5-letter words containing s, i, u
- pilus — a hair or hairlike structure.
- pious — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- prius — (in prescriptions) before; former.
- pubis — that part of either innominate bone that, with the corresponding part of the other, forms the front of the pelvis.
- quasi — resembling; seeming; virtual: a quasi member.
- quids — Plural form of quid.
- quims — vagina; vulva.
- quins — Plural form of quin.
- quips — a clever or witty remark or comment.
- quist — (Midlands) the woodpigeon, Columba palumbus.
- quits — released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually followed by of): quit of all further responsibilities.
- ruins — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- saudi — a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- shiur — a lesson, esp one in which a passage of the Talmud is studied together by a group of people
- sibiu — a city in central Romania.
- sieur — sir
- simul — (in prescriptions) together.
- sinus — a curve; bend.
- sioux — Dakota (defs 4, 6).
- sirup — to bring to the form or consistency of syrup.
- situs — position; situation.
- sluit — (in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- squib — a short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing.
- squid — any of several ten-armed cephalopods, as of the genera Loligo and Ommastrephes, having a slender body and a pair of rounded or triangular caudal fins and varying in length from 4–6 inches (10–15 cm) to 60–80 feet (18–24 meters).
- squit — an insignificant person
- squiz — to peer at quickly and closely.
- sruti — the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- suing — to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against: to sue someone for damages.
- suint — the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- suita — a city on S Honshu, in Japan: a suburb of Osaka.
- suite — a number of things forming a series or set.
- sulci — a furrow or groove.
- sunni — Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law. Compare Shiʿite.
- suomi — Finnish name of Finland.
- sushi — cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
- susie — a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- suzie — a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- titus — a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- tuism — the practice of putting the interests of another before one's own
- tunis — a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- tussi — Tutsi.
- tutsi — a member of a very tall, slender, cattle-raising people of Rwanda and Burundi.
- umist — University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
- unics — Unione Nazionale Industrie Cinetelevisive Specializzate
- unisa — University of South Africa
- units — the first position in a place-value counting system, representing a single-digit number
- ursid — any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- ushki — an archaeological site at Kamchatka, U.S.S.R., revealing a late Pleistocene culture producing bifacial points with affinities to those of western North America.
- using — to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes: to use the facilities.
- uwist — University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology