9-letter words containing s, u, n, i, e
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- sensillum — Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
- sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- sequinned — A sequinned piece of clothing is decorated or covered with sequins.
- severinus — died a.d. 640, pope 640.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
- sicknurse — someone who nurses a sick person
- sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- signeurie — seniority
- sinuslike — like the sinus
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- sit under — to be seated on the right of (the player)
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- subincise — to perform a subincision
- subinfeud — a grant by a feudal tenant of land to a further tenant
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- subniveal — beneath the snow
- suboscine — of or relating to birds of the suborder Suboscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the supposedly more primitive members of the order, with less well developed vocal organs than the oscine birds.
- subregion — a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.
- subursine — resembling a bear to some degree
- succinate — a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- succinite — Baltic or 'true' amber, so called because of the succinic acid in the fossil resin: often incorrectly applied to fossilized resin (amber) generally
- succubine — of or relating to a succubus
- suetonius — (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus) a.d. 75–150, Roman historian.
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- sulkiness — marked by or given to sulking; sullen.
- summering — the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
- sun index — a measurement of how strong the sun is
- sun-dried — dried in the sun, as bricks or raisins.
- superfine — extra fine, as in grain or texture; unusually fine: superfine sugar.
- supermind — an exceptional mind
- supermini — the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- superthin — extremely thin
- surcingle — a belt or girth that passes around the belly of a horse and over the blanket, pack, saddle, etc., and is buckled on the horse's back.
- surliness — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- surreined — (of horse) ridden too much
- surrejoin — to reply to a legal rejoinder
- surveying — the science or scientific method of making surveys of land.