11-letter words containing s, t, a, n
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- stentmaster — a person who determines the amount of tax owed by the denizens of a town or parish
- step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
- step-parent — a stepfather or stepmother.
- stepanakert — a city in and the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, within Azerbaijan.
- stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- sternutator — a chemical agent causing nose irritation, coughing, etc.
- stevengraph — a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- stimulating — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipendiary — receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
- stipendiate — to pay or support with a stipend
- stipulating — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- stone canal — (in certain echinoderms) a tube lined with calcareous deposits, connecting the madreporite with a circular canal around the mouth.
- stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
- stone plant — living stones.
- stone-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- stonewaller — to engage in stonewalling.
- stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- stony coral — a true coral consisting of numerous anthozoan polyps embedded in the calcareous material that they secrete.
- stony-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- stop-and-go — characterized by periodically enforced stops, as caused by heavy traffic or traffic signals: stop-and-go traffic.
- store brand — an item offered for sale under a store's own label.
- storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
- strain gage — A strain gage is a sensor for measuring the amount of strain on a solid surface.
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- strand line — a shoreline, especially one from which the sea or a lake has receded.
- strand wolf — brown hyena.
- strandloper — a member of an extinct tribe of Khoikhoi or Bushmen who lived on seafood gathered on the beaches of southern Africa
- strangeness — the quality or condition of being strange.
- strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- straphanger — a passenger who stands in a crowded bus or subway train and holds onto a strap or other support suspended from above.
- stravaiging — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- streamingly — in a streaming manner
- streamlined — streamlined.
- streamliner — something that is streamlined, especially a locomotive or passenger train.
- street name — a broker who holds securities registered in his or her name instead of in the name of the customer, especially for convenience in executing transfers and in pledging for borrowing in margin accounts.
- string band — a band consisting of stringed instruments
- string bass — double bass.
- string bean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.