11-letter words containing s, a, t, n, o
- stearoptene — the oxygenated solid part of an essential oil (opposed to eleoptene).
- steganogram — a coded message
- stellionate — any crime of unspecified class that involves fraud, especially one that involves the selling of the same property to different people.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- sternutator — a chemical agent causing nose irritation, coughing, etc.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- stone canal — (in certain echinoderms) a tube lined with calcareous deposits, connecting the madreporite with a circular canal around the mouth.
- stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
- stone plant — living stones.
- stone-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- stonewaller — to engage in stonewalling.
- stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- stony coral — a true coral consisting of numerous anthozoan polyps embedded in the calcareous material that they secrete.
- stony-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- stop-and-go — characterized by periodically enforced stops, as caused by heavy traffic or traffic signals: stop-and-go traffic.
- store brand — an item offered for sale under a store's own label.
- storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- strand wolf — brown hyena.
- strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- strong gale — a wind of 47–54 miles per hour (21–24 m/sec).
- strong meat — anything arousing fear, anger, repulsion, etc, except among a tolerant or receptive minority
- stunt woman — a woman who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
- stylization — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
- subaudition — an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
- subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
- subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subitaneous — sudden
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- subluxation — a partial dislocation, as of a joint; sprain.
- subnational — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subornation — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subpanation — the belief that the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine of Communion
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.