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11-letter words containing u, r, a, s, e

  • sour orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • south korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
  • southeaster — a wind or storm from the southeast.
  • southlander — a person from the south
  • space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
  • spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
  • sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
  • sprezzatura — effortlessness or ease, esp. in art or literature; careless grace; nonchalance
  • square away — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • square deal — the stated policy of President Theodore Roosevelt, originally promising fairness in all dealings with labor and management and later extended to include other groups.
  • square foot — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. 2 , sq. ft. Abbreviation: ft.
  • 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.
  • square meal — a nourishing or filling meal: You'll feel better after you've had a square meal.
  • square mile — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one mile on each side; 2.59 square kilometers. 2 , sq. mi. Abbreviation: mi.
  • square root — a quantity of which a given quantity is the square: The quantities +6 and −6 are square roots of 36 since (+6)×(+6)=36 and (−6)×(−6)=36.
  • square sail — a sail set beneath a horizontal yard, the normal position of which, when not trimmed to the wind, is directly athwartships.
  • square wave — a graph, function, vibration, etc., that is periodic and equal to one constant on one half of the period and a different constant, which may be zero, on the other half.
  • square with — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • square yard — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
  • square-toed — with the toes squared off
  • square-toes — an old-fashioned or strait-laced person.
  • squarsonage — the residence of a squarson
  • squirearchy — the collective body of squires or landed gentry of a country.
  • 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
  • stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
  • staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
  • stake truck — a truck or trailer with a stake body, as for hauling farm animals or feed bags.
  • stan laurel — Stan (Arthur Stanley Jefferson) 1890–1965, U.S. motion-picture actor and comedian, born in England.
  • status zero — the condition of young people who are out of school but not in further education or training, permanently or regularly out of work, and dropping out of the mainstream of society
  • stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
  • steamer rug — a coarse, heavy lap robe used by ship passengers sitting in deck chairs.
  • stegosaurus — any of a suborder (Stegosauria) of large ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Jurassic having a small head and heavy bony plates with sharp spikes down the backbone
  • sternutator — a chemical agent causing nose irritation, coughing, etc.
  • 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.
  • stratopause — the boundary or transition layer between the stratosphere and mesosphere.
  • sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
  • sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
  • sub-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
  • sub-surface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
  • subaerially — in a subaerial manner
  • subarboreal — living or thriving under trees
  • subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
  • subcellular — contained within a cell.
  • subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
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