10-letter words containing n, o, s, d
- sphenodont — a member of the Sphenodont group of lizards
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- sphenopsid — equisetoid.
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- splendored — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- splintwood — a thin flexible wood often used for making baskets
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- spondaical — composed of spondees
- spondylous — relating to a vertebra or vertebrae
- spongewood — an Indian plant with a pith used in making tropical hats
- spoon-feed — to cause to be spoon-fed.
- spoondrift — spindrift.
- springwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by large, thin-walled cells, formed during the first part of the growing season.
- spunbonded — being or designating a material or fiber produced by spun-bonding.
- sqlwindows — (programming, product) A package used to graphically develop MS-Windows client-server applications. Sold by Gupta Corporation.
- squadronal — belonging or relating to a squadron or squadrons
- stab wound — knife injury
- stand down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
- 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.
- standing o — standing ovation
- standpoint — the point or place at which a person stands to view something.
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- steepdowne — very steep or precipitous
- steganopod — a bird belonging to the Steganopodes, a group of swimming birds such as pelicans and cormorants
- sternboard — a backward motion of a boat
- stick down — seal with an adhesive
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stodginess — heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring: a stodgy Victorian novel.
- stolidness — not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- stone cold — completely cold
- stone dead — undeniably dead; completely lifeless.
- stone deaf — totally deaf.
- stone-cold — If something that should be warm is stone-cold, it is very cold.
- stone-dead — undeniably dead; completely lifeless.
- stone-deaf — totally deaf.
- stop codon — a codon that stops the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- stringendo — to be performed with increasing speed
- strip bond — a bond that has been stripped into its principal certificate and interest coupons, each part to be sold separately.
- strip down — remove paint or wallpaper from
- stronghold — a well-fortified place; fortress.
- stupendous — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- 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.