10-letter words containing e, n, s, o, r
- sterno can — a small can of Sterno
- sternworks — the rear of a vessel
- stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
- stockowner — stockholder (def 1).
- stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
- stoneborer — an animal that can bore through rocks, esp certain types of bivalve molluscs that bore into limestone
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- stonebreak — any of a variety of plants in the genus Saxifraga
- stonehorse — a stallion or uncastrated male horse
- storefront — the side of a store facing a street, usually containing display windows.
- storm cone — a canvas cone hoisted as a warning of high winds
- story line — plot (def 2).
- stringendo — to be performed with increasing speed
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- stroessner — Alfredo [al-frey-doh;; Spanish ahl-fre-th aw] /ælˈfreɪ doʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfrɛ ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1912–2006, Paraguayan general and statesman: president 1954–89.
- strongness — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- submersion — to submerge.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- succorance — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- sunlounger — a reclining chair used when sunbathing
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superphone — a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supersound — sound that is inaudible, either because its frequency is too high or because it is too intense to endure
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- surjection — onto function.
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surrounded — to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- suspensory — a supporting bandage, muscle, ligament, etc.
- swedenborg — Emanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/ (Show IPA), (Emanuel Swedberg) 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.
- sweet corn — any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
- swinnerton — Frank (Arthur) 1884–1982, English novelist and critic.
- sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- sword fern — any fern of the genus Nephrolepis, especially N. exaltata, characterized by sword-shaped, pinnate fronds, a common houseplant.
- tchernosem — chernozem.
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- tolu resin — tolu.
- tonguester — a person who talks endlessly or who gossips
- toric lens — a lens used to correct astigmatism, having one of its surfaces shaped like part of a torus so that its focal lengths are different in different meridians
- tormentors — a person or thing that torments.
- torpescent — becoming torpid