10-letter words containing n, s, a, l
- sanguinely — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sanitarily — of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sapiential — containing, exhibiting, or affording wisdom; characterized by wisdom.
- satanology — the aspect of knowledge that relates to Satan or evil
- saturnalia — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- savonarola — Girolamo [ji-rol-uh-moh;; Italian jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒɪˈrɒl əˌmoʊ;; Italian dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- saxon blue — a dye made by dissolving indigo in a solution of sulphuric acid
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scallopini — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scandaling — a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
- scandalise — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scandalize — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scandalous — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- scansorial — capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
- scantlings — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scarlatina — scarlet fever.
- scenically — of or relating to natural scenery.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schnozzola — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schooligan — a person of school age who engages in acts of public disorder
- scillonian — of or relating to the Scilly Isles or their inhabitants
- scrabbling — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scrambling — motocross, off-road biking
- screenland — filmdom.
- screenplay — a motion-picture or television scenario.
- screw nail — drive screw.
- sea nettle — any large, stinging jellyfish.
- sea tangle — any of various seaweeds, especially of the genus Laminaria.
- sea walnut — a comb jelly, as of the genus Mnemiopsis, shaped like a walnut.
- seal brown — a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.
- seal point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- seal-point — a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- seamanlike — like or befitting a seaman; showing good seamanship.
- seasonable — suitable to or characteristic of the season: seasonable weather.
- seasonally — pertaining to, dependent on, or accompanying the seasons of the year or some particular season; periodical: seasonal work.
- seasonless — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seed plant — a seed-bearing plant; spermatophyte.
- seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- selectance — a measure of the drop in response of a radio receiving set or the like to a given frequency differing from the resonant frequency of the device, expressed as the ratio of the amplitude of the response at the resonant frequency to the amplitude of the response at the given frequency.
- 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.
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semi-final — competition round that decides finalists
- semiannual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.