10-letter words containing s, a, n, t, e
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantities — Plural form of quantity.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- rat's nest — mare's-nest (def 2).
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- reastiness — rancidness
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- registrant — a person who registers or is registered.
- reinstated — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- remanifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- renaissant — renascent.
- resemblant — having a resemblance or similarity (sometimes followed by to): two persons with resemblant features.
- resistance — the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonating — to resound.
- resonation — to resound.
- respectant — aspectant.
- restaurant — an establishment where meals are served to customers.
- restrained — characterized by restraint: The actor gave a restrained performance.
- restrainer — a person or thing that restrains.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- retransfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- retransmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revisitant — revisiting or returning to a place
- ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- 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.
- safety man — safety (def 6c).
- safety net — a large net rigged between a person, as a trapeze performer, and the ground as protection in a fall.
- safety pin — pin with covered point
- safety-pin — to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.
- saint jude — the author of this, stated to be the brother of James (Jude 1) and almost certainly identical with Thaddaeus (Matthew 10:2–4). Feast day: Oct 28 or June 19
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- saint-jean — French name of St. Johns.
- saint-ouen — a suburb of Paris in N France.
- sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
- salientian — belonging or pertaining to the superorder Salientia, comprising the frogs and toads (order Anura) and extinct species.
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- salton sea — a shallow saline lake in S California, in the Imperial Valley, formed by the diversion of water from the Colorado River into a salt-covered depression (Salton Sink) 236 feet (72 meters) below sea level.
- san benito — a city in S Texas.
- sanctified — made holy; consecrated: sanctified wine.
- sanctifier — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctitude — holiness; saintliness; sanctity.