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10-letter words containing s, a, l, t, n

  • sertraline — a drug, C 17 H 17 NCl 2 ·HCl, of the SSRI class, used in the treatment of depression.
  • sexavalent — hexavalent.
  • sexivalent — hexavalent.
  • shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
  • shakuntala — Sakuntala.
  • shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
  • shot angle — the angle from which a shot is taken
  • signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
  • silentiary — someone who keeps silence in court
  • simulation — imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
  • single tax — a tax, as on land, that constitutes the sole source of public revenue.
  • sinoatrial — relating to specific tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker
  • slant-eyed — having eyes with epicanthic folds.
  • slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • slatternly — slovenly and untidy.
  • small town — Small town is used when referring to small places, usually in the United States, where people are friendly, honest, and polite, or to the people there. Small town is also sometimes used to suggest that someone has old-fashioned ideas.
  • small-town — of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or village: a typical, small-town general store.
  • snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.
  • snow plant — a leafless, parasitic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, having a stout spike of bright red flowers, a thickly scaled stem, and a corallike mass of roots.
  • soap plant — a Californian plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, of the lily family, the bulb of which was used by the Indians as a soap.
  • solacement — a comfort or consolation
  • sole agent — the only appointed agent or representative
  • solicitant — a solicitor
  • solitarian — a hermit
  • solivagant — a lone wanderer
  • solutional — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
  • spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
  • spinal tap — procedure to draw fluid from spine
  • splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
  • split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
  • spoliation — the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
  • springhalt — stringhalt.
  • springtail — any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping that allows for the nearly perpetual springing pattern characteristic of the group.
  • st. albans — a city in W Hertfordshire, in SE England: Norman cathedral; battles of Wars of the Roses 1455, 1461.
  • st. gallen — a canton in NE Switzerland. 777 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
  • st. helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
  • stabbingly — in a stabbing way
  • stableness — not likely to fall or give way, as a structure, support, foundation, etc.; firm; steady.
  • stalinabad — a former name of Dushanbe.
  • stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
  • stallenger — a trader who was required to pay a fee in order to sell goods at a market stall, not being a member of the local merchants' guild or corporation
  • stanchless — not to be stanched.
  • stand bail — to act as surety (for someone)
  • standalone — self-contained and able to operate without other hardware or software.
  • standardly — in or according to the standard manner, form, or idea
  • standstill — a state of cessation of movement or action; halt; stop: The ball rolled to a standstill.
  • stanislaus — (Stanislaus Leszczynski) 1677–1766, king of Poland 1704–09, 1733–35.
  • staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
  • staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
  • startingly — in sudden brief snatches, or with a sudden nervous jump or start
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