7-letter words containing su
- surbase — a molding above a base, as that immediately above a baseboard, the crowning molding of a pedestal, etc.
- surbate — to make (feet) sore through walking
- surcoat — a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- surdity — deafness
- surface — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- surfeit — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- surfing — the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- surfman — a member of a surf-boat crew
- surgent — surging
- surgeon — a physician who specializes in surgery.
- surgery — the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures.
- surging — a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
- surinam — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- surlier — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- surlily — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- surmise — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
- surname — the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
- surpass — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- surplus — something that remains above what is used or needed.
- surratt — Mary Eugenia (Jenkins) 1820–65, alleged conspirator: boardinghouse owner hanged as accomplice in assassination of President Lincoln.
- surreal — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
- surtees — Robert Smith, 1805–64, English editor and writer.
- surtout — a man's close-fitting overcoat, especially a frock coat.
- surtsey — an island S of and belonging to Iceland: formed by an undersea volcano 1963. About one mile (1.5 km) in diameter; about 500 feet (150 meters) high.
- surveil — to place under surveillance.
- surview — a survey (with the eyes or mind)
- survive — to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
- susanna — a book of the Apocrypha, constituting the 13th chapter of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
- susanne — a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- susette — a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- susiana — Elam.
- suspect — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- suspire — to sigh.
- sussing — Chiefly British Slang. to investigate or figure out (usually followed by out).
- sustain — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- sutlery — the work of a sutler
- suttner — Bertha von [bur-thuh von;; German ber-tuh fuh n] /ˈbɜr θə vɒn;; German ˈbɛr tə fən/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Austrian writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1905.
- suttung — one of the Jotun, who for a time was the owner of the mead of poetry, guarded by his daughter Gunnlod, who lost a portion of it to Odin when he seduced her.
- sutural — Surgery. a joining of the lips or edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process. a particular method of doing this. one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
- suvorov — Aleksandr Vasilevich [uh-lyi-ksahn-dr vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), (Count Suvorov Rumnikski, Prince Itliski) 1729–1800, Russian field marshal.
- suzanne — a female given name, French form of Susanna or Susannah.
- thapsus — an ancient town on the coast of Tunisia: decisive victory of Caesar 46 b.c.
- thiasus — (in ancient Greece) a congregation of people who have gathered to sing and dance at a festival in honour of a god
- thyrsus — Botany. a thyrse.
- tissual — relating to tissue
- tissuey — like tissue
- tonsure — the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- tsunami — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- unsunny — not sunny