11-letter words containing a, s, t, o, n, i
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- staminodium — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
- stanislawow — Polish name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
- stationer's — a shop which sells stationery
- steam point — the temperature at which water vapor condenses at a pressure of one atmosphere, represented by 100°C and 212°F.
- stellionate — any crime of unspecified class that involves fraud, especially one that involves the selling of the same property to different people.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
- storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- stylization — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
- subaudition — an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subitaneous — sudden
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- subluxation — a partial dislocation, as of a joint; sprain.
- subnational — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subornation — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subpanation — the belief that the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine of Communion
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- suffixation — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
- suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- suraddition — an additional title
- surrogation — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- suscitation — the act of suscitating
- suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
- susurration — a soft murmur; whisper.
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- syndication — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.