5-letter words containing s, u
- douse — to plunge into water or the like; drench: She doused the clothes in soapy water.
- doust — (obsolete, West Country) Dust.
- drubs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drub.
- drugs — the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
- drums — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- druse — Islam. a member of an independent religious sect living chiefly in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, established in the 11th century as a branch of Ismaʿili Shiʿism and containing elements of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and believing in the transmigration of souls and the ultimate perfection of humankind.
- drusy — (mineralogy) Having a druse.
- duals — of, relating to, or noting two.
- dubbs — Plural form of dubb.
- dubos — René Jules [ruh-ney joolz;; French ruh-ney zhyl] /rəˈneɪ dʒulz;; French rəˈneɪ ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1901–82, U.S. bacteriologist, born in France: early advocate of ecological concern.
- duces — a leader or dictator.
- ducks — any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- ducts — Plural form of duct.
- dudes — Plural form of dude.
- duels — Plural form of duel.
- duets — Plural form of duet.
- duffs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duff.
- dufus — doofus.
- dukas — Paul (Abraham) [pawl a-bra-am] /pɔl a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1865–1935, French composer.
- dukes — Benjamin Newton, 1855–1929, and his brother, James Buchanan, 1856–1925, U.S. industrialists.
- dulls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dull.
- dulse — a coarse, edible, red seaweed, Rhodymenia palmata.
- dumas — (in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- dumbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumb.
- dumps — an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc.
- dunes — Plural form of dune.
- dungs — Plural form of dung.
- dunks — Plural form of dunk.
- dunts — Plural form of dunt.
- dupes — Plural form of dupe.
- duras — dura mater.
- durst — Archaic. simple past tense of dare.
- dusks — Plural form of dusk.
- dusky — somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.
- dusts — Plural form of dust.
- dusty — filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- duxes — Plural form of dux.
- dyaus — the Vedic god of the sky.
- ecrus — very light brown in color, as raw silk, unbleached linen, etc.
- egusi — Melon seeds that are ground to make soup in Africa.
- embus — To put (troops) onto a bus.
- ensue — Happen or occur afterward or as a result.
- etuis — Plural form of etui.
- euros — Plural form of euro.
- eurus — the east or southeast wind personified
- eusol — an antiseptic solution of chlorinated lime and boric acid
- fauns — one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- faust — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- favus — Pathology. a skin disease, especially of the scalp, characterized by dry yellow encrustations that have an unpleasant odor, usually caused by the fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii.
- fetus — (used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.