7-letter words containing s, i, t, u
- shiatsu — a Japanese massage technique that includes the use of acupressure.
- shiatzu — a Japanese massage technique that includes the use of acupressure.
- shut in — closed; fastened up: a shut door.
- shut it — Be quiet, stop talking
- shut-in — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- si unit — See under International System of Units.
- sickout — an organized absence from work by employees on the pretext of sickness, as to avoid the legal problems or antistrike clauses that would be invoked in the case of a formal strike.
- silt up — If a river or lake silts up or something silts it up, it becomes blocked with silt.
- singult — a sob
- sinuate — bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- sirtuin — a protein that regulates cell metabolism and ageing
- sistrum — an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- sit out — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- sit-ups — abdominal exercise
- situate — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.
- slipout — an instance of slipping out
- soutine — Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- spinout — a spinning slide or skid by a motor vehicle that is out of control
- spit up — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- sputnik — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- squinty — characterized by or having a squint.
- squirts — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- squitch — couch grass
- stadium — a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- statius — Publius Papinius [puhb-lee-uh s puh-pin-ee-uh s] /ˈpʌb li əs pəˈpɪn i əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.
- stibium — antimony.
- stickum — any adhesive substance.
- stickup — a holdup; robbery.
- stimuli — something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus.
- stipule — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- stir up — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- stirrup — a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
- stomium — the part of the sporangium of ferns that ruptures to release the spores
- studdie — stithy.
- studied — marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
- studier — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- studies — work relating to a particular discipline
- studios — the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- stuffit — (tool, file format) (filename extension: .sit) A file archiving and compression utility, developed by Aladdin Systems, Inc.. Stuffit was originally developed for the Macintosh and is still the Mac standard tool for compression and archiving (compressing multiple files into one). Stuffit is now also available for Microsoft Windows and Linux. Compared to the standard Windows tool, WinZip, it is faster and gives better compression. Stuffit archives can be extracted with Stuffit Expander.
- stuiver — stiver (def 1).
- stupids — Term used by samurai for the suits who employ them. Succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though usually better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers. There may be intended reference here to an SF story originally published in 1952 but much anthologised since, Mark Clifton's "Star, Bright". In it, a super-genius child classifies humans into a very few "Brights" like herself, a huge majority of "Stupids", and a minority of "Tweens", the merely ordinary geniuses.
- sturgis — Russell, 1836–1909, U.S. architect and author.
- stushie — a commotion, rumpus, or row
- suavity — a suave or smoothly agreeable quality.
- subedit — to edit and correct (written or printed material)
- subitem — a separate article or particular: 50 items on the list.
- subsist — to exist; continue in existence.
- subsite — a location within a website
- subtile — subtle.
- subunit — a single thing or person.