10-letter words containing a, b, s, e, i
- relishable — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- respirable — capable of being respired.
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- rise above — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- saddlebill — a large stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, of West Africa, having a white and black body and a long, red and black bill.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- salifiable — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- san benito — a city in S Texas.
- scarabaeid — belonging or pertaining to the Scarabaeidae, a family of lamellicorn beetles, including the scarabs, dung beetles, June bugs, and cockchafers.
- scuba dive — go deep-sea swimming
- scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- semblative — resembling
- semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- senegambia — a region in W Africa between the Senegal and Gambia rivers, now mostly in Senegal.
- sensibilia — those things which can be sensed
- sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
- shabbiness — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- sheathbill — either of two white sea birds, Chionis alba or C. minor, of the colder parts of the Southern Hemisphere: so called from the horny sheath covering the base of the upper bill.
- shebagging — the practice by a female passenger on public transport of placing a bag on the seat beside her, so denying it to another passenger
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- siad barre — Muhammad, 1919–1995, Somali army officer and political leader: president 1969–91.
- sickle bar — cutter bar (def 1).
- side table — a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- side-table — a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- sideboards — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
- sieva bean — butter bean.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
- slab-sided — having the sides long and flat, like slabs.
- slabbiness — the state or condition of being slabby
- snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
- social bee — any of several bees, as the honeybees or bumblebees, that live together in communities.
- soil-based — having soil as the main constituent
- spare ribs — a cut of meat from the rib section, especially of pork or beef, with some meat adhering to the bones.
- spitballer — a pitcher who is known or believed to throw spitballs.
- splittable — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- stabilised — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stabilizer — a person or thing that stabilizes.
- stablished — establish.
- state bird — a bird chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- stickybeak — a busybody; meddler.
- stimulable — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stringbean — 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.
- strippable — Mining. of or relating to ore or coal that can be produced by strip mining.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subaudible — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- subcabinet — a group of advisers ranking below the cabinet level, chosen by a chief executive usually from members of the various executive departments.