11-letter words containing a, e, r, o, l, s
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quarrellous — argumentative or given to complaint
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- razor shell — any of various sand-burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Ensis and Solen, which have a long tubular shell
- recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
- regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- relationist — a person who maintains a theory rooted in the relation between ideas
- resocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- resveratrol — a compound found in red grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and certain plants, used medicinally as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retrosexual — a heterosexual man who spends little time and money on his personal appearance
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- rhône-alpes — a region of E France: mainly mountainous, rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the east; drained by the Rivers Rhône, Saône, and Isère
- robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- rolled oats — oat grains that have been flattened under rollers
- rollerskate — a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.
- roostertail — a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- saddle horn — horn (def 19).
- saddle roof — curved covering for a building
- saddle sore — an irritation or sore on a horse caused by the rubbing of a poorly adjusted saddle.
- saddle-sore — an irritation or sore on a horse caused by the rubbing of a poorly adjusted saddle.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- sailboarder — windsurfer
- sales force — team of salespeople
- salesperson — a person who sells goods, services, etc.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- sample room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
- san leandro — a city in W California.
- san lorenzo — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- sarcolemmal — of or relating to the sarcolemma
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scaberulous — tending to be scabrous or slightly rough to the touch
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
- sclerocauly — the feature of having a hard, dry stem
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- sealed road — route surfaced for use by traffic
- seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction