , with some iron, occurring in the form of gray cubic crystals, usually in masses: a source of cobalt and nickel.
  • slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
  • slip through — be undetected
  • south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
  • south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
  • speculatrice — a female speculator
  • spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
  • spirit guide — type of mystical guardian
  • spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
  • spiritualist — an adherent of spiritualism.
  • spirituality — the quality or fact of being spiritual.
  • spiritualize — to make spiritual.
  • sporting gun — a gun intended for hunting
  • sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
  • sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
  • square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
  • stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
  • steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
  • stegosaurian — having the characteristics of a stegosaur
  • stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
  • stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
  • stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
  • sternutation — the act of sneezing.
  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
  • stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
  • stirrup pump — a small hand pump held steady by a stirruplike foot bracket, often used in firefighting.
  • stirrup-vase — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
  • stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
  • storage unit — rented space to store items
  • stradivarius — a violin or other instrument made by Stradivari or his family.
  • straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
  • straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • strain gauge — Geology. a type of extensometer designed for geophysical use.
  • straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
  • street virus — a virus, as rabies, obtained from a naturally infected animal and usually virulent, as opposed to a laboratory-attenuated strain.
  • strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
  • strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
  • stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
  • strontium 90 — a harmful radioactive isotope of strontium, produced in certain nuclear reactions and present in their fallout.
  • struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
  • studded tire — a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
  • study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
  • sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
  • sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
  • subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
  • subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
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