10-letter words containing g, u, s
- subcollege — a department of a college which provides classes below college level
- subglacial — beneath a glacier: a subglacial stream.
- subglobose — not quite globe-shaped
- subglossal — of or relating to the tongue.
- subglottal — of or relating to the glottis.
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- subjecting — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjugator — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- sublingual — situated under the tongue, or on the underside of the tongue.
- submanager — a secondary or assistant manager
- submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subprogram — procedure (def 4b).
- subsegment — a part or division of a segment.
- subsisting — to exist; continue in existence.
- subtangent — the part of the x-axis cut off between the ordinate of a given point of a curve and the tangent at that point.
- subterfuge — an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
- subtitling — the addition of subtitles to a film or programme
- succeeding — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- suffragist — an advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage, especially to women.
- sugar beet — various cultivars of a beet, Beta vulgaris, of the amaranth family, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields.
- sugar bird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- sugar bowl — a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.
- sugar bush — an evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, of the cashew family, native to the desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having light yellow flowers in short, dense spikes and hairy, dark-red fruit.
- sugar camp — a grove of sugar maples.
- sugar cane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- sugar corn — sweet corn.
- sugar cube — small block of sugar
- sugar loaf — resembling a sugar-loaf.
- sugar lump — cube of sugar for coffee or tea
- sugar palm — gomuti (def 1).
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- sugar soap — an alkaline compound used for cleaning or stripping paint
- sugar tree — a sugar maple.
- sugar-coat — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- sugar-free — containing no sugar: a sugar-free cola.
- sugar-loaf — resembling a sugar-loaf.
- sugar-plum — a small sweetmeat made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.
- sugarallie — liquorice
- sugarberry — a hackberry, Celtis laevigata, of the southern U.S.
- sugarhouse — a shed or other building where maple syrup or maple sugar is made.
- suggesting — to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
- suggestion — the act of suggesting.
- suggestive — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- sulfa drug — any of a group of drugs closely related in chemical structure to sulfanilamide, having a bacteriostatic rather than a bacteriocidal effect: used in the treatment of various wounds, burns, and infections.
- sulzberger — Arthur Hays, 1891–1968, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- sumerology — the study of the history, language, and culture of the Sumerians.
- summing-up — a summation or statement made for the purpose of reviewing the basic concepts or principles of an argument, story, explanation, testimony, or the like, and usually presented at the end.
- sun lounge — a room with large windows positioned to receive as much sunlight as possible
- sunbathing — to take a sunbath.