8-letter words containing u, y, s
- psych up — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psyllium — fleawort.
- puppyish — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
- puppyism — impudence
- puseyism — Tractarianism.
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- quayside — the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
- queasily — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- resupply — provide with sth
- resurvey — a new survey.
- robustly — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rubbishy — full of rubbish: a rubbishy cellar.
- rugosity — having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- rukeyser — Muriel, 1913–80, U.S. poet.
- rusticly — in a rustic manner
- ruysdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- saguenay — a river in SE Canada, in Quebec, flowing SE from Lake St. John to the St. Lawrence. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- salutary — favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
- sandusky — a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- sanguify — to generate or turn into blood
- saturday — the seventh day of the week, following Friday.
- savourly — in a savouring or enjoyable manner; passionately
- sawdusty — filled with or suggesting sawdust.
- schlumpy — like a schlump
- schmutzy — Slang. dirty; grimy.
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- scroungy — given to or characterized by scrounging.
- scrunchy — an elastic band covered with gathered fabric, used to fasten the hair, as in a ponytail.
- scrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- scullery — a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen.
- scummily — in a scummy manner
- scybalum — hard faeces in the intestine
- seacunny — a steersman or quartermaster in a ship manned by lascars
- securely — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- sedulity — sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence.
- sequency — consecutiveness
- sequoyah — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- sexually — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
- shauchly — (of a person) unsteady or awkward on the feet
- shuddery — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- shut-eye — sleep.
- simsbury — a town in central Connecticut.
- sinfully — characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked: a sinful life.
- sisyphus — a son of Aeolus and ruler of Corinth, noted for his trickery: he was punished in Tartarus by being compelled to roll a stone to the top of a slope, the stone always escaping him near the top and rolling down again.
- sky blue — the color of the unclouded sky in daytime; azure.
- sky-blue — Something that is sky-blue is a very pale blue in colour.
- slumbery — slumberous.