10-letter words containing s, e, n, u, a
- sensuality — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
- sensualize — to render sensual.
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- sequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- sex manual — a book which explains how to perform sexual intercourse and other sexual practices
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- smarten up — improve appearance
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- snaphaunce — an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
- snapper up — a person who snaps up bargains, etc
- snare drum — a small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.
- snow gauge — an instrument for measuring the depth of snow.
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- sound head — a mechanism through which film passes in a projector for conversion of the soundtrack into audio-frequency signals that can be amplified and reproduced.
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
- soundstage — a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
- sousaphone — a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- space junk — objects such as artificial satellites, material discarded from space stations, etc that remain in space after use
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- squanderer — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- square one — a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.
- square tin — a medium-sized loaf having a crusty top, baked in a tin with a square base
- squareness — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- staunchest — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- stuyvesant — Peter, 1592–1672, Dutch colonial administrator in the Americas: last governor of New Netherlands 1646–64.
- suaveolent — fragrant or sweet-smelling
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- subcabinet — a group of advisers ranking below the cabinet level, chosen by a chief executive usually from members of the various executive departments.
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subdeanery — the position or office of a subdean
- subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- submanager — a secondary or assistant manager
- submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
- submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- submontane — under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
- subnascent — growing underneath
- subnitrate — a basic salt of nitric acid.
- subnuclear — pertaining to particles within or smaller than an atomic nucleus.
- suboceanic — occurring or existing below the floor of the ocean: suboceanic oil.
- subpoenaed — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.