7-letter words containing s, a, u
- sautoir — a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- save up — put money aside
- saviour — a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
- savoury — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- sawbuck — a ten-dollar bill.
- sawdust — small particles of wood produced in sawing.
- saxtuba — a large bass saxhorn.
- scaleup — an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaleup of an engineering design; a scaleup program of energy conservation.
- scapula — Anatomy. either of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans; shoulder blade.
- scauper — a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- schuman — Robert [rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1963, French political leader: premier of France 1947–48.
- scopula — a dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.
- scrauch — to squawk loudly
- scumbag — a condom.
- scutage — (in the feudal system) a payment exacted by a lord in lieu of military service due to him by the holder of a fee.
- scutari — Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- scutate — Botany. formed like a round buckler.
- seabury — Samuel, 1729–96, American clergyman: first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- seagull — a gull, especially any of the marine species.
- seal up — make water- or air-tight
- seasure — a seizure
- secular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- sejanus — Lucius Aelius [ee-lee-uh s] /ˈi li əs/ (Show IPA) d. a.d. 31, Roman politician, commander of praetorian guard, and conspirator in the reign of Emperor Tiberius.
- sensual — pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- sequela — an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease.
- sequoia — either of two large coniferous trees of California, Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sequoia sempervirens, both having reddish bark and reaching heights of more than 300 feet (91 meters).
- sequoya — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- serpula — a member of a genus of marine annelid or tubeworm belonging to the Serpulid family, characterized by the serpentine calcareous tube it produces and inhabits
- serumal — the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- setubal — Bay of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in W Portugal. 20 miles (32 km) long; 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- sevruga — a species of sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus, of the Caspian and Black seas.
- sfumato — the subtle and minute gradation of tone and color used to blur or veil the contours of a form in painting.
- 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.
- siliqua — a silver coin of the later Roman Empire, the 24th part of a solidus, first issued by Constantine.
- simular — a person or thing that simulates; pretender.
- sinuate — bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- situate — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.
- skouras — Spyros (Panagiotes) [speer-ohs pan-uh-yoh-tis;; Greek spee-raws pah-nah-yaw-tees] /ˈspɪər oʊs ˌpæn əˈyoʊ tɪs;; Greek ˈspi rɔs ˌpɑ nɑˈyɔ tis/ (Show IPA), 1893–1971, U.S. film-studio executive, born in Greece.