9-letter words containing s, u, n
- scunnered — an irrational dislike; loathing: She took a scunner to him.
- scurrying — to go or move quickly or in haste.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- scuttling — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- secluding — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- seclusion — an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.
- secundine — the inner integument of an ovule.
- securance — the act or process of securing
- securitan — a person believing they are secure
- seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- seif dune — (in deserts, esp the Sahara) a long ridge of blown sand, often several miles long
- seigneury — the domain of a seigneur.
- selenious — containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
- semi-nude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
- 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.
- sensually — pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- sequencer — a device for the automatic determination or regulation of a sequence.
- sequently — following; successive.
- sequinned — A sequinned piece of clothing is decorated or covered with sequins.
- severinus — died a.d. 640, pope 640.
- sgian-dhu — a dirk carried in the stocking by Highlanders
- sheep-run — a large property for raising sheep
- shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
- shinguard — sport: protective pad for lower leg
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- short run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- short-run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- shouldn't — Shouldn't is the usual spoken form of 'should not'.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shrubland — land covered by shrubs
- shubunkin — a multicoloured goldfish, Carassius auratus, with black spots and red patches
- shuffling — moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
- shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
- shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- 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.
- sigismund — 1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor 1411–37.
- 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
- singulary — (of an operator) monadic
- singultus — a hiccup.
- sink unit — a fitted unit that consists of a sink, draining board and cupboards underneath
- sinuation — a winding; sinuosity.