9-letter words containing u, n, e, s
- splendour — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- spodumene — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, LiAlSi 2 O 6 , occurring in prismatic crystals, transparent varieties being used as gems.
- spongeous — relating to or resembling a sponge
- squadrone — a former Scottish political party, active in the last parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union, in the early 18th century
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- state-run — controlled by the government
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- stem turn — a turn in which a skier stems one ski in the direction to be turned and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- stenchful — malodorous; foul-smelling
- stenokous — able to live or survive only within a limited range of environments
- step turn — a turn in which a skier lifts one ski from the snow, faces the ski slightly outward in the direction to be turned, sets it down, and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- strenuous — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- studentry — students collectively
- suaveness — a suave or smoothly agreeable quality.
- subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- subcentre — a secondary centre
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
- subgenres — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
- subincise — to perform a subincision
- subinfeud — a grant by a feudal tenant of land to a further tenant
- subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- sublunate — almost crescent-shaped
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submentum — the base of an insect's lip
- subneural — beneath or below a nerve
- subniveal — beneath the snow
- subnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- 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.
- subpoenas — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- subregion — a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.
- substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- subtenant — a person who rents land, a house, or the like, from a tenant.
- subtenure — the tenancy of a subtenant.
- subursine — resembling a bear to some degree
- subwarden — an assistant to a warden, a deputy or subordinate warden
- succedent — following or succeeding; subsequent.
- succentor — a precentor's deputy.
- 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