11-letter words containing u, r, a, s, e
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- sarus crane — a large, gray crane, Grus antigone, of Asia, having a naked, red head.
- sauce bercy — Bercy.
- saucer dome — a dome having the form of a segment of a sphere, with the center well below the springing line; a shallow dome, as in Roman or Byzantine architecture.
- sauerbraten — a pot roast of beef, marinated before cooking in a mixture of vinegar, sugar, and seasonings.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- scaberulous — tending to be scabrous or slightly rough to the touch
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scar tissue — connective tissue that has contracted and become dense and fibrous.
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- scatter rug — a small rug, placed on the floor in front of a chair, under a table, etc.
- scatter-gun — a shotgun
- sclerocauly — the feature of having a hard, dry stem
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
- scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
- sea blubber — a large jellyfish, Cyanea capillata.
- secularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- seigneurial — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semi-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- semiamateur — retaining amateur status but receiving prize money or support, as from a sponsor, to cover training expenses.
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- send around — to put into circulation
- septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
- sequestrant — any substance used to bring about sequestration, often by chelation. They are used in horticulture to counteract lime in the soil
- sequestrate — Law. to sequester (property). to confiscate.
- serratulate — having small serrations; mildly serrate
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- sertularian — a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.
- sesquialter — in the ratio of 3:2
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- share issue — When there is a share issue, shares in a company are made available for people to buy.
- sharksucker — any of several remoras, as Echeneis naucrates, usually found attached to sharks.
- shea butter — a solid, greenish, yellowish, or whitish fat derived from the seeds of the shea tree, used for food and in the manufacture of soaps and candles.
- singularize — to make singular.
- slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
- sluggardise — indolence or laziness
- sluggardize — to make lazy or sluggish
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- sneezeguard — a plastic or glass shield overhanging a salad bar, buffet, or the like to protect the food from contamination.
- soho square — a formerly fashionable residential district of London, England.
- solar house — a house designed to absorb and store solar heat.
- soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
- sour grapes — bitterness about sth unattainable