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10-letter words containing e, n, s, o, r

  • saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
  • sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
  • sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
  • sarmentose — having runners.
  • scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
  • schoenberg — Arnold (ˈarnɔlt). 1874–1951, Austrian composer and musical theorist, in the US after 1933. The harmonic idiom of such early works as the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (1899) gave way to his development of atonality, as in the song cycle Pierrot Lunaire (1912), and later of the twelve-tone technique. He wrote many choral, orchestral, and chamber works and the unfinished opera Moses and Aaron
  • schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
  • scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
  • scorzonera — a plant of the modern genus Scorzonera, esp S. Hispanica or black salsify, cultivated in Europe for its root which is used as a vegetable
  • screen off — If part of a room or area is screened off, it is made into a separate area, using a screen.
  • screen out — eliminate
  • screenshot — Also called screen capture. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer screen at a given time: Save the screenshot as a graphics file.
  • scroungers — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • scruncheon — (in Newfoundland) a small crisp piece of fried pork fat
  • scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
  • sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
  • seal brown — a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.
  • second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
  • second-run — designating or of:
  • seger cone — a pyrometric cone composed of clay and salt.
  • seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
  • self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
  • senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
  • send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
  • send round — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
  • senioritis — Informal: Facetious. a decline in motivation or academic performance that supposedly afflicts some seniors in high school, especially in their last term.
  • sentry box — a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.
  • separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
  • sermonette — a brief sermon or homily: five-minute radio sermonettes.
  • serotinous — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
  • shear zone — Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
  • shoestring — a shoelace.
  • shorefront — land along a shore.
  • short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
  • shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
  • shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
  • sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
  • signorelli — Luca [loo-kah] /ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), c1445–1523, Italian painter.
  • silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
  • silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
  • simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
  • simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
  • sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
  • siren song — a dangerously attractive, esp. seductive, proposal or offer
  • skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
  • slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
  • slobbering — to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
  • smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
  • smoke ring — a visible ring formed by the sudden release of smoke, usually created by blowing smoke from the mouth or by a cigarette, incense stick etc
  • smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
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