11-letter words containing n, a, r, i, s
- saint clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- saint croix — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- saline drip — the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- salvadorian — El Salvador.
- samian ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
- san gabriel — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sand lizard — a common lizard, Lacerta agilis, of Europe and central Asia.
- sand martin — the bank swallow.
- sandringham — a village in N Norfolk, England: site of Sandringham House, Royal Family mansion.
- sanguinaria — the bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis.
- sansevieria — any plant belonging to the genus Sansevieria, of the agave family, grown as a houseplant for its stiff, sword-shaped leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- santa maria — (italics) the flagship used by Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sarcodinian — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sash ribbon — a strip of steel or aluminum alloy for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- saturnalian — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- saturninity — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- saurischian — any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Compare ornithischian.
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- scarlatinal — scarlet fever.
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- sedimentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
- seigneurial — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- seigniorage — something claimed by a sovereign or superior as a prerogative.
- seigniorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- semi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- senior year — final year of school or college
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- sensorially — with respect to sensation; in a sensorial way