11-letter words containing s, u, a, n, e
- saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
- sarus crane — a large, gray crane, Grus antigone, of Asia, having a naked, red head.
- 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.
- scatter-gun — a shotgun
- sealed unit — a hard disk that is permanently sealed to prevent damage to the read/write head
- seigneurial — a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- semi-annual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- send around — to put into circulation
- sense datum — Also called sensum. Psychology. the basic unit of an experience resulting from the stimulation of a sense organ; a stimulus or an object of perception or sensation.
- septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
- sequestrant — any substance used to bring about sequestration, often by chelation. They are used in horticulture to counteract lime in the soil
- serrulation — serrulate condition or form.
- sertularian — a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.
- sesquiplane — a biplane having one wing with not more than half the surface area of the other wing.
- sibuyan sea — a sea in the Philippines S of Luzon and E of Mindanao: site of U.S.-Japan naval battle 1944.
- singularize — to make singular.
- singulative — a grammatical form or construction that expresses a singular entity or indicates that an individual is singled out from a group, especially as opposed to a collective noun, as snowflake as opposed to snow.
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
- sneezeguard — a plastic or glass shield overhanging a salad bar, buffet, or the like to protect the food from contamination.
- solanaceous — belonging to the Solanaceae, the nightshade family of plants.
- soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
- sound stage — a large, soundproof studio used for filming motion pictures.
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- sour orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- southlander — a person from the south
- 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.
- spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- squall line — a line or extended narrow region within which squalls or thunderstorms occur, often several hundred miles long.
- square inch — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one inch on each side; 6.452 square centimeters. 2 , sq. in. Abbreviation: in.
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- squarsonage — the residence of a squarson
- squattiness — the condition or quality of being squat
- squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
- st. laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
- stan laurel — Stan (Arthur Stanley Jefferson) 1890–1965, U.S. motion-picture actor and comedian, born in England.
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- staunchless — not able to be stanched
- staunchness — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- sternutator — a chemical agent causing nose irritation, coughing, etc.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.