9-letter words containing a, m, u, s
- soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- sound man — a technician who produces sound effects.
- sour mash — a blended grain mash used in the distilling of some whiskeys, consisting of new mash and a portion of mash from a preceding run and yielding a high rate of lactic acid.
- squadsman — a member of a squad or team.
- squamella — a small scale or bract in a plant
- squamosal — Anatomy. of or relating to the thin, scalelike portion of the temporal bone that is situated on the side of the skull above and behind the ear.
- squaw man — a contemptuous term used to refer to a white or other non-Indian man married to a North American Indian woman.
- squeamish — fastidious or dainty.
- stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stomatous — stomatal.
- stud farm — place where horses are bred
- stud mare — a female horse kept for breeding
- stunt man — a man who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
- sub-frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subdermal — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submucosa — the layer of connective tissue located beneath the mucous membrane.
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- subsample — a specimen from or a small part of a sample.
- subschema — a part of a computer database which is used by an individual
- sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
- sudermann — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.
- sugar gum — a small eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, having smooth bark and barrel-shaped fruits and grown for timber and ornament. It has sweet-tasting leaves which are often eaten by livestock
- sugarplum — a small sweetmeat made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.
- sum total — complete numerical total: the sum total of my savings.
- summarily — in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway.
- summarise — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summarist — a person who summarizes
- summarize — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summation — the act or process of summing.
- summative — additive.
- sumptuary — pertaining to, dealing with, or regulating expense or expenditure.
- sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
- sung mass — a Mass in which parts of the proper and the ordinary are sung rather than recited; missa cantata.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superfarm — a very large farm, sometimes incorporating or coordinating a number of smaller farms
- supermale — a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
- supermart — a large self-service store selling food and household supplies