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10-letter words containing n, e, d, s, a

  • straitened — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
  • strandline — a mark left by the high tide or a line of seaweed and other debris washed onto the beach by the tide
  • subdeanery — the position or office of a subdean
  • subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery
  • subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
  • submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
  • subpoenaed — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
  • subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
  • sunderance — to separate; part; divide; sever.
  • sunderland — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England.
  • super band — the band of frequencies between 216 and 600 megahertz, used for cable television channels and Citizens Band.
  • supplanted — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
  • sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
  • sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
  • 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.
  • syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
  • syndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
  • tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
  • tantalised — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
  • tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
  • test stand — a device that restrains a missile or rocket during a captive test.
  • testudinal — pertaining to or resembling a tortoise or tortoise shell.
  • the strand — a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres
  • theodosian — of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
  • thingstead — the meeting place of a Scandinavian assembly.
  • tradescant — John. 1570–1638, English botanist and gardener to Charles I. He introduced many plants from overseas into Britain
  • transcoder — a technology, such as a software package, used to transfer data from one format to another
  • transducer — a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.
  • transected — to cut across; dissect transversely.
  • transfixed — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
  • transpired — to occur; happen; take place.
  • transudate — the act or process of transuding.
  • turn heads — to be so beautiful, unusual, or impressive as to attract a lot of attention
  • ultradense — having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
  • unabsolved — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
  • unabsorbed — not absorbed or taken in
  • unaccosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
  • unadjusted — not changed in accordance with altered circumstances or information
  • unanalysed — not yet analysed or examined
  • unanswered — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
  • unappeased — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
  • unapprised — not informed or apprised of something
  • unarrested — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
  • unascended — not having ascended or risen
  • unassailed — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
  • unasserted — resting on a statement or claim unsupported by evidence or proof; alleged: The asserted value of the property was twice the amount anyone offered.
  • unassessed — to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
  • unassigned — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
  • unassisted — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
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