7-letter words containing n, i, u
- spinout — a spinning slide or skid by a motor vehicle that is out of control
- spinule — a small spine.
- spruing — Metallurgy. an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold. the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spumoni — an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
- spunkie — a will-o'-the-wisp.
- sputnik — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- squinch — a small arch, corbeling, or the like, built across the interior angle between two walls, as in a square tower for supporting the side of a superimposed octagonal spire.
- squinny — to squint.
- squinty — characterized by or having a squint.
- suasion — the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- subbing — a submarine.
- suberin — a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid.
- subjoin — to add at the end, as of something said or written; append.
- subline — a secondary headline
- subring — a subset of a ring that is a subgroup under addition and that is closed under multiplication. Compare ring1 (def 22).
- subunit — a single thing or person.
- suck in — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- sucking — not weaned.
- suction — the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- sudanic — (especially in former systems of classification) of or relating to a residual category of African languages including most of the non-Bantu and non-Hamitic languages of northern and central Africa: most now reclassified as part of the Niger-Congo subfamily.
- sudsing — soapy water.
- sueding — kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface, on the flesh side or on the outer side after removal of a thin outer layer.
- suevian — a member of an ancient Germanic people of uncertain origin, mentioned in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus.
- sugging — the practice of selling products under the pretence of conducting market research
- suidian — a pig or related animal, any member of the family Suidae
- suiting — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- suiyuan — a former province in N China: now part of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region
- sun oil — an oil put on your skin to protect it from the sun
- sunbird — any of various small, brilliantly colored Old World birds of the family Nectariniidae.
- sundari — one of two varieties of mangrove tree, Heritiera fomes or Heritiera littoralis, native to India, particularly found in the Sudarban jungles
- sundial — an instrument that indicates the time of day by means of the position, on a graduated plate or surface, of the shadow of the gnomon as it is cast by the sun.
- sunfish — the ocean sunfish, Mola mola.
- sungari — Songhua.
- sunlike — (often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- sunnier — abounding in sunshine: a sunny day.
- sunnies — a pair of sunglasses
- sunning — (often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- sunnite — Sunni (def 1).
- sunrise — a city in SE Florida.
- sunsick — suffering from mild heat exhaustion.
- sunsuit — any of various brief garments or outfits worn by women and children for leisure or play in warm weather, as shorts and a halter.
- sunview — A windowing system from Sun Microsystems, superseded by NeWS.
- sunwise — in the direction of the sun's apparent daily motion.
- suramin — a drug used to treat trypanosomiasis
- surfing — the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- surging — a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
- surinam — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- susiana — Elam.
- sussing — Chiefly British Slang. to investigate or figure out (usually followed by out).
- sustain — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.