10-letter words containing e, n, s, o, r
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
- sneezewort — a composite plant, Achillea ptarmica, of Europe, the powdered leaves of which cause sneezing.
- snorkeling — Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
- snorkeller — a person who uses a snorkel or goes snorkelling
- snow cover — a layer of snow on the ground.
- snow under — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- snow-creep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- snowblower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
- sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- 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.
- sojourners — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- solderings — any parts which have been soldered together
- soldier on — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- soldiering — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- solemnizer — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- somberness — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- songstress — a female singer, especially one who specializes in popular songs.
- songwriter — a person who writes the words or music, or both, for popular songs.
- soniferous — conveying or producing sound.
- sooty tern — a black and white tern, Sterna fuscata, of small tropical islands.
- sophrosyne — moderation; discretion; prudence.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth
- sorrentino — Gilbert, 1929–2006, U.S. poet and novelist.
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spleenwort — any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.
- splendored — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spoken for — engaged, reserved, or allocated
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- square one — a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- stationery — writing paper.
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stenotherm — an organism that is only able to live within a narrow parameter of temperatures
- stenotyper — a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches or dictation in phonetic shorthand
- stentorian — very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.
- sternboard — a backward motion of a boat