8-letter words containing s, i, e, u
- scituate — a town in E Massachusetts.
- sciurine — of or relating to the squirrels and allied rodents of the family Sciuridae.
- scurried — to go or move quickly or in haste.
- scurrier — a scout
- scurries — to go or move quickly or in haste.
- scurrile — scurrilous.
- scutiger — any species of the Scutigera genus which includes many types of centipede
- security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- seducive — seductive
- sedulity — sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence.
- segueing — to continue at once with the next musical section or composition (often used as a musical direction).
- seigneur — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- seize up — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- selenium — a nonmetallic element chemically resembling sulfur and tellurium, occurring in several allotropic forms, as crystalline and amorphous, and having an electrical resistance that varies under the influence of light. Symbol: Se; atomic weight: 78.96; atomic number: 34; specific gravity: (gray) 4.80 at 25°C, (red) 4.50 at 25°C.
- seleucia — an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- seleucid — a member of a Macedonian dynasty, 312–64 b.c., that ruled an empire that included much of Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Bactria, and Babylonia.
- semibull — a bull or official document issued by the pope after his election but before his coronation
- semilune — a half-moon shape
- semimute — a person who is semi-mute
- semimute — a person who is semi-mute
- seminude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
- 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.
- septimus — a male given name.
- sequined — a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
- sequitur — a conclusion that follows from the premises
- serpulid — a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- sibelius — Jean (Julius Christian) [zhahn yoo-lyoo s kris-tyahn] /ʒɑn ˈyu lyʊs ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1865–1957, Finnish composer.
- siffleur — a male professional whistler
- signieur — a lord
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sinecure — an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- situated — Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- slice up — cut into thin pieces
- slurried — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- sluttier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- smileful — full of smiles
- snuggies — warm knitted underwear, especially long underpants, for women or children.
- solitude — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- solutive — a solvent or laxative
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- souplike — resembling or characteristic of soup
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- specious — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spice up — make more exciting
- spike up — a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.