10-letter words containing u, n, s, t, e
- screen out — eliminate
- scrutineer — an official examiner, especially of votes in an election.
- scrutinise — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- sea return — radar signals that are reflected by a body of water and hamper target identification.
- sea walnut — a comb jelly, as of the genus Mnemiopsis, shaped like a walnut.
- securement — the act of securing.
- seducement — an act of seducing
- self-unity — the state of being one; oneness.
- semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- semilucent — partially translucent
- seminudity — partial nudity; the state of being partly nude
- sensualist — a person given to the indulgence of the senses or appetites.
- sensuality — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
- septennium — a period or cycle of seven years
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- sequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- serotinous — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- setting-up — the establishment or creation of something
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- shuttering — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- single out — only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example.
- single-cut — noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.
- sluttiness — the state of being slutty
- smarten up — improve appearance
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- south node — the descending node of the moon.
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- spent fuel — nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction
- spumescent — foamy; foamlike; frothy.
- sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
- square tin — a medium-sized loaf having a crusty top, baked in a tin with a square base
- squinteyed — squinting
- stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- staunchest — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- stettinius — Edward Reilley [rahy-lee] /ˈraɪ li/ (Show IPA), 1900–49, U.S. industrialist: secretary of state 1944–45.
- stuffiness — close; poorly ventilated: a stuffy room.
- stunt kite — a kite held by two hands and having two lines
- stupefying — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupendous — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- stupidness — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.