10-letter words containing r, o, s, a, n
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
- snapdragon — any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, especially A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
- snobocracy — a social class of snobs
- snow board — a board serving as a snow guard.
- snow grass — any of various grey-green grasses of the genus Poa, of SE Australian mountain regions
- snow train — a train that takes passengers to and from a winter resort area.
- soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
- sognafjord — a fjord in the Norwegian Sea in SW Norway: the longest in Norway. 126 miles (203 km) long and up to 4291 feet (1308 meters) deep.
- solar pond — a pool with a bottom layer of salt water and top layer of fresh water, designed to capture solar radiation as a source of energy for generating heat or electricity.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- solitarian — a hermit
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- souari nut — the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.
- soundboard — sounding board.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- sports fan — sb who enjoys watching or playing sport
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- squadronal — belonging or relating to a squadron or squadrons
- square one — a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- 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.
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- 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 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.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- stonebreak — any of a variety of plants in the genus Saxifraga
- 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.