9-letter words containing d, u, s
- scuppered — Military. to overwhelm; surprise and destroy, disable, or massacre.
- secluding — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- secundine — the inner integument of an ovule.
- seditious — of, relating to, or of the nature of sedition.
- seducible — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- seductive — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- seif dune — (in deserts, esp the Sahara) a long ridge of blown sand, often several miles long
- semi-nude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
- semicured — partly cured or preserved
- semifluid — imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- sequinned — A sequinned piece of clothing is decorated or covered with sequins.
- servitude — slavery or bondage of any kind: political or intellectual servitude.
- sgian-dhu — a dirk carried in the stocking by Highlanders
- shinguard — sport: protective pad for lower leg
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds
- should've — Should've is the usual spoken form of 'should have', especially when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- shouldn't — Shouldn't is the usual spoken form of 'should not'.
- shrubland — land covered by shrubs
- shuddered — to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.
- shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- shuttered — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- siddhuism — any contrived metaphor or simile
- side curl — earlock.
- side drum — snare drum.
- sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
- sigismund — 1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor 1411–37.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sit under — to be seated on the right of (the player)
- skean dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skean-dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skene dhu — skean dhu.
- skunkbird — a North American songbird with a black-and-white striped back, also known as a bobolink
- skunkweed — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor, as the skunk cabbage.
- slam dunk — basketball: score from above rim
- slam-dunk — Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
- slit-drum — a hollowed-out log with a long, narrow slit, beaten with a stick or stamped upon to produce a drumming sound, found in many cultures since ancient times.
- slumbered — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- smogbound — surrounded by smog.
- snowbound — shut in or immobilized by snow.
- snowmould — a fungal disease of soil or grass resulting from snow cover
- snug down — to make ready for a storm by reducing sail, lashing movable gear, etc.
- sod house — a house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used especially by settlers on the Great Plains, when timber was scarce.
- sodbuster — a farmer who works the soil.
- soft drug — a drug, usually illicit, that does not produce significant psychological or physical dependence.
- softbound — book: paperback
- solifugid — sun spider.
- soul food — traditional black American cookery, which originated in the rural South, consisting of such foods as chitterlings, pig knuckles, turnip greens, and cornbread.
- sound bow — that part of a bell against which the tongue strikes.