11-letter words containing d, i, s, n
- side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
- side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
- side-lining — a line at the side of something.
- sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- sign-posted — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- siliconized — (of a material) having silicone added.
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- sindonology — the scientific study of the Shroud of Turin.
- single bond — a chemical linkage consisting of one covalent bond between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by one line or two vertical dots, as C–H or C:H.
- single-hand — to sail (a craft) without help from others.
- single-wide — a mobile home used as a permanent residence.
- sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
- ski binding — an device on a ski used to attach it to a ski boot
- skidbladnir — the huge collapsible ship, made by two dwarfs for Frey, that always had a favoring wind.
- skin diving — underwater exploring with face mask and flippers
- slickenside — a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane.
- sliding fit — a fit that enables one part to be inserted into another by sliding or pushing, rather than by hammering
- smart drink — a nonalcoholic beverage with added amino acids and vitamins claimed to increase energy, improve memory, and boost intelligence.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
- sniffer dog — a dog trained to find illegal drugs or explosives by smell.
- snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
- snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- soda siphon — fizzy water dispenser
- soft drinks — A soft drink is a cold, nonalcoholic drink such as lemonade or fruit juice, or a carbonated drink.
- soft-finned — having fins supported by articulated rays rather than by spines, as a malacopterygian.
- soil binder — a plant that prevents or inhibits erosion by providing a ground cover and forming a dense network of roots that hold the soil.
- soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
- solid angle — an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting in a common point or formed at the vertex of a cone.
- solidarnosc — a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
- somatomedin — any of various liver hormones that enhance the activity of a variety of other hormones, as somatotropin.
- sound mixer — sb who records film sound
- sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- speedcoding — (language) A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics on IBM 701 and IBM 650 written by John Backus in 1953.
- spellbinder — a person or thing that spellbinds, especially a powerful speaker who can captivate an audience.
- spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
- spider vein — one of a radiating network of dilated capillaries on the skin.
- spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
- spin-drying — a technique for extracting water from clothes, linen, etc, by spinning them in a perforated drum
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- spindlelegs — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
- spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
- spiny-rayed — spiny-finned.
- splodginess — the state of being splodgy
- spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
- spondulicks — money; cash.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.