7-letter words containing su
- subsong — an unstructured, often rambling vocalization of low volume heard in young birds and, at the start of the breeding season, in adult birds of certain species.
- subsume — to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
- subtask — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- subteen — a young person approaching the teens or adolescence.
- subtend — Geometry. to extend under or be opposite to: a chord subtending an arc.
- subter- — below, under, less than, secretly
- subtest — a test that is part of a larger test
- subtext — the underlying or implicit meaning, as of a literary work.
- subtile — subtle.
- subtler — thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- subtone — an undertone, an underlying, low or subordinate tone
- subtype — a subordinate type.
- subunit — a single thing or person.
- subvene — to arrive or occur as a support or relief.
- subvert — to overthrow (something established or existing).
- subzero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.
- subzone — a subdivision of a zone.
- succade — fruit preserved in sugar or syrup
- succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
- succise — ending abruptly, as if cut off
- succory — chicory.
- succoth — Sukkoth.
- succour — help; relief; aid; assistance.
- succous — juicy; full of sap
- succuba — a succubus.
- succubi — a demon in female form, said to have sexual intercourse with men in their sleep. Compare incubus (def 1).
- succumb — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- succuss — to shake up; shake.
- such as — so; very; to such a degree: such pleasant people.
- suck in — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- suck up — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- sucking — not weaned.
- suckler — an animal that suckles its young; mammal.
- sucrase — invertase.
- sucrier — a small container for sugar used at the table; a sugar bowl
- sucrose — a crystalline disaccharide, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
- suction — the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- sudamen — a small, whitish vesicle in the skin formed due to retention of fluid, particularly sweat, in the epidermis
- sudanic — (especially in former systems of classification) of or relating to a residual category of African languages including most of the non-Bantu and non-Hamitic languages of northern and central Africa: most now reclassified as part of the Niger-Congo subfamily.
- sudaria — (in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.
- sudatio — (in an ancient Roman bath) a chamber, between the sudatorium and the calidarium, where sweat was removed.
- sudbury — a city in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- sudeten — Also, Sudetes [soo-dee-teez] /suˈdi tiz/ (Show IPA). Czech Sudety [soo -de-ti] /ˈsʊ dɛ tɪ/ (Show IPA). a mountain range in E central Europe, extending along the N boundary of the Czech Republic between the Elbe and Oder rivers. Highest peak, 5259 feet (1603 meters).
- sudetes — Also, Sudetes [soo-dee-teez] /suˈdi tiz/ (Show IPA). Czech Sudety [soo -de-ti] /ˈsʊ dɛ tɪ/ (Show IPA). a mountain range in E central Europe, extending along the N boundary of the Czech Republic between the Elbe and Oder rivers. Highest peak, 5259 feet (1603 meters).
- sudsing — soapy water.
- sue out — to apply for and receive from a court (a writ or other legal process)
- sueable — liable to be sued in a court
- sueding — kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface, on the flesh side or on the outer side after removal of a thin outer layer.
- suevian — a member of an ancient Germanic people of uncertain origin, mentioned in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus.