9-letter words containing s, e, r, u
- subperiod — a subdivision of a time period
- subregion — a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.
- subrogate — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subsector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- subseries — a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- subserous — situated or occurring under a serous membrane.
- subsoiler — one who operates a subsoil plow.
- substrate — a substratum.
- subtenure — the tenancy of a subtenant.
- subursine — resembling a bear to some degree
- subverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- subverted — to overthrow (something established or existing).
- subwarden — an assistant to a warden, a deputy or subordinate warden
- subwoofer — a loudspeaker component designed to reproduce only extremely low bass frequencies, generally below 125 Hz.
- subwriter — a person carrying out writing tasks for another writer
- succentor — a precentor's deputy.
- successor — a person or thing that succeeds or follows.
- succoured — help; relief; aid; assistance.
- succumber — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- sucralose — a white, crystalline powder, C 12 H 19 Cl 3 O 8 , produced synthetically from sucrose, about 600 times as sweet as sucrose but having no calories.
- sudermann — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- sugar pea — snow pea.
- sugar pie — an open pie with a brown sugar filling
- sugarcane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- sugarless — having no sugar; specif., prepared with synthetic sweeteners
- suggester — to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
- sulfurate — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- sulfurize — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sulphured — treated or combined with sulphur
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- summarise — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summarize — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summering — the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
- summerise — to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer: to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.
- summerize — to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer: to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.
- summerset — to perform a somersault.
- summiteer — a participant in a summit meeting.
- sun cream — a chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun
- sun grebe — finfoot.
- sun-cured — cured or preserved by exposure to the rays of the sun, as meat, fish, fruit, tobacco, etc.
- sun-dried — dried in the sun, as bricks or raisins.
- sun-grebe — any of a gruiform family (Heliornithidae) of shy, long-necked tropical birds living along streams, lakes, etc.
- sunburned — burned by sun's heat
- sundowner — Chiefly British. an alcoholic drink taken after completing the day's work, usually at sundown.
- sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
- sunscreen — a substance formulated to prevent sunburn, skin cancers, and other conditions caused by excessive exposure to the sun, usually by absorbing and reflecting ultraviolet radiation. Compare SPF.
- sunseeker — a person who travels to a warm and sunny climate, especially during cold months.
- sunstroke — a sudden and sometimes fatal affection due to exposure to the sun's rays or to excessive heat, marked by prostration with or without fever, convulsion, and coma.