10-letter words containing e, s, n, t, i
- speciation — the formation of new species as a result of geographic, physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that prevent previously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- spinescent — Botany. becoming spinelike. ending in a spine. bearing spines.
- spinsterly — relating to or resembling a spinster
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
- spit-shine — a shoeshine in which a fluid, such as water, saliva, or lighter fluid, is used to impart a high gloss.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
- split ends — If you have split ends, some of your hairs are split at the ends because they are dry or damaged.
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- springtime — the season of spring.
- sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
- square tin — a medium-sized loaf having a crusty top, baked in a tin with a square base
- squinteyed — squinting
- st-Étienne — city in SE France: pop. 198,000
- st-nazaire — seaport in NW France, at the mouth of the Loire: pop. 65,000
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stannaries — a tin-mining region or district.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- star anise — Also called Chinese anise. a shrub or small tree, Illicium verum, of China, having white flowers that turn purple and bearing anise-scented, star-shaped clusters of carminative fruit.
- starveling — a person, animal, or plant that is starving.
- state line — A state line is a border between two states within a country.
- stationery — writing paper.
- 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.
- stealingly — in a stealthy or elusive manner; by stealing
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- steeped in — full of
- stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
- stenciling — 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.
- stencilize — to make into a stencil.
- 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.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- stentorian — very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.
- step on it — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- stephen ii — died a.d. 757, pope 752–757.
- stephen iv — died a.d. 817, pope 816–817.
- stephen ix — died 1058, pope 1057–58.
- stephen vi — died a.d. 897, pope 896–897.
- sterlingly — in a sterling way or manner
- sternalgia — pain occurring in or around the sternum
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
- stettinius — Edward Reilley [rahy-lee] /ˈraɪ li/ (Show IPA), 1900–49, U.S. industrialist: secretary of state 1944–45.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stickering — a person or thing that sticks.
- stickiness — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- 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.