5-letter words containing u, n, s
- snuff — to cut off or remove the snuff of (candles, tapers, etc.).
- snush — to take snuff
- sound — The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.
- spunk — pluck; spirit; mettle.
- spurn — to reject with disdain; scorn.
- stung — a simple past tense and past participle of sting.
- stunk — a simple past tense and past participle of stink.
- stunt — to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- sudan — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- suent — smooth
- súgán — straw rope
- suing — to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against: to sue someone for damages.
- suint — the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- sunna — the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- sunni — Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law. Compare Shiʿite.
- sunny — abounding in sunshine: a sunny day.
- sunos — (operating system) Sun Microsystems' version of Unix for Sun workstations. SunOS is similar to BSD Unix with some SVR4 features and OpenWindows 3.0. After version 4, SunOS was integrated into Sun's Solaris "operating environment".
- sunup — sunrise, especially the time of sunrise.
- sunya — that which exists absolutely and without predication.
- susan — a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- suwon — a city in NW South Korea, S of Seoul.
- swung — simple past tense and past participle of swing1 .
- tonus — a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- tunes — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tunis — a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- ulsan — a city in SE South Korea.
- uncas — ("the Circler") 1588?–1683? Mohegan leader.
- uncos — news
- uncus — any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.
- unics — Unione Nazionale Industrie Cinetelevisive Specializzate
- unisa — University of South Africa
- units — the first position in a place-value counting system, representing a single-digit number
- unsay — to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.
- unser — Albert ("Al") born 1939, and his brother Robert, (Bobby), born 1934, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- unset — not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- unsew — to remove or rip the stitches of (something sewed).
- unsex — to deprive of sexual power; render impotent or frigid; spay or castrate.
- urson — an arboreal New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum
- using — to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes: to use the facilities.
- usnea — any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- venus — an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.
- wenus — Wasted Energy Negotiation Union System
- yunus — Muhammad. born 1940. Bangladeshi economist and social entrepreneur; pioneer of micro-credit; Nobel Peace Prize (2006)