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8-letter words containing s, l, a, u

  • siauliai — a city in N Lithuania, N of Kaunas.
  • silicula — a short broad siliqua, occurring in such cruciferous plants as honesty and shepherd's-purse
  • sillabub — syllabub.
  • silurian — of or relating to the Silures or their country.
  • silvanus — the god of forests and uncultivated land, later worshiped under three aspects, as the protector of the house, of the herds, and of the boundaries of the farm.
  • simula i — (language)   SIMUlation LAnguage. An extension to ALGOL 60 for the Univac 1107 designed in 1962 by Kristen Nygaard and Ole-Johan Dahl and implemented in 1964. SIMULA I was designed for discrete simulation. It introduced the record class, leading the way to data abstraction and object-oriented programming languages like Smalltalk. It also featured coroutines. SIMULA's philosophy was the result of addressing the problems of describing complex systems for the purpose of simulating them. This philosophy proved to be applicable for describing complex systems generally (not just for simulation) and so SIMULA is a general-purpose object-oriented application programming language which also has very good discrete event simulation capability. Virtually all OOP products are derived in some manner from SIMULA. For a description of the evolution of SIMULA and therefore the fundamental concepts of OOP, see Dahl and Nygaard in ["History of Programming Languages". Ed. R. W. Wexelblat. Addison-Wesley, 1981].
  • simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
  • simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
  • singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
  • skullcap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
  • slack up — to go more slowly
  • slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
  • sluggard — a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.
  • snarl up — To snarl something up means to cause problems which prevent it continuing or making progress.
  • solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
  • solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
  • soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
  • soulmate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
  • sourball — a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
  • souvlaki — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
  • spadeful — the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
  • spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
  • spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
  • specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
  • spicular — relating to or characteristic of spicula
  • sporular — a spore, especially a small one.
  • squabble — to engage in a petty quarrel.
  • squailer — a stick that has been specially weighted to use as a missile for throwing at something
  • squalene — an oil, C 3 0 H 5 0 , intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol, obtained for use in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.
  • squaller — to cry or scream loudly and violently: The hungry baby began to squall.
  • squaloid — of, relating to, or like a shark, or specifically the dogfish (Squalidae) family of sharks
  • squarely — in a square shape, form, or manner.
  • squarial — a type of square dish formerly produced by BSB for receiving satellite television. Previous satellite dishes had been round. The Squarial ceased to be produced in 1990.
  • squattle — to settle (oneself) in a squat manner
  • squealer — a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.
  • st. paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
  • stageful — the number of people, or the amount of something, that fills a stage
  • stamboul — Istanbul
  • startful — tending to make sudden small involuntary movements of the body from fright or nerves, etc
  • staumrel — stupid; half-witted.
  • stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
  • stunsail — studdingsail.
  • suasible — able to be persuaded
  • subadult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
  • subaural — below the ear
  • subaxial — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or forming an axis: an axial relationship.
  • subclaim — a claim that is part of a larger claim
  • subclass — a primary division of a class.
  • subdural — of or relating to the dura mater.
  • subequal — not quite equal
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