10-letter words containing s, o, u, r, d
- send round — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- showground — outdoor events venue
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- snow under — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- soundboard — sounding board.
- soundproof — impervious to sound.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- sour crude — Sour crude is crude oil with a high sulfur content.
- sour gourd — the acid fruit of any of several African or Australian trees belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, as the baobab, A. digitata.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- spread out — extend, splay
- squad room — a room in a police station where police officers assemble, as for inspection, roll call, or duty assignments.
- squadronal — belonging or relating to a squadron or squadrons
- square rod — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one rod on each side.
- squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
- stridulous — Also, stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
- study room — a room, esp in a boarding school, used for studying
- study tour — a trip or tour taken by a group of people in order to study something, such as a language
- 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.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- subproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
- summerwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by compact, thick-walled cells, formed during the later part of the growing season.
- superboard — a wooden board with exceptional properties of some kind
- supermodel — an extremely prominent and successful model who can command very high fees.
- superorder — a category of related orders within a class or subclass.
- superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
- superposed — growing or lying directly above another part or organ
- supersound — sound that is inaudible, either because its frequency is too high or because it is too intense to endure
- surefooted — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surrounded — to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- synandrous — with united stamens
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- tremendous — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- ultrasound — Physics. sound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz, approximately the upper limit of human hearing.
- unabsorbed — not absorbed or taken in
- unassorted — consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous: assorted flavors; assorted sizes.
- uncensored — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- uncorseted — Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.