7-letter words containing d, i, s, u
- luddism — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- ludship — a humorous or hurried form of 'lordship'
- mediums — a middle state or condition; mean.
- midguts — Plural form of midgut.
- miscued — a stroke in which the cue fails to make solid contact with the cue ball.
- misused — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- muddies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muddy.
- mudfish — any of various fishes that live in muddy waters, as the bowfin or mummichog.
- mudsill — the lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground.
- muscids — Plural form of muscid.
- muscoid — a moss-like plant
- nudists — Plural form of nudist.
- nudniks — Plural form of nudnik.
- oedipus — a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.
- outbids — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbid.
- outside — the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
- prudish — excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- residua — the residue, remainder, or rest of something.
- residue — something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.
- rushdie — Salman [sal-muh n] /ˈsæl mən/ (Show IPA), born 1947, British novelist and essayist, born in India.
- sardius — sard.
- sauroid — a type of fish
- sciurid — a squirrel or related rodent
- sigmund — (in the Volsunga Saga) the son of Volsung and Liod; the father, through his sister, Signy, of Sinfjotli; the husband first of Borghild, then of Hjordis; and the father of Sigurd.
- silurid — any of numerous Old World freshwater fishes of the family Siluridae, comprising the catfishes.
- solidum — a part of a pedestal
- solidus — a gold coin of ancient Rome, introduced by Constantine and continued in the Byzantine Empire; bezant.
- spodium — a fine black powder formed by calcination
- squalid — foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
- squidge — to squash or squeeze (something soft) or (of something soft) to become squashed
- squidgy — Something that is squidgy is soft and can be squashed easily.
- squired — (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- stadium — a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- studdie — stithy.
- studied — marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
- studier — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- studies — work relating to a particular discipline
- studios — the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- stupids — Term used by samurai for the suits who employ them. Succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though usually better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers. There may be intended reference here to an SF story originally published in 1952 but much anthologised since, Mark Clifton's "Star, Bright". In it, a super-genius child classifies humans into a very few "Brights" like herself, a huge majority of "Stupids", and a minority of "Tweens", the merely ordinary geniuses.
- subacid — slightly or moderately acid or sour: a subacid fruit.
- subarid — moderately arid.
- subedit — to edit and correct (written or printed material)
- subidea — a secondary idea
- subside — to sink to a low or lower level.
- subsidy — a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
- sudanic — (especially in former systems of classification) of or relating to a residual category of African languages including most of the non-Bantu and non-Hamitic languages of northern and central Africa: most now reclassified as part of the Niger-Congo subfamily.
- sudaria — (in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.
- sudatio — (in an ancient Roman bath) a chamber, between the sudatorium and the calidarium, where sweat was removed.
- sudsing — soapy water.
- sueding — kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface, on the flesh side or on the outer side after removal of a thin outer layer.