11-letter words containing u, r, a, n, i, s
- neurilemmas — Plural form of neurilemma.
- neutralised — Simple past tense and past participle of neutralise.
- neutralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralise.
- neutralists — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralizes — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisest; Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralize.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- nitrosourea — any of various lipid-soluble, synthetic or naturally occurring alkylating agents that can cross the blood-brain barrier: used in the treatment of certain brain cancers.
- nonsingular — not singular. Compare singular (def 7).
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- numerations — Plural form of numeration.
- nurserymaid — Nursemaid.
- nursing bra — a bra for breastfeeding mothers which provides additional support and has cups that can be folded down so the infant can be fed without the mother having to remove the bra
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- oceanariums — Plural form of oceanarium.
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- old russian — Russian as used in documents before 1600. Abbreviation: ORuss.
- omnifarious — of all forms, varieties, or kinds.
- organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people
- ornithosaur — an extinct flying reptile
- outsmarting — Present participle of outsmart.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- overanxious — excessively anxious.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- quadrantids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.
- quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- reinsurance — the process or business of reinsuring.
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- rosicrucian — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- 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.
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sanguinaria — the bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
- saturnalian — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- saturninity — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- saurischian — any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Compare ornithischian.