10-letter words containing s, t, o, u
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
- subcontrol — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subglottal — of or relating to the glottis.
- subject to — under the condition that
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- subjugator — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
- submontane — under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
- suboctuple — in the proportion or ratio of one to eight
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- subproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- subproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- subsection — a part or division of a section.
- subsociety — a subdivision of a society
- substation — a branch of a main post office.
- subsultory — moving in starts or twitches; relating to subsultus
- subtotally — less than totally, incompletely
- subtractor — in electronics, a circuit of which the output depends upon the difference between two inputs
- subtropics — the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- suck up to — to flatter for one's own profit; toady
- sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
- sufflation — to inflate.
- sugar-coat — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- suggestion — the act of suggesting.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sunk costs — retrospective costs which have been incurred and cannot be recovered
- suntan oil — an oil that you rub into your skin to protect it from the sun's harmful UV rays
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superscout — a highly skilled scout
- superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
- superstore — a very large store, especially one stocking a wide variety of merchandise.
- superstorm — a very severe and widespread storm characterized by record-setting meteorological events and large-scale destruction: The superstorm brought a 15-foot storm surge to the harbor.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- supination — rotation of the hand or forearm so that the palmar surface is facing upward (opposed to pronation).
- suppletion — the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.
- suppletory — supplying a deficiency.
- supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- supportive — giving support.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- surefooted — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- surjection — onto function.
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.