11-letter words containing s, o, n, f, a
- scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- second-half — happening in the second half of a game
- sinfonietta — a short symphony.
- slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- slant front — a flap of a desk, sloping upward and inward to close the desk, and opening forward and downward to a horizontal position as a writing surface: a form of fall front.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- snap out of — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- son of adam — a man: He had all the weaknesses to which a son of Adam is heir.
- sonata form — a musical form comprising an exposition, in which the main theme or themes are stated, a development section, a recapitulation of the material in the exposition, and, usually, a coda.
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
- stone-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- stony-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- strand wolf — brown hyena.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- suffixation — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
- suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- transfixion — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- transformed — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformer — a person or thing that transforms.
- transfusion — the act or process of transfusing.
- unfashioned — not fashioned or made; not formed
- waterfronts — Plural form of waterfront.