8-letter words containing a, s, u
- scale up — increase in size
- scalenus — any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- scandium — a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0.
- scapular — of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.
- scare up — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scarious — thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.
- schumann — Clara (Clara Wieck) 1819–96, German pianist and composer (wife of Robert Schumann).
- scituate — a town in E Massachusetts.
- scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- scuzzbag — a despicable or unethical person
- scybalum — hard faeces in the intestine
- sea duck — any of various diving ducks, as the scaups, goldeneyes, scoters, and eiders, found principally on seas.
- sea gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
- sea puss — a strong nearshore current resulting from the seaward flow of water, especially through a channel in a bar.
- sea slug — a nudibranch.
- seacunny — a steersman or quartermaster in a ship manned by lascars
- seahound — a dogfish
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- seaquake — an agitation of the sea caused by a submarine eruption or earthquake.
- secaucus — a town in NE New Jersey.
- seleucia — an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- semuncia — a bronze coin produced during the period of the Roman Republic, weighing half an ounce, and equivalent in value to a twenty-fourth of an as at the time
- senarius — a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- sequelae — an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease.
- sequoyah — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- serapeum — a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.
- serratus — any of various muscles in the thorax, which produce the appearance of a serrated border by their arrangement
- servqual — the provision of high-quality products by an organization backed by a high level of service for consumers
- sexually — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
- shabuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shack up — a rough cabin; shanty.
- shadbush — the serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis.
- shake up — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-up — a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shameful — causing shame: shameful behavior.
- shangqiu — a city in E Henan province, in E China.
- shantung — Shandong.
- shape up — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- shape-up — an act or instance of shaping up.
- shauchle — to distort the shape of (something)
- shauchly — (of a person) unsteady or awkward on the feet
- shavuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shea nut — the seed of the shea tree and the source of shea butter.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- siauliai — a city in N Lithuania, N of Kaunas.
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- silicula — a short broad siliqua, occurring in such cruciferous plants as honesty and shepherd's-purse