10-letter words containing u, l, t, e, r
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- squaretail — any of several fishes of the genus Tetragonurus, inhabiting deep waters of tropical and temperate seas, having a squarish tail and an armor of tough, bony scales.
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- steel drum — Music. a bowl-shaped percussion instrument common in the West Indies, made from a steel barrel divided into sections producing different notes when struck.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subcluster — a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch: a cluster of grapes.
- subculture — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- subfertile — less than normally fertile
- substellar — having a mass smaller than the mass needed by stars for nuclear fusion
- substernal — of or relating to the sternum.
- sucralfate — a sugar-aluminum complex, C 1 2 H 5 4 Al 1 6 O 7 5 S 8 , used for the treatment of duodenal ulcer.
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sultriness — oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day.
- sun letter — any letter, as tā or sīn, representing a consonant that assimilates the l of a prefixed definite article.
- superaltar — a consecrated portable stone slab for use on an unconsecrated altar
- superelite — (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- superexalt — to exalt further; to exalt or raise above others or above a previous position
- superlight — extremely light
- supertitle — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
- supplanter — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- suppletory — supplying a deficiency.
- surf smelt — a smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus, inhabiting shallow waters from southern California to Alaska, and spawning in the surf.
- surrealist — a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
- surreality — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- tabularize — to tabulate.
- telecourse — a course of study presented on television, as for local home viewers receiving credit at a community college.
- temerously — in a temerous manner
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tentacular — Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- tertullian — (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) a.d. c160–c230, Carthaginian theologian.
- testicular — of or relating to the testes.
- texturally — the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.
- the purple — high rank; nobility
- tirailleur — an African soldier in the French colonial army
- tolu resin — tolu.
- toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
- tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
- trabeculae — Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
- trabecular — Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
- trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
- transvalue — to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.
- travelogue — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- trickle-up — noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and the poor will gradually pass up to big business and the rich.
- trisulcate — having three grooves or furrows
- trisulfide — a sulfide containing three sulfur atoms.
- triturable — capable of being triturated.
- trolleybus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.