9-letter words containing o, n, e, s
- san mateo — a city in W California.
- sanbenito — an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- sand shoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sanderson — Tessa. born 1956, British javelin-thrower: won gold at the 1984 Olympics
- sandshoes — light canvas shoes with rubber soles; plimsolls
- sandstone — a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay.
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- sapogenin — a crystalline substance derived from saponin
- saponated — treated or combined with soap
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcosine — a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- saxophone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a conical, usually brass tube with keys or valves and a mouthpiece with one reed.
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- scenarios — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- schnozzle — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- sciaenoid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
- sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- sconcheon — the reveal of a window or doorway from the frame to the inner face of the wall.
- scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
- scoreline — sports: intermediate or final score
- scoundrel — an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
- scrounger — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scuncheon — sconcheon.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- sea onion — Also called sea squill. a Mediterranean plant, Urginea maritima, of the lily family, yielding medicinal squill.
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- seasoning — 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.
- secession — an act or instance of seceding.
- seclusion — an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- seconding — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- secretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- seed corn — ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.
- seigniory — the power or authority of a seignior.
- seldshown — seldom shown
- selection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- selenious — containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
- selenosis — a poisoned condition caused by selenium, occurring esp in livestock as a result of the natural presence of selenium in plants and soil
- self-sown — sown by itself, or without human or animal agency, as of a plant grown from seeds dropped from another plant.