10-letter words containing u, r, i, e, l
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spinnerule — part of the spinneret of a spider
- squaretail — any of several fishes of the genus Tetragonurus, inhabiting deep waters of tropical and temperate seas, having a squarish tail and an armor of tough, bony scales.
- squirelike — like a squire, or like the behaviour of a squire
- squireling — a landowner of a small estate.
- squirreled — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- squirrelly — eccentric; flighty.
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subcaliber — noting or pertaining to ammunition of smaller caliber than the gun in which it is used.
- subcalibre — (of a projectile) having a calibre less than that of the firearm from which it is discharged and therefore either fitted with a disc or fired through a tube inserted into the barrel
- subfebrile — pertaining to or marked by a temperature slightly above normal.
- subfertile — less than normally fertile
- sugarallie — liquorice
- sulphurise — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sulphurize — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sultriness — oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day.
- summerlike — like or characteristic of summer; summery: a spell of summerlike showers.
- supercilia — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
- superelite — (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- superfluid — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- superhelix — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superiorly — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- superlight — extremely light
- superliner — an ocean liner of relatively great size or speed.
- supertitle — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
- surmisable — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
- surrealism — a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
- surrealist — a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
- surreality — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
- surveilled — to place under surveillance.
- survivable — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- tabularize — to tabulate.
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tertullian — (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) a.d. c160–c230, Carthaginian theologian.
- testicular — of or relating to the testes.
- tirailleur — an African soldier in the French colonial army
- tolu resin — tolu.
- tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
- trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
- trickle-up — noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and the poor will gradually pass up to big business and the rich.
- trisulcate — having three grooves or furrows
- trisulfide — a sulfide containing three sulfur atoms.
- triturable — capable of being triturated.
- trouvaille — a windfall
- trunk line — a major long-distance transportation line.
- tuberculin — a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- tularaemia — a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals and causing fever, muscle pain, and symptoms associated with the point of entry into the body.
- tulip tree — Also called tulip poplar, yellow poplar. a tall tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, of the magnolia family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, cup-shaped, green and orange flowers: the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.