8-letter words containing a, s, u
- sillabub — syllabub.
- silurian — of or relating to the Silures or their country.
- silvanus — the god of forests and uncultivated land, later worshiped under three aspects, as the protector of the house, of the herds, and of the boundaries of the farm.
- simula i — (language) SIMUlation LAnguage. An extension to ALGOL 60 for the Univac 1107 designed in 1962 by Kristen Nygaard and Ole-Johan Dahl and implemented in 1964. SIMULA I was designed for discrete simulation. It introduced the record class, leading the way to data abstraction and object-oriented programming languages like Smalltalk. It also featured coroutines. SIMULA's philosophy was the result of addressing the problems of describing complex systems for the purpose of simulating them. This philosophy proved to be applicable for describing complex systems generally (not just for simulation) and so SIMULA is a general-purpose object-oriented application programming language which also has very good discrete event simulation capability. Virtually all OOP products are derived in some manner from SIMULA. For a description of the evolution of SIMULA and therefore the fundamental concepts of OOP, see Dahl and Nygaard in ["History of Programming Languages". Ed. R. W. Wexelblat. Addison-Wesley, 1981].
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- siracusa — Syracuse (def 2).
- situated — Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- skullcap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
- slack up — to go more slowly
- slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
- sluggard — a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.
- smash up — destroy, break into pieces
- smash-up — the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
- snarf up — to eat quickly and voraciously; scarf (often followed by down or up).
- snarl up — To snarl something up means to cause problems which prevent it continuing or making progress.
- sneakeup — a cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky person
- soak out — to draw out (dirt, etc.) by or as by soaking
- soapsuds — suds made with water and soap.
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- soulmate — 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.
- soundman — a sound recorder in a television crew
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- sour gas — Sour gas is natural gas with a high sulfur content.
- sourball — a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
- souvlaki — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- spacious — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- spadeful — the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
- spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- spaz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speak up — talk more loudly
- speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
- spicular — relating to or characteristic of spicula
- sporular — a spore, especially a small one.
- spousage — marriage
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- spunyarn — small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together
- squabash — to crush or demolish (an attack, argument, opponent, etc.)