10-letter words containing t, e, r, s, n
- slithering — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- smarten up — improve appearance
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- smithereen — to break into small fragments
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- sneakernet — Facetious. the transfer of electronic information by carrying the storage medium, especially a floppy disk, from one computer to another.
- sneezewort — a composite plant, Achillea ptarmica, of Europe, the powdered leaves of which cause sneezing.
- soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
- songstress — a female singer, especially one who specializes in popular songs.
- songwriter — a person who writes the words or music, or both, for popular songs.
- sooty tern — a black and white tern, Sterna fuscata, of small tropical islands.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth
- sorrentino — Gilbert, 1929–2006, U.S. poet and novelist.
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spearpoint — the point at the end of a spearhead.
- spinsterly — relating to or resembling a spinster
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
- spleenwort — any of various temperate and tropical ferns of the genera Asplenium and Diplazium, certain species of which are grown as ornamentals.
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- sportiness — flashy; showy.
- springtime — the season of spring.
- sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
- square tin — a medium-sized loaf having a crusty top, baked in a tin with a square base
- st-nazaire — seaport in NW France, at the mouth of the Loire: pop. 65,000
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stallenger — a trader who was required to pay a fee in order to sell goods at a market stall, not being a member of the local merchants' guild or corporation
- stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stannaries — a tin-mining region or district.
- star anise — Also called Chinese anise. a shrub or small tree, Illicium verum, of China, having white flowers that turn purple and bearing anise-scented, star-shaped clusters of carminative fruit.
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- starveling — a person, animal, or plant that is starving.
- stationery — writing paper.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stenotherm — an organism that is only able to live within a narrow parameter of temperatures
- stenotyper — a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches or dictation in phonetic shorthand
- stentorian — very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.
- stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
- stepparent — a stepfather or stepmother.
- sterlingly — in a sterling way or manner
- sternalgia — pain occurring in or around the sternum
- sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia