11-letter words containing u, n, r, d
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- sneezeguard — a plastic or glass shield overhanging a salad bar, buffet, or the like to protect the food from contamination.
- soft ground — an etching ground usually mixed with tallow. Compare hard ground.
- sound mixer — sb who records film sound
- sound truck — a truck carrying a loudspeaker from which speeches, music, etc., are broadcast, as for advertising, campaigning, or the like.
- southlander — a person from the south
- splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- stand guard — keep watch
- stoneground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
- strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subindustry — a subdivision of an industry
- 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.
- substandard — below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.
- sudan grass — a sorghum, Sorghum sudanense, introduced into the U.S. from Africa, grown for hay and pasture.
- 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-candy — excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
- sum insured — The sum insured is the insurer's limit of liability under an insurance contract.
- sundry shop — (in Malaysia) a shop, similar to a delicatessen, that sells predominantly Chinese foodstuffs
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.
- superceding — supersede.
- superdainty — very dainty
- superharden — harden (def 6).
- superinduce — to bring in or induce as an added feature, circumstance, etc.; superimpose.
- superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
- supermodern — highly modern
- superseding — to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
- suraddition — an additional title
- sure-handed — using the hands with skill and confidence; dexterous.
- surrenderee — the person to whom the surrender of an estate is made
- surrenderor — the person who surrenders an estate
- surrounding — something that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an object or central space: a tile surround for the shower stall.
- surtarbrand — deposits of brown coal embedded in Iceland lava
- suspendered — wearing suspenders
- talk around — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- tetrandrous — having four stamens.
- thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- thunder egg — a globular concretion of opal, agate, or chalcedony weathered out of tuff or basalt.
- thunder mug — a chamber pot.
- thunderbird — (in the mythology of some North American Indians) a huge, eaglelike bird capable of producing thunder, lightning, and rain.
- thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- thunderhead — incus (def 2).
- thunderless — without thunder
- thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.