12-letter words containing u, y, s
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subjectively — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- subjectivity — the state or quality of being subjective; subjectiveness.
- subjudiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- 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.
- submaxillary — of or relating to the lower jaw or lower jawbone.
- submissively — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- subquarterly — as one of the quarterings of a grand quarter: a coat of arms borne subquarterly.
- subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
- subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- subserviency — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subsidiarily — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- subsidiarity — secondary importance
- subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
- subversively — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- successantly — in succession
- successfully — achieving or having achieved success.
- successively — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- suggestively — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
- sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
- sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
- sunnyside up — (of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- superpolymer — a superior polymer
- superquality — above-average quality
- supersecrecy — extreme secrecy
- supersensory — supersensible.
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
- supply-sider — a person, especially an economist, who advocates supply-side economics.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- suppressedly — in a suppressed manner
- supravitally — in a supravital manner
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.