11-letter words containing u, n, c, a, t
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- rusticating — to go to the country.
- rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
- sacculation — formed into or having a saccule, sac, or saclike dilation.
- saint lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- saint-cloud — a city in central Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- santa claus — a benevolent figure of legend, associated with Saint Nicholas, supposed to bring gifts to children on Christmas Eve.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- scatter-gun — a shotgun
- schizanthus — any of several plants of the genus Schizanthus, native to Chile, having numerous variously colored flowers resembling small orchids.
- social unit — a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- staunchless — not able to be stanched
- staunchness — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- sub-captain — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- subadjacent — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- 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.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
- substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
- subtacksman — a renter who holds the property they rent by subletting it
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- susceptance — the imaginary component of admittance, equal to the quotient of the negative of the reactance divided by the sum of the squares of the reactance and resistance. Symbol: B.
- suscitation — the act of suscitating
- syndactylus — a person having united or webbed fingers or toes.
- taciturnity — Scots Law. the relinquishing of a legal right through an unduly long delay, as by the silence of the creditor.
- tactfulness — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
- tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
- tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.