7-letter words containing h, u, a, s
- quashed — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
- quashee — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- quasher — someone who quells or suppresses
- quashes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quash.
- rhabdus — a needlelike structure supporting the soft tissue in an invertebrate sponge
- rhamnus — a member of the Rhamnus genus of trees and shrubs known as buckthorn
- sambhur — a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
- schuman — Robert [rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1963, French political leader: premier of France 1947–48.
- scrauch — to squawk loudly
- shackup — an instance of shacking up: The census people counted both marriages and shackups.
- shakeup — A shakeup is a major set of changes in an organization or a system.
- shakudo — a Japanese alloy of copper and gold having a dark bluish-purple colour
- shantou — a seaport in E Guangdong province, in SE China.
- shapeup — a system of hiring dock workers using a union hiring boss who selects the day's crew from a gathering of available workers
- sharaku — Tashusai [taw-shoo-sahy] /ˈtɔ ʃʊˈsaɪ/ (Show IPA), flourished 18th century, Japanese printmaker.
- shavuot — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shiatsu — a Japanese massage technique that includes the use of acupressure.
- shiatzu — a Japanese massage technique that includes the use of acupressure.
- shu han — a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 221–63.
- shulwar — loose, pajamalike trousers worn by both men and women in India and southeast Asia.
- shushan — Biblical name of Susa.
- sichuan — a province in S central China. 219,691 sq. mi. (569,000 sq. km). Capital: Chengdu.
- smashup — vehicle collision
- songhua — a river in NE China, flowing NW and NE through E and central Manchuria into the Amur River on the boundary of Siberia. 800 miles (1287 km) long.
- squashy — easily squashed; pulpy.
- staunch — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- subhead — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- such as — so; very; to such a degree: such pleasant people.
- suharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- sun hat — A sun hat is a wide-brimmed hat that protects your head from the sun.
- sunbath — deliberate exposure of the body to the direct rays of the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunghua — Songhua.
- thallus — a simple vegetative body undifferentiated into true leaves, stem, and root, ranging from an aggregation of filaments to a complex plantlike form.
- thapsus — an ancient town on the coast of Tunisia: decisive victory of Caesar 46 b.c.
- thiasus — (in ancient Greece) a congregation of people who have gathered to sing and dance at a festival in honour of a god
- unhasty — not speedy
- unleash — to release from or as if from a leash; set loose to pursue or run at will.
- unshale — to expose
- unshape — to render shapeless
- unsharp — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- urachus — a cord of tissue connecting a fetus's bladder to the umbilical cord
- ushabti — shawabti.
- ushuaia — a city in S Argentina, on the S coast of Tierra del Fuego: the southernmost city in the world.
- ustashi — (formerly) a terrorist organization of right-wing Yugoslav exiles dedicated to the overthrow of Communism in their homeland
- wash up — the act or process of washing with water or other liquid: to give the car a wash.
- washout — a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
- washtub — a tub for use in washing clothes, linens, etc.
- xanthus — an ancient city of Lycia, in SW Asia Minor, near the mouth of the Xanthus River: site of archaeological remains.