10-letter words containing s, i, o, u
- soil group — one of a number of soil classes having the same kinds of horizons in the same sequence and under similar moisture and temperature regimes.
- sojourning — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- solicitous — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solid fuel — Solid fuel is fuel such as coal or wood, that is solid rather than liquid or gas.
- solubility — the quality or property of being soluble; relative capability of being dissolved.
- solubilize — to make soluble, or to increase solubility.
- solutional — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- somniloquy — the act of talking in one's sleep
- soniferous — conveying or producing sound.
- souari nut — the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.
- soubriquet — sobriquet.
- soul music — a fervent type of popular music developed in the late 1950s by black Americans as a secularized form of gospel music, with rhythm-and-blues influences, and distinctive for its earthy expressiveness, variously plaintive or raucous vocals, and often passionate romanticism or sensuality.
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- sound file — an audio file that can be played by a computer or other electronic device
- sound film — a film on which sound has been or is to be recorded, as for the soundtrack of a motion picture.
- sound line — a line fastened to a harpoon and carried down into the water by a whale when sounding
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- south asia — the countries and land area of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- southfield — a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.
- spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- spirituous — containing, of the nature of, or pertaining to alcohol; alcoholic.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- spuriosity — something spurious
- spuriously — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- squamation — the state of being squamate.
- squamiform — shaped like a scale.
- squamosity — the state or condition of being covered with, formed of, resembling, or consisting of scales
- staurolite — a mineral, basic iron aluminum silicate, Fe 2 Al 2 O 7 (SiO 4) 4 (OH), occurring in brown to black prismatic crystals, which are often twinned in the form of a cross.
- stillhouse — a distillery or place where the distilling process takes place
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stock unit — the tax basis for evaluating farmers' stock. Cattle, sheep, and deer are each given differing stock-unit values, the basic measure being the ewe equivalent
- stoutherie — theft
- stouthrief — theft using force or violence
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- strepitous — boisterous; noisy.
- stridulous — Also, stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- strike out — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- string out — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- struthious — resembling or related to the ostriches or other ratite birds.
- studiously — disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subjection — the act of subjecting.