10-letter words containing d, e, t, n, s
- seed plant — a seed-bearing plant; spermatophyte.
- selenodont — having molar teeth with crowns formed of crescent-shaped cusps.
- seminudity — partial nudity; the state of being partly nude
- send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
- sheet bend — a knot used esp for joining ropes of different sizes
- sheet down — (of rain) to fall heavily in sheets
- shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
- sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
- signposted — A place or route that is signposted has signposts beside the road to show the way.
- slant-eyed — having eyes with epicanthic folds.
- slide knot — a knot formed by making two half hitches on the standing part of the rope, the second hitch being next to the loop, which can be tightened.
- soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- south node — the descending node of the moon.
- sphenodont — a member of the Sphenodont group of lizards
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split ends — If you have split ends, some of your hairs are split at the ends because they are dry or damaged.
- squinteyed — squinting
- stand easy — a command to soldiers standing at ease that they may relax further
- stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- standalone — self-contained and able to operate without other hardware or software.
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- steadiness — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- steel band — a band, native to Trinidad and common in the West Indies, using steel drums cut to various heights and tuned to specific pitches.
- steepdowne — very steep or precipitous
- steeped in — full of
- steganopod — a bird belonging to the Steganopodes, a group of swimming birds such as pelicans and cormorants
- stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
- stencilled — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- step dance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
- sternboard — a backward motion of a boat
- sternwards — towards the stern; astern
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stodginess — heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring: a stodgy Victorian novel.
- stolidness — not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- stone cold — completely cold
- stone dead — undeniably dead; completely lifeless.
- stone deaf — totally deaf.
- stone-cold — If something that should be warm is stone-cold, it is very cold.
- stone-dead — undeniably dead; completely lifeless.
- stone-deaf — totally deaf.