10-letter words containing s, t, a, n, o
- inspirator — An inspirer, one that inspires.
- instaneous — Misspelling of instantaneous.
- instead of — as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
- instigator — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- insulation — material used for insulating.
- insulators — Plural form of insulator.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- ionisation — Alternative spelling of ionization.
- ironmaster — the master of a foundry or ironworks; a manufacturer of iron.
- iso rating — a classification of film speed in which a doubling of the ISO number represents a doubling in sensitivity; for example, ISO 400 film requires half the exposure of ISO 200 under the same conditions. The system uses identical numbers to the obsolete ASA rating
- isoantigen — (formerly) an alloantigen.
- isocyanate — a salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
- isolations — Plural form of isolation.
- iterations — the act of repeating; a repetition.
- jabotinsky — Vladimir, 1880–1940, Russian Zionist leader in Palestine.
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- jamesonite — a metallic, dark-gray mineral, lead and iron antimony sulfide: formerly mined for lead.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- klinotaxis — a wavering side-to-side motion of the head occurring as an organism moves forward in response to a source of stimulation, caused by the alternating reaction of sensory receptors on either side of the body.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- lamingtons — Plural form of lamington.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- langostino — langoustine.
- langoustes — Plural form of langouste.
- lanosterol — a sterol, C 30 H 50 O, formed from squalene epoxide, that is a precursor in the biosynthesis of cholesterol and is a component of lanolin.
- laudations — Plural form of laudation.
- launceston — a city on N Tasmania.
- lazy tongs — extensible tongs for grasping objects at a distance, consisting of a series of pairs of crossing pieces, each pair pivoted together in the middle and connected with the next pair at the extremities.
- leontiasis — a lionlike facial distortion.
- linoleates — Plural form of linoleate.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- logansport — a city in N Indiana, on the Wabash River.
- long-coats — dress-like garments formerly worn by a baby
- loon pants — trousers that flare from the knee
- lotus land — the land of the lotus-eaters, or any fabulous, dreamlike setting
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- magnetrons — Plural form of magnetron.
- main store — main memory
- maisonette — a small house, especially one connected to a large apartment building.
- mangetouts — Plural form of mangetout.
- mangosteen — the juicy, edible fruit of an East Indian tree, Garcinia mangostana.
- manifestos — Plural form of manifesto.
- manometers — Plural form of manometer.
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- mastodonic — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.