10-letter words containing n, e, d, s, a
- sacredness — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- saint jude — the author of this, stated to be the brother of James (Jude 1) and almost certainly identical with Thaddaeus (Matthew 10:2–4). Feast day: Oct 28 or June 19
- salamander — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- sallenders — an eruption on the hind leg of a horse, on the inside of a hock.
- sanctified — made holy; consecrated: sanctified wine.
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctitude — holiness; saintliness; sanctity.
- sand lance — any slender marine fish of the family Ammodytidae that burrows into the sand.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sand smelt — variety of saltwater fish
- sand table — a table with raised edges holding sand for children to play with.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sand viper — hognose snake.
- sand wedge — a club with a flanged sole and a face angle of more than 50°, used in bunker shots to cut through sand, get under the ball, and lift it clear
- sandbagged — a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
- sandbagger — a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
- sandbender — [IBM] A person involved with silicon lithography and the physical design of integrated circuits. Compare ironmonger, polygon pusher.
- sandcastle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sanderling — a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
- sandpapery — of or suggesting the grating sound of sandpaper rubbing against wood or the rough texture of sandpaper.
- sandroller — a North American fresh-water fish, Percopsis transmontana, related to the troutperch but having a deeper, more compressed body.
- sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sans doute — without doubt; certainly.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scandalise — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scandalize — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scanderbeg — (George Castriota) 1403?–68, Albanian chief and revolutionary leader.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- screenland — filmdom.
- searedness — the state of being seared or unfeeling
- second man — a person who assists the driver in crewing a locomotive
- secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
- sedateness — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
- sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seed plant — a seed-bearing plant; spermatophyte.
- seleucidan — Seleucid.
- self-named — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- semi-naked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- semi-nomad — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- send a fax — If you send a fax, you send a copy of a document from one fax machine to another.
- senna pods — the dried fruits of any of these plants, used as a cathartic and laxative
- serenading — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- shagreened — made, covered with, or resembling shagreen