11-letter words containing o, s, t, e, n
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- sensational — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
- sententious — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- 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
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- servanthood — the condition of being a servant
- set eyes on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- 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.
- set on foot — to initiate or start (something)
- settle down — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- seventy-one — a cardinal number, 70 plus 1.
- seventy-two — a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- 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
- sign-posted — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- signatories — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- silent vote — the vote of persons who have not previously expressed or made evident a preference.
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.
- simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- sinfonietta — a short symphony.
- single knot — overhand knot.
- single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
- single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
- sinistrorse — (from a point of view at the center of the spiral) rising spirally in a counterclockwise manner, as a stem (opposed to dextrorse).
- sino-soviet — of or relating to both China and the Soviet Union
- 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
- skeletonize — to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.
- sleep on it — contemplate sth overnight
- sleeve note — The sleeve notes are short pieces of writing on the covers of records, which tell you something about the music or the musicians.
- sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
- 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.
- smithsonite — a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the metal.
- smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
- snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.
- snapshotted — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld 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
- snow report — a regular weather report that concentrates on details of amounts of snow and conditions at ski resorts
- snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
- soft centre — a chocolate that has a soft filling