10-letter words containing o, d, s, u, n
- snow under — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- snub-nosed — having a snub nose: a snub-nosed child.
- soft-bound — (of a book) having a thin cardboard, paper, or plastic cover
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- sound file — an audio file that can be played by a computer or other electronic device
- sound film — a film on which sound has been or is to be recorded, as for the soundtrack of a motion picture.
- 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 hole — an opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.
- sound line — a line fastened to a harpoon and carried down into the water by a whale when sounding
- 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.
- soundproof — impervious to sound.
- 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.
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- south node — the descending node of the moon.
- southbound — traveling southward.
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spondylous — relating to a vertebra or vertebrae
- spunbonded — being or designating a material or fiber produced by spun-bonding.
- squadronal — belonging or relating to a squadron or squadrons
- stab wound — knife injury
- stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
- 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.
- supersound — sound that is inaudible, either because its frequency is too high or because it is too intense to endure
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surrounded — to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- suspensoid — a sol having a solid disperse phase.
- synandrous — with united stamens
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- the hounds — a pack of foxhounds, etc
- thousandth — last in order of a series of a thousand.
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- tremendous — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- tube-nosed — having a long, tubelike beak or snout.
- ultrasound — Physics. sound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz, approximately the upper limit of human hearing.
- 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.
- unassorted — consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous: assorted flavors; assorted sizes.
- unbestowed — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- uncensored — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.