10-letter words containing n, a, s, d
- smash down — If you smash down a door, building, or other large heavy object, you hit it hard and break it until it falls on the ground.
- snapdragon — any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, especially A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
- snare drum — a small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.
- snow board — a board serving as a snow guard.
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- 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.
- sodcasting — the practice of playing music through the speakers of a mobile phone in a public space
- sognafjord — a fjord in the Norwegian Sea in SW Norway: the longest in Norway. 126 miles (203 km) long and up to 4291 feet (1308 meters) deep.
- soi-disant — calling oneself thus; self-styled.
- solar pond — a pool with a bottom layer of salt water and top layer of fresh water, designed to capture solar radiation as a source of energy for generating heat or electricity.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- solenoidal — of or relating to a solenoid.
- solifidian — a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.
- somaliland — a coastal region in E Africa, including Djibouti, Somalia, and the Ogaden part of Ethiopia.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- sound head — a mechanism through which film passes in a projector for conversion of the soundtrack into audio-frequency signals that can be amplified and reproduced.
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- soundboard — sounding board.
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
- soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- spasm band — an old-time jazz band, flourishing especially in the late 19th century, the members of which used improvised instruments, as cigar boxes, barrels, kazoos, whistles, and jugs, and often marched in the street while performing.
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- squadronal — belonging or relating to a squadron or squadrons
- squanderer — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- stab wound — knife injury
- stalinabad — a former name of Dushanbe.
- stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
- stand back — retreat, stay at a distance
- stand bail — to act as surety (for someone)
- stand down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
- stand easy — a command to soldiers standing at ease that they may relax further
- stand fast — a rigid or unyielding position.
- stand firm — be resolute
- stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand-down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
- standalone — self-contained and able to operate without other hardware or software.
- standardly — in or according to the standard manner, form, or idea
- standfirst — an introductory paragraph in an article, printed in larger or bolder type or in capitals, that summarizes the article