11-letter words containing u, s, e, n, t
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- publishment — publication.
- puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- 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.
- queen truss — a truss having queen posts with no king post.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- questioners — Plural form of questioner.
- questioning — indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.
- questionist — a person who questions
- quiescently — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quintuplets — Plural form of quintuplet.
- quonset hut — A Quonset hut is a military hut made of metal. The walls and roof form the shape of a semi-circle.
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- reinstitute — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
- restaurants — an establishment where meals are served to customers.
- restitution — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
- resultantly — that results; following as a result or consequence.
- resultingly — as a result.
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- routineness — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- run to seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- 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.
- scatter-gun — a shotgun
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scrutinised — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinized — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinizer — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- sealed unit — a hard disk that is permanently sealed to prevent damage to the read/write head
- second unit — an additional crew on a film production, usually used at a second location for filming crowd scenes, exteriors, and other shots that do not require the principal actors.
- secure unit — A secure unit is a building or part of a building where dangerous prisoners or violent psychiatric patients are kept.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated