10-letter words containing s, e, r, a, n, o
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
- sandroller — a North American fresh-water fish, Percopsis transmontana, related to the troutperch but having a deeper, more compressed body.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- sarmentose — having runners.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scorzonera — a plant of the modern genus Scorzonera, esp S. Hispanica or black salsify, cultivated in Europe for its root which is used as a vegetable
- sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
- seal brown — a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.
- seignorial — of or relating to a seignior.
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- shear zone — Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
- sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
- 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).
- 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.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- 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.
- square one — a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- 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
- 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
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- succorance — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.