11-letter words containing s, t, a, n
- saint-cloud — a city in central Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- saint-denis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar: an overseas department of France. 970 sq. mi. (2512 sq. km). Capital: St. Denis.
- saint-louis — a port in E Missouri, on the Mississippi.
- saint-saens — Charles Camille [sharl ka-mee-yuh] /ʃarl kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1835–1921, French composer and pianist.
- saint-simon — Comte de, 1760–1825, French philosopher and social scientist.
- saint's day — a day of celebration commemorating a particular saint.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- salpingitis — inflammation of a salpinx.
- saltational — a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
- salting out — the addition of salt to a mixture to precipitate proteins, soaps, and other simple organic compounds.
- salting-out — Salting-out is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute reduces the solubility of that solute.
- saltishness — the condition of being saltish
- salutations — the act of saluting.
- salvational — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- sam houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
- samson post — a strong bitt or post at the bow or stern of a vessel.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- san antonio — a city in S Texas: site of the Alamo.
- san jacinto — a river in E Texas, flowing SE to Galveston Bay: Texans defeated Mexicans near the mouth of this river 1836.
- san stefano — the former name of Yesilkoy, a town in Turkey, near Istanbul: treaty between Russia and Turkey 1878.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sanctioning — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sand castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sand desert — a desert in which the ground is covered in sand
- sand martin — the bank swallow.
- sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
- sand-castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.
- sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- santa clara — a city in central Cuba.
- santa claus — a benevolent figure of legend, associated with Saint Nicholas, supposed to bring gifts to children on Christmas Eve.
- santa maria — (italics) the flagship used by Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.
- santa marta — a seaport in NW Colombia.
- santa maura — Italian name of Levkas.
- santa paula — a city in SW California.
- santa tecla — a city in SW El Salvador, just SW of San Salvador.
- santo andre — a city in E Brazil, near São Paulo.
- sao vicente — an island city in SE Brazil.
- satanophany — a manifestation or incarnation of Satan; demonic possession
- satin glass — an American art glassware having colored glass set into indentations in a thickness of opaque glass, the whole covered with clear glass and etched slightly with acid.
- satin weave — one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are interlaced with the warp at widely separated intervals, producing the effect of an unbroken surface.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- satisficing — the act of satisficing
- saturnalian — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- saturninity — sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
- sauerbraten — a pot roast of beef, marinated before cooking in a mixture of vinegar, sugar, and seasonings.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.