11-letter words containing u, n, r, s
- somnambular — relating to sleep-walking
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- song thrush — a common, European songbird, Turdus philomelos.
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- 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.
- soup tureen — a large bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table
- sour orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- southernize — to make or become southern
- southlander — a person from the south
- spartanburg — a city in NW South Carolina.
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- sporogenous — of or relating to spores or spore production.
- sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- spruce pine — a tall coniferous tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern U.S., having smooth, gray bark and needles in bundles of two.
- square inch — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one inch on each side; 6.452 square centimeters. 2 , sq. in. Abbreviation: in.
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- squarsonage — the residence of a squarson
- squirreling — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- st. laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
- stan laurel — Stan (Arthur Stanley Jefferson) 1890–1965, U.S. motion-picture actor and comedian, born in England.
- stand guard — keep watch
- stentorious — stentorian.
- sternutator — a chemical agent causing nose irritation, coughing, etc.
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- stonecutter — a person who cuts or carves stone.
- 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.
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- strengthful — full of strength, strong
- strenuosity — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- strenuously — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- 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.
- strong suit — Bridge. a long suit that contains high cards.
- struggle on — If you struggle on, you continue doing something rather than stopping, even though it is difficult.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- stunt flier — someone who performs stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- sub-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- sub-saharan — of, relating to, or in Africa south of the Sahara Desert: a sub-Saharan country; sub-Saharan peoples.
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift