9-letter words containing s, i, n, u, o
- squillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- stink out — to emit a strong offensive smell.
- strontium — a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- strouding — a woolly material used to make strouds or blankets
- subaction — an act of subduing
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- suboscine — of or relating to birds of the suborder Suboscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the supposedly more primitive members of the order, with less well developed vocal organs than the oscine birds.
- subregion — a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.
- suctorian — a suctorial animal.
- suetonius — (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus) a.d. 75–150, Roman historian.
- suffusion — to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
- sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- summation — the act or process of summing.
- sun visor — a flap, usually of padded cardboard, acetate, or the like, that is attached inside a vehicle above the windshield and can be swung down to protect the eyes from the sun's glare.
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.
- supposing — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
- surrejoin — to reply to a legal rejoinder
- suspicion — act of suspecting.
- synecious — synoicous.
- synoicous — having male and female flowers on one head, as in many composite plants.
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tendinous — of the nature of or resembling a tendon.
- teutonism — the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.
- torminous — suffering from tormina
- trigonous — having three angles or corners, as a stem or seed; triangular.
- trigynous — (of a plant) having three pistils
- uliginous — growing in swamps or muddy places.
- unanimous — of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.
- unanxious — not anxious or concerned
- unbookish — not studious or bookish
- uncopious — large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
- uncurious — incurious
- undersoil — subsoil.
- unenvious — full of, feeling, or expressing envy: envious of a person's success; an envious attack.
- unfoolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- unguinous — resembling, containing, or consisting of fat or oil; greasy; oily.
- unhostile — not hostile
- unimposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- uniparous — Zoology. producing only one egg or offspring at a time.
- uniramous — Biology. having one branch.
- unisonous — being in unison.
- unit cost — the cost of a specified unit of a product or service.
- unit dose — A unit dose is the amount of a medication administered to a patient in a single dose.
- unmortise — to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- unobvious — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- unrosined — not coated with rosin
- unserious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.