11-letter words starting with su
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
- superweapon — an extremely powerful weapon
- suppedaneum — a shelf affixed to a cross for supporting the feet of the crucified.
- supper club — a nightclub, especially a small, luxurious one.
- supplanting — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supplicavit — a mandatory writ formerly issued from the King's Bench or Court of Chancery
- supply line — A supply line is a route along which goods and equipment are transported to an army during a war.
- supply ship — vessel carrying supplies
- supply-side — of or relating to a theory that stresses the reduction of taxes, especially for those of higher income, as a means of encouraging business investment and growth and stabilizing the economy.
- support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supportment — the action of supporting
- supportress — a female supporter
- supposed to — have responsibility, job
- supposition — the act of supposing.
- suppositive — of the nature of or involving supposition; suppositional.
- suppository — a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
- suppressant — a substance that suppresses an undesirable action or condition: an appetite suppressant.
- suppressing — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suppression — the act of suppressing.
- suppressive — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- supracostal — above the rib
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
- suraddition — an additional title
- sure enough — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- sure-enough — real; genuine.
- sure-footed — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- sure-handed — using the hands with skill and confidence; dexterous.
- surf scoter — a large, North American scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, the adult male of which is black with two white patches on the head.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- surgicenter — a surgical facility, not based in a hospital, where minor surgery is performed on an outpatient basis.
- surmistress — a female deputy headteacher
- surmounting — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surpassable — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- surplussing — something that remains above what is used or needed.
- surrebuttal — the giving of evidence to meet a defendant's rebuttal.
- surrebutter — a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rebutter.
- surrenderee — the person to whom the surrender of an estate is made
- surrenderor — the person who surrenders an estate
- surrogation — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- surrounding — something that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an object or central space: a tile surround for the shower stall.
- surtarbrand — deposits of brown coal embedded in Iceland lava
- surveillant — exercising surveillance.
- surveilling — to place under surveillance.