9-letter words containing s, u, i, f
- scuffling — to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- seif dune — (in deserts, esp the Sahara) a long ridge of blown sand, often several miles long
- semifluid — imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.
- shift out — (character) (SO, Control-N, ASCII 14) The character which was used to "shift out" of an alternate character set on some ancient teletypes, reversing the effect of the Shift In (SI, ASCII 15) character.
- shuffling — moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
- siffleuse — a female professional whistler
- sniff out — detect
- solifugid — sun spider.
- soufriere — Also, La Soufrière. a volcano in the West Indies, on St. Vincent island. 4048 feet (1234 meters).
- spiritful — full of spirit or spiritual
- squawfish — any of several large, voracious cyprinid fishes of the genus Ptychocheilus, inhabiting rivers of the western U.S. and Canada: the Colorado squawfish, P. lucius, is endangered.
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- stupefied — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- sub-chief — the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority: the chief of police.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- subfossil — something partly fossilized
- subinfeud — a grant by a feudal tenant of land to a further tenant
- suboffice — a branch or local office of a business
- sudorific — causing sweat; diaphoretic.
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- sufficing — to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
- suffusion — to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
- suffusive — to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- sulfoxide — a brown liquid, C 1 8 H 2 8 O 3 S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.
- sulfurize — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- superfine — extra fine, as in grain or texture; unusually fine: superfine sugar.
- superfirm — a very large firm or corporation, often incorporating or coordinating a number of smaller firms
- superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
- superwife — a highly accomplished wife
- sure-fire — sure to work; foolproof: a surefire moneymaking scheme.
- surf fish — any of various fishes living in shallow water along the Pacific coast of North America, as the surfperches
- surfacing — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- surfeited — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
- sutcliffe — Herbert. 1894–1978, English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire; scorer of 149 centuries and 1000 runs in a season 24 times
- swine flu — a highly contagious form of influenza caused by infection with a filterable virus first isolated from swine.
- thirstful — having or full of thirst; thirsty
- time fuse — a fuse designed to burn for a given time, esp to explode a bomb
- trunkfish — any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
- ufologist — the study of unidentified flying objects.
- underfish — to catch fewer fish than the maximum amount permitted
- unfairest — most unfair
- unfoolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- unfurnish — to clear of furniture or furnishings
- unfussily — in an unfussy manner
- unselfish — not selfish; disinterested; generous; altruistic.