10-letter words containing d, s, u
- spissitude — compactness
- spondylous — relating to a vertebra or vertebrae
- spread out — extend, splay
- spuleblade — the shoulder blade
- spunbonded — being or designating a material or fiber produced by spun-bonding.
- squad room — a room in a police station where police officers assemble, as for inspection, roll call, or duty assignments.
- squadronal — belonging or relating to a squadron or squadrons
- squanderer — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- square rod — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one rod on each side.
- squarehead — a stupid person.
- squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
- squinteyed — squinting
- squirreled — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- stab wound — knife injury
- stamp duty — land tax
- stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- steamed up — obscured by vapour
- steel drum — Music. a bowl-shaped percussion instrument common in the West Indies, made from a steel barrel divided into sections producing different notes when struck.
- stem duchy — (in medieval Germany) any of the independent duchies corresponding in part to areas of tribal settlement and preserving some elements of tribal social structure.
- stepped-up — increased; augmented; expanded; heightened: a stepped-up fundraising campaign.
- stichidium — a podlike branch containing tetraspores, found in some rose algae
- stimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stomodaeum — stomodeum.
- stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- stridulous — Also, stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- structured — having and manifesting a clearly defined structure or organization.
- stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
- studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
- studiously — disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
- study hall — (in some schools) a room used solely or chiefly for studying.
- study room — a room, esp in a boarding school, used for studying
- study tour — a trip or tour taken by a group of people in order to study something, such as a language
- stuffed up — sinuses, nose: congested
- stultified — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
- stupendous — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- stupidness — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- sturdiness — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- sub judice — before a judge or court; awaiting judicial determination.
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- sub-leader — a person or thing that leads.
- subaudible — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subdeanery — the position or office of a subdean
- subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery