11-letter words containing s, t, a, n
- sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
- sneaky pete — a homemade or inferior liquor or wine.
- social unit — a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- solar month — month (def 4).
- solar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- soldier ant — a type of ant that has a disproportionately large head
- solmization — the act, process, or system of using certain syllables, especially the sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.
- somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
- somatomedin — any of various liver hormones that enhance the activity of a variety of other hormones, as somatotropin.
- somatotonia — a personality type characterized by assertiveness and energy: said to be correlated with a mesomorph body type
- somatotonic — a person who has a somatotonic personality
- 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
- soothsaying — the practice or art of foretelling events.
- sound stage — a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.
- south sudan — a landlocked republic in NE Africa, in the Sahel region; formerly part of Sudan: became independent after a referendum in 2011, following a long civil war. Languages: English, Arabic. Religions: Christian, animist. Currency: South Sudanese Pound. Capital: Juba. Pop: 11 090 104 (2013 est). Area: 644 329 sq km (248 777 sq miles)
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- southlander — a person from the south
- spaghettini — pasta in the form of long thin strings
- spanakopita — a baked dish consisting of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, and scallions enclosed in layers of phyllo.
- spartanburg — a city in NW South Carolina.
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- spinsterial — relating to a spinster
- spinsterian — relating to a spinster
- split brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- split-brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- spray paint — paint in aerosol form
- spray-paint — to cover, mark, draw, or write with spray paint.
- spring rate — The spring rate is a measurement of the amount of force needed to compress a spring a particular distance.
- springwater — water from a spring
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- squassation — a form of strappado in which the victim, with arms bound behind and feet heavily weighted, was jerked up and down at the end of a rope passed under the arms.
- squattiness — the condition or quality of being squat
- st. andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
- st. bernard — St. Bernard (def 3).
- st. francis — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- st. laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- st. nazaire — a seaport in W France, on the Loire estuary.
- st.-germain — St.-Germain-en-Laye.
- st.-leonard — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.