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10-letter words containing r, o, s, a, n

  • rock snake — any large Australasian python of the genus Liasis
  • roman nose — a nose having a prominent upper part or bridge.
  • romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
  • rosaniline — a red dye, C 2 0 H 2 0 N 3 Cl, derived from aniline and orthotoluidine, a constituent of fuchsin.
  • rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
  • rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
  • rowlandson — Thomas, 1756–1827, English caricaturist.
  • run across — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
  • sacrosanct — extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
  • salicornia — any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
  • saloon car — Also, saloon carriage. a railway sleeping, dining, or parlor car similar to a U.S. Pullman.
  • salvadoran — of El Salvador or its people or culture
  • san carlos — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
  • san marcos — a city in S central Texas.
  • san marino — a small republic in E Italy: the oldest independent country in Europe. 38 sq. mi. (98 sq. km). Capital: San Marino.
  • sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
  • sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
  • sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
  • sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
  • sandroller — a North American fresh-water fish, Percopsis transmontana, related to the troutperch but having a deeper, more compressed body.
  • sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
  • sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
  • sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
  • santa rosa — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
  • saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
  • saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
  • sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
  • sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
  • sarmentose — having runners.
  • saturation — the act or process of saturating.
  • savonarola — Girolamo [ji-rol-uh-moh;; Italian jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒɪˈrɒl əˌmoʊ;; Italian dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.
  • scandaroon — a large variety of fancy pigeon having a long thin body and an elongated neck and head
  • scansorial — capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
  • scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
  • schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
  • scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
  • scorzonera — a plant of the modern genus Scorzonera, esp S. Hispanica or black salsify, cultivated in Europe for its root which is used as a vegetable
  • scrap iron — old iron to be remelted or reworked.
  • scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
  • sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
  • seal brown — a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.
  • seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
  • senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
  • separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
  • shear zone — Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
  • short-hand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
  • sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
  • sinoatrial — relating to specific tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker
  • sit around — be idle, lounge about
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