10-letter words containing d, s, u
- sipunculid — an invertebrate of the phylum Sipuncula, comprising the peanut worms.
- sir edmund — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- slide rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.
- slide-rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- sluggardly — like or befitting a sluggard; slothful; lazy.
- slush fund — a sum of money used for illicit or corrupt political purposes, as for buying influence.
- smart drug — a drug or other substance that is claimed to enhance memory, concentration, or other mental functions.
- smoked out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- smudge pot — a container for burning oil or other fuels to produce smudge, as for protecting fruit trees from frost.
- snare drum — a small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.
- snow under — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- snub-nosed — having a snub nose: a snub-nosed child.
- soft-bound — (of a book) having a thin cardboard, paper, or plastic cover
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solid fuel — Solid fuel is fuel such as coal or wood, that is solid rather than liquid or gas.
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- sound file — an audio file that can be played by a computer or other electronic device
- sound film — a film on which sound has been or is to be recorded, as for the soundtrack of a motion picture.
- 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 hole — an opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.
- sound line — a line fastened to a harpoon and carried down into the water by a whale when sounding
- 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.
- soundproof — impervious to sound.
- 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.
- sour crude — Sour crude is crude oil with a high sulfur content.
- sour gourd — the acid fruit of any of several African or Australian trees belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, as the baobab, A. digitata.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- south node — the descending node of the moon.
- southbound — traveling southward.
- southfield — a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- 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.
- speculated — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speed bump — a rounded ridge built crosswise into the pavement of a road or driveway to force vehicles to slow down.
- speed hump — bump in road that slows traffic
- speedfully — in a quick or effective manner
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like