8-letter words containing s, e, n, u, a
- sauteing — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
- sauterne — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- scalenus — any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- seacunny — a steersman or quartermaster in a ship manned by lascars
- seahound — a dogfish
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- semuncia — a bronze coin produced during the period of the Roman Republic, weighing half an ounce, and equivalent in value to a twenty-fourth of an as at the time
- senarius — a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- shea nut — the seed of the shea tree and the source of shea butter.
- sneakeup — a cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky person
- spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- squalene — an oil, C 3 0 H 5 0 , intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol, obtained for use in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subrange — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- sudanese — a native or inhabitant of Sudan.
- suivante — a lady's maid or companion, particularly in 17th century France, who was elevated among other servants and served as a confidante and particular companion for her mistress
- suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
- sun bear — a small bear, Helarctos malayanus, of tropical forests in S and SE Asia, having a black coat and a yellowish snout and feeding mostly on honey and insects
- sun gear — (in an epicyclic train) the central gear around which the planet gears revolve.
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- sunshade — something used as a protection from the rays of the sun, as an awning or a parasol.
- sunspace — sunroom.
- superfan — a very or extremely devoted fan
- superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supernal — being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- suriname — 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.
- surnames — the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- suwannee — a river in SE Georgia and N Florida, flowing SW to the Gulf of Mexico. 240 miles (386 km) long.
- suzerain — a sovereign or a state exercising political control over a dependent state.
- szechuan — Sichuan.
- tautness — tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
- transude — to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.
- transume — to make an official transcription of
- unabased — (of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual: a bend abased.
- unabused — not abused or mistreated physically or verbally
- unamused — pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.
- unarisen — not having risen
- unawares — while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
- unbasted — (of a garment) not basted; not sewn loosely together