7-letter words containing s, a, u
- slap-up — excellent; first-rate: a slap-up do.
- slurban — of, relating to, or situated in a slurb
- smashup — vehicle collision
- snafued — a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount. Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up. Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
- snap up — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- soak up — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- 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.
- solutal — of or relating to a solute
- 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.
- soutane — a cassock.
- spandau — a district of Berlin, in E Germany: site of prison for Nazi war criminals.
- spatula — an implement with a broad, flat, usually flexible blade, used for blending foods or removing them from cooking utensils, mixing drugs, spreading plasters and paints, etc.
- spatule — a spatula
- specula — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
- spicula — a spicule.
- spirula — any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- spousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- sprague — Frank Julian, 1857–1934, U.S. electrical engineer and inventor.
- spuriae — the feathers on the bastard wing of a bird
- spurway — a path used by horse riders
- squabby — short and stout; squat.
- squacco — a S European heron, Ardeola ralloides, with a short thick neck and a buff-coloured plumage with white wings
- squalid — foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
- squally — characterized by squalls.
- squalor — the condition of being squalid; filth and misery.
- squamae — a scale or scalelike part, as of epidermis or bone.
- squamo- — squama
- squanto — died 1622, North American Indian of the Narragansett tribe: interpreter for the Pilgrims.
- squared — having four equal sides
- squares — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- squashy — easily squashed; pulpy.
- squatty — short and thick; low and broad.
- squawky — unpleasantly discordant or harsh in sound; cacophonous.
- squeaky — squeaking; tending to squeak: His squeaky shoes could be heard across the lobby.
- squilla — mantis shrimp.
- stackup — stack (def 13).
- stadium — a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- stambul — the oldest part and principal Turkish residential section of Istanbul, south of the Golden Horn.
- stannum — tin.
- startup — the act or fact of starting something; a setting in motion.
- statius — Publius Papinius [puhb-lee-uh s puh-pin-ee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs pəˈpɪn i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.
- statmux — statistical time division multiplexing
- statued — having or ornamented with statues: a statued avenue.
- stature — the height of a human or animal body.
- statusy — conferring or having status or prestige
- statute — Law. an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document. the document in which such an enactment is expressed.
- staunch — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stay up — not go to bed
- stratum — a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another: a stratum of ancient foundations.