11-letter words containing o, r, e, n, s
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- seriousness — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- sermonizing — the act of talking as if delivering a sermon
- seroconvert — (of an individual) to produce antibodies specific to, and in response to the presence in the blood of, a particular antigen, such as a virus or vaccine
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- serrano ham — cured ham from Spain
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- servanthood — the condition of being a servant
- set on fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- sex hormone — any of a class of steroid hormones that regulate the growth and function of the reproductive organs or stimulate the development of the secondary sexual characteristics.
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharp-nosed — having a thin, pointed nose.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
- shoe-string — a shoelace.
- short jenny — an in-off into a middle pocket
- short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
- short novel — a prose narrative midway between the novel and the short story in length and scope
- short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- showeriness — the state or quality of being showery
- shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- sideropenia — a lack of iron in the body
- signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- single room — hotel room for one person
- sinistrorse — (from a point of view at the center of the spiral) rising spirally in a counterclockwise manner, as a stem (opposed to dextrorse).
- six-pointer — a football match between two teams in similar positions in the league table, considered as being worth six points as it not only gains the winning team three points but denies three points to the losing team
- skinner box — a box used in experiments in animal learning, especially in operant conditioning, equipped with a mechanism that automatically gives the animal food or other reward or permits escape, as by opening a door.
- smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smokescreen — If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.
- snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
- sniffer dog — a dog trained to find illegal drugs or explosives by smell.
- sniperscope — a snooperscope designed for attaching to a rifle or carbine.
- snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
- snow banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
- snow blower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
- snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
- snow report — a regular weather report that concentrates on details of amounts of snow and conditions at ski resorts
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile