12-letter words containing u, n, s
- subcutaneous — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdebutante — a young woman who has not yet made her debut into society.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- subliminally — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
- sublineation — an underlining
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- subreference — a secondary reference
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- subservience — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subserviency — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
- substantiate — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- substituting — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- substitution — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- subterranean — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- succedaneous — a substitute.
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- successantly — in succession
- successional — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- succinctness — expressed in few words; concise; terse.
- succussation — a jolting or shaking
- sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- suction disc — a device for attaching to a non-porous surface by means of suction
- suction pump — a pump for raising water or other fluids by suction, consisting essentially of a vertical cylinder in which a piston works up and down, both the cylinder and the pump having valves that control the flow of the fluid.
- suction stop — click1 (def 3).
- sudden death — an overtime period in which a tied contest is won and play is stopped immediately after one of the contestants scores, as in football, or goes ahead, as in golf.
- suet pudding — a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life