10-letter words containing a, s, m, n
- spacewoman — a woman astronaut.
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spartanism — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
- spasm band — an old-time jazz band, flourishing especially in the late 19th century, the members of which used improvised instruments, as cigar boxes, barrels, kazoos, whistles, and jugs, and often marched in the street while performing.
- sperm bank — a repository for storing sperm and keeping it viable under scientifically controlled conditions prior to its use in artificial insemination.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- squamation — the state of being squamate.
- st. martin — Saint, died a.d. 655, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 649–655.
- stage name — entertainer's pseudonym
- stand firm — be resolute
- stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- stigmarian — belonging to, resembling, or containing fossils of the genus Sigillaria
- stimulancy — an energizing, invigorating, or stimulating quality
- stonemason — a person who builds with or dresses stone.
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- streamling — a small stream
- stresemann — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1878–1929, German statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- strong-arm — using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods.
- stuntwoman — A stuntwoman is a woman whose job is to do dangerous things, either for publicity, or in a movie instead of an actor so that the actor does not risk being injured.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- subintimal — the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- subliminal — 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.
- submanager — a secondary or assistant manager
- submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
- submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- subminimal — constituting a minimum: a minimal mode of transportation.
- submontane — under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
- suleiman i — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- superhuman — above or beyond what is human; having a higher nature or greater powers than humans have: a superhuman being.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- surfaceman — a labourer, such as a miner, who works at the surface
- surinamese — a native or inhabitant of Suriname.
- surnominal — relating to surnames
- swamp pink — a bog plant, Helonias bullata, of the lily family, native to the eastern U.S., having a dense spike of small, fragrant pink flowers.
- symmetrian — an advocate of symmetry
- synandrium — a peculiar fusion of stamens
- synaxarium — synaxarion.
- talismanic — a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
- tanglesome — tangled
- tasman sea — a part of the Pacific Ocean between SE Australia and New Zealand.
- taxonomist — the science or technique of classification.
- thiaminase — an enzyme that destroys thiamine and is often found in raw fish