10-letter words containing o, n, t, a, s
- stab wound — knife injury
- stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- stanchions — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- 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.
- star point — a common junction connected to the ends of windings of a polyphase electrical device or system of devices
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- starvation — the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.
- stationary — standing still; not moving.
- stationery — writing paper.
- stationing — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- staycation — a vacation spent at home or near home, doing enjoyable activities or visiting local attractions.
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- stefansson — Vilhjalmur [vil-hyoul-mer] /ˈvɪlˌhyaʊl mər/ (Show IPA), 1879–1962, U.S. arctic explorer and author, born in Canada.
- steganopod — a bird belonging to the Steganopodes, a group of swimming birds such as pelicans and cormorants
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stentorian — very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.
- sternboard — a backward motion of a boat
- sterno can — a small can of Sterno
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stone bass — wreckfish.
- stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
- stone dead — undeniably dead; completely lifeless.
- stone deaf — totally deaf.
- stone face — living stones.
- stone-dead — undeniably dead; completely lifeless.
- stone-deaf — totally deaf.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- stonebreak — any of a variety of plants in the genus Saxifraga
- stonemason — a person who builds with or dresses stone.
- stop plank — a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- strapontin — a seat which is folded down to sit on
- stroganoff — a dish of meat sautéed with onion and cooked in a sauce of sour cream, seasonings, and, usually, mushrooms: beef stroganoff.
- strong-arm — using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods.
- strongbark — any of the several tropical American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Bourreria, of the borage family, especially B. ovata, of southern Florida and the West Indies, having elliptic leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- stuntwoman — A stuntwoman is a woman whose job is to do dangerous things, either for publicity, or in a movie instead of an actor so that the actor does not risk being injured.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- suaveolent — fragrant or sweet-smelling
- submontane — under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
- substation — a branch of a main post office.