11-letter words containing u, s, a, m
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subassemble — to assemble a basic unit of (a larger assembly).
- subassembly — a structural assembly, as of electronic or machine parts, forming part of a larger assembly.
- subbasement — a basement or one of a series of basements below the main basement of a building.
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subimaginal — of or relating to subimago
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- submarginal — Biology. near the margin.
- submarining — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
- submittable — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subtacksman — a renter who holds the property they rent by subletting it
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subumbrella — the concave undersurface of a coelenterate medusa, as a jellyfish.
- suburbanism — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- succedaneum — a substitute.
- suffumigate — to fumigate from below; apply fumes or smoke to.
- sugar maple — any of several maples having a sweet sap, especially Acer saccharum (the state tree of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), having a short trunk and long, curving branches, yielding a hard wood used for making furniture and being the chief source of maple sugar.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sum assured — The sum assured is the amount payable on the occurrence of an event insured against under a benefit policy, such as the death of the insured.
- summability — the quality of being summable
- summer camp — a camp, especially one for children during the summer, providing facilities for sleeping and eating, and usually for handicrafts, sports, etc.
- summercater — a person who lives on the Maine coast only in the summer.
- summersault — to perform a somersault.
- superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
- supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
- supernormal — in excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
- superorgasm — an extreme orgasm
- suppedaneum — a shelf affixed to a cross for supporting the feet of the crucified.
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
- sustainment — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- swamp blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
- swamp buggy — an amphibious vehicle for use in and around swamps, typically having an automobile engine, four-wheel drive, large wheels with deep treads, and a raised chassis.
- syllabarium — syllabary.
- sympathique — pleasing or congenial
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- târgu mureş — a city in central Romania.
- targu-mures — a city in central Romania.
- tautologism — the use of tautology.
- tautomerism — the ability of certain organic compounds to react in isomeric structures that differ from each other in the position of a hydrogen atom and a double bond.
- temerarious — reckless; rash.
- temptatious — enticing or illicitly desirable
- tetramerous — consisting of or divided into four parts.
- thumb glass — a drinking glass having external indentations to allow it to be firmly grasped.