10-letter words containing l, u, s, t, r
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spirituals — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- sprightful — sprightly.
- 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.
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- 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.
- steel drum — Music. a bowl-shaped percussion instrument common in the West Indies, made from a steel barrel divided into sections producing different notes when struck.
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stormfully — in a stormful manner
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- stridulous — Also, stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- strip club — strip joint.
- strophulus — a papular eruption of the skin, especially in infants, occurring in several forms and usually harmless.
- structural — of or relating to structure; pertaining or essential to a structure.
- struggling — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- stubbornly — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subcluster — a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch: a cluster of grapes.
- subcontrol — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- subcrustal — situated or occurring below the crust of the earth.
- subculture — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- subfertile — less than normally fertile
- subnatural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- substellar — having a mass smaller than the mass needed by stars for nuclear fusion
- substernal — of or relating to the sternum.
- substratal — something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.
- subsultory — moving in starts or twitches; relating to subsultus
- sucralfate — a sugar-aluminum complex, C 1 2 H 5 4 Al 1 6 O 7 5 S 8 , used for the treatment of duodenal ulcer.
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sultriness — oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day.
- sun letter — any letter, as tā or sīn, representing a consonant that assimilates the l of a prefixed definite article.
- superaltar — a consecrated portable stone slab for use on an unconsecrated altar
- superelite — (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- superexalt — to exalt further; to exalt or raise above others or above a previous position
- superlight — extremely light
- 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.
- supplanter — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- suppletory — supplying a deficiency.
- supravital — pertaining to or involving a staining method for a preparation of living cells.
- surf smelt — a smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus, inhabiting shallow waters from southern California to Alaska, and spawning in the surf.
- 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.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- telecourse — a course of study presented on television, as for local home viewers receiving credit at a community college.
- temerously — in a temerous manner
- 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.
- testicular — of or relating to the testes.
- tolu resin — tolu.