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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • senna pods — the dried fruits of any of these plants, used as a cathartic and laxative
  • shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • shenandoah — a river flowing NE from N Virginia to the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. About 200 miles (322 km) long.
  • sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
  • slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
  • snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
  • snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
  • soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
  • solenoidal — of or relating to a solenoid.
  • sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
  • 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 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.
  • soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
  • soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
  • sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
  • stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • standalone — self-contained and able to operate without other hardware or software.
  • stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
  • steganopod — a bird belonging to the Steganopodes, a group of swimming birds such as pelicans and cormorants
  • sternboard — a backward motion of a boat
  • stone dead — undeniably dead; completely lifeless.
  • stone deaf — totally deaf.
  • stone-dead — undeniably dead; completely lifeless.
  • stone-deaf — totally deaf.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • tanglewood — a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
  • the dragon — the constellation Draco
  • the ogaden — a region of SE Ethiopia, bordering on Somalia: consists of a desert plateau, inhabited by Somali nomads; a secessionist movement, supported by Somalia, has existed within the region since the early 1960s and led to bitter fighting between Ethiopia and Somalia (1977–78)
  • the oneida — a North American Indian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario; one of the Iroquois peoples
  • theodosian — of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
  • to end all — If you describe something as, for example, the deal to end all deals or the film to end all films, you mean that it is very important or successful, and that compared to it all other deals or films seem second-rate.
  • togolander — a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.
  • top-ranked — A top-ranked sports player or team is the most successful player or team in a particular sport.
  • torpedoman — a petty officer or warrant officer responsible for the maintenance, use, and repair of underwater weapons and equipment.
  • trade down — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
  • transcoder — a technology, such as a software package, used to transfer data from one format to another
  • tremolando — (of a piece of music) to be played with tremulous effect
  • two-handed — having two hands.
  • two-hander — a play for two actors
  • unabsolved — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
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