7-letter words containing n, o, s, u
- shantou — a seaport in E Guangdong province, in SE China.
- shoguns — the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor.
- shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- sinuose — sinuous
- sinuous — having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path.
- socinus — Faustus [faw-stuh s] /ˈfɔ stəs/ (Show IPA), (Fausto Sozzini) 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius [lee-lee-uh s] /ˈli li əs/ (Show IPA) (Lelio Sozzini), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.
- sojourn — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- solanum — any tree, shrub, or herbaceous plant of the mainly tropical solanaceous genus Solanum: includes the potato, aubergine, and certain nightshades
- solunar — pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.: The newspaper gives a solunar table each week for hunters and fishermen.
- songful — abounding in song; melodious.
- 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.
- sounded — Surgery. a long, slender instrument for sounding or exploring body cavities or canals.
- sounder — a person or thing that sounds depth, as of water.
- soundly — free from injury, damage, defect, disease, etc.; in good condition; healthy; robust: a sound heart; a sound mind.
- souness — Graeme. born 1953, Scottish footballer and manager: played for a number of clubs, most notably Liverpool (1978–84), whom he also managed (1991–94); won 54 caps for Scotland (1974–86)
- sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- soupcon — a slight trace, as of a particular taste or flavor.
- soupfin — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- souring — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- soutane — a cassock.
- soutenu — performed in a carefully sustained manner.
- soutine — Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- spinous — covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- spinout — a spinning slide or skid by a motor vehicle that is out of control
- spumone — 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.
- 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.
- spur on — encourage
- squanto — died 1622, North American Indian of the Narragansett tribe: interpreter for the Pilgrims.
- st-ouen — city in NC France, on the Seine: suburb of Paris: pop. 43,000
- stouten — to make stout.
- suasion — the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- subjoin — to add at the end, as of something said or written; append.
- subnote — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- subsong — an unstructured, often rambling vocalization of low volume heard in young birds and, at the start of the breeding season, in adult birds of certain species.
- subtone — an undertone, an underlying, low or subordinate tone
- subzone — a subdivision of a zone.
- suction — the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- sukarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- sulfone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the bivalent group –SO 2 –, united with two hydrocarbon groups.
- summons — an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.
- sun god — the sun considered or personified as a deity.
- sun oil — an oil put on your skin to protect it from the sun
- sun-god — the sun considered or personified as a deity.
- sundown — sunset, especially the time of sunset.
- sunglow — a diffused, hazy light seen around the sun, caused by atmospheric dust.
- sunroof — a section of an automobile roof that can be slid or lifted open.
- sunroom — a room designed to admit a large amount of sunlight; sun parlor or sun porch.
- sunspot — one of the relatively dark patches that appear periodically on the surface of the sun and affect terrestrial magnetism and certain other terrestrial phenomena.
- surgeon — a physician who specializes in surgery.
- swounds — swoon.