10-letter words containing a, s, o, u
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- sou marque — a billon coin of France, issued in the 18th century for circulation in the colonies.
- souari nut — the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.
- soubresaut — a jump performed with the legs held together and the body erect but slightly curved to the side.
- soul patch — a small patch of facial hair below the centre of the lower lip and above the chin
- sound head — a mechanism through which film passes in a projector for conversion of the soundtrack into audio-frequency signals that can be amplified and reproduced.
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- soundboard — sounding board.
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
- soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- soup plate — a deep, concave plate used especially for serving soup.
- sour cream — cream soured by the lactic acid produced by a ferment.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- sousaphone — a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- south asia — the countries and land area of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- south gate — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- south pass — a mountain pass in SW Wyoming, cutting through the Rocky Mountains at the S of the Wind River range: part of the Oregon Trail.
- south seas — the seas south of the equator
- south-east — The south-east is the direction which is halfway between south and east.
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- soya flour — flour made from soya beans
- spaced out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
- spaced-out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
- spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- splash out — If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- spread out — extend, splay
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- squad room — a room in a police station where police officers assemble, as for inspection, roll call, or duty assignments.
- squadronal — belonging or relating to a squadron or squadrons
- squamation — the state of being squamate.
- squamiform — shaped like a scale.
- squamosity — the state or condition of being covered with, formed of, resembling, or consisting of scales
- squamulose — furnished or covered with tiny scales.
- square off — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- square one — a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.
- square rod — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one rod on each side.
- squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
- squawk box — the speaker of a public-address system or an intercom system; loudspeaker.
- stab wound — knife injury
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- star route — former name for highway contract route.
- statehouse — the building in which the legislature of a state sits; the capitol of a state.
- status quo — the existing state or condition.
- 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.