11-letter words containing d, a, n, u, s
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- sealed unit — a hard disk that is permanently sealed to prevent damage to the read/write head
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- send around — to put into circulation
- sense datum — Also called sensum. Psychology. the basic unit of an experience resulting from the stimulation of a sense organ; a stimulus or an object of perception or sensation.
- shootaround — an informal match or practice session
- shop around — compare prices
- show around — guide round a new place
- slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- sneezeguard — a plastic or glass shield overhanging a salad bar, buffet, or the like to protect the food from contamination.
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- sound stage — a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- south sudan — a landlocked republic in NE Africa, in the Sahel region; formerly part of Sudan: became independent after a referendum in 2011, following a long civil war. Languages: English, Arabic. Religions: Christian, animist. Currency: South Sudanese Pound. Capital: Juba. Pop: 11 090 104 (2013 est). Area: 644 329 sq km (248 777 sq miles)
- southlander — a person from the south
- spud island — Prince Edward Island.
- staminodium — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- stand guard — keep watch
- stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- subadjacent — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- subaudition — an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subdiaconal — of or relating to a subdeacon.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- substandard — below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.
- succedaneum — a substitute.
- sudan grass — a sorghum, Sorghum sudanense, introduced into the U.S. from Africa, grown for hay and pasture.
- sudetenland — a mountainous region in the N Czech Republic, including the Sudeten and the Erzgebirge: annexed by Germany 1938; returned to Czechoslovakia 1945.
- sugar candy — large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
- sugar-candy — excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sunday baby — an illegitimate child.
- sunday best — Sunday clothes.
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.
- superdainty — very dainty
- superharden — harden (def 6).
- suppedaneum — a shelf affixed to a cross for supporting the feet of the crucified.
- suraddition — an additional title
- sure-handed — using the hands with skill and confidence; dexterous.
- surtarbrand — deposits of brown coal embedded in Iceland lava