11-letter words containing sn
- 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.
- sneaky pete — a homemade or inferior liquor or wine.
- sneezeguard — a plastic or glass shield overhanging a salad bar, buffet, or the like to protect the food from contamination.
- snell's law — the law that, for a ray incident on the interface of two media, the sine of the angle of incidence times the index of refraction of the first medium is equal to the sine of the angle of refraction times the index of refraction of the second medium.
- snickersnee — a knife, especially one used as a weapon.
- snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
- sniffer dog — a dog trained to find illegal drugs or explosives by smell.
- sniperscope — a snooperscope designed for attaching to a rifle or carbine.
- snitch line — a direct telephone or other communications link set up to allow people to report neighbours, colleagues, etc suspected of wrongdoing
- snob appeal — the attributes of something that appeal to people who associate those qualities with social or intellectual superiority; a thing's attractiveness to snobs.
- snobography — an account or description of snobs
- snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
- snow banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
- snow blower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
- snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
- snow cannon — a device used to create and project artificial snow for skiing
- snow chains — device that gives tyres extra grip
- snow grains — precipitation consisting of white, opaque ice particles usually less than one millimeter in diameter.
- snow report — a regular weather report that concentrates on details of amounts of snow and conditions at ski resorts
- snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
- snowballing — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- snowshoeing — the activity of taking part in cross-country walks over snow
- snowsurfing — the use of a board without bindings to travel over snow
- snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
- snowy river — a river in SE Australia, rising in SE New South Wales: waters diverted through a system of dams and tunnels across the watershed into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for hydroelectric power and to provide water for irrigation. Length: 426 km (265 miles)
- snuff movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- snuff stick — a twig, stick, or brush used to apply snuff on the teeth or gums.
- snuff-movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- spring snow — corn snow.
- submissness — submissiveness
- tediousness — marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
- tenuousness — thin or slender in form, as a thread.
- tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
- up to snuff — to draw in through the nose by inhaling.
- uselessness — of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
- vacuousness — without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- walt disney — Walt(er E.) 1901–66, U.S. creator and producer of animated cartoons, motion pictures, etc.
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- water snake — any of numerous and widely distributed harmless snakes of the genus Natrix, inhabiting areas in or near fresh water.
- whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
- witlessness — lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.
- zealousness — full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.