10-letter words containing s, i, n, u, a
- plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- punic wars — three wars (264–241 bc, 218–201 bc, and 149–146 bc), in which Rome crushed Carthaginian power, destroying Carthage itself
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- purchasing — buying
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- puschkinia — a small spring-flowering bulb, Puschkinia scilloides, of Asia Minor and the Caucasus, having white or pale blue flowers striped with dark blue
- quaintness — (obsolete) Cunning; craftiness.
- quandaries — Plural form of quandary.
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantising — Present participle of quantise.
- quantities — Plural form of quantity.
- queasiness — The state of being queasy; nausea.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- quotations — Plural form of quotation.
- quotidians — Plural form of quotidian.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- rainsquall — squall1 (def 1).
- raisonneur — a character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy, or point of view of the work.
- ranivorous — that eats frogs
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- resupinate — bent backward.
- ruffianish — like a ruffian
- ruffianism — conduct befitting a ruffian.
- rumfustian — a type of spiced nightcap made with beer
- run a risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- russianize — to make Russian; impart Russian characteristics to.
- sabinianus — died a.d. 606, pope 604–606.
- saint jude — the author of this, stated to be the brother of James (Jude 1) and almost certainly identical with Thaddaeus (Matthew 10:2–4). Feast day: Oct 28 or June 19
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- saint paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- saint pius — Saint (Giuseppe Sarto) 1835–1914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1903–14.
- saint-just — Louis Antoine Léon de [lwee ahn-twan ley-awn duh] /lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan leɪˈɔ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1767–94, French revolutionist.
- saint-ouen — a suburb of Paris in N France.
- saintsbury — George Edward Bateman [beyt-muh n] /ˈbeɪt mən/ (Show IPA), 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.
- salmagundi — a mixed dish consisting usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad.
- salutation — the act of saluting.
- san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
- sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanctitude — holiness; saintliness; sanctity.
- sanguinary — full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.
- sanguinely — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sanguinity — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sanitarium — an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses