10-letter words containing a, l, o, t, s
- senatorial — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate: senatorial oratory.
- sevastopol — a fortified seaport in the S Crimea, in S Ukraine: famous for its heroic resistance during sieges of 349 days in 1854–55, and 245 days in 1941–42.
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shallowest — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shapetools — (tool, programming) A code management system for Unix from The Technical University of Berlin.
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- shockstall — the loss of lift and increase of drag experienced by transonic aircraft when strong shock waves on the wings cause the airflow to separate from the wing surfaces
- short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
- short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
- short-laid — hard-laid.
- shot angle — the angle from which a shot is taken
- shot glass — a small, heavy glass for serving a shot of whiskey or liquor.
- shot metal — lead hardened with antimony and arsenic, used to manufacture shot for cartridges.
- shovel hat — a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with a shovellike curve in front and behind; worn by some ecclesiastics, chiefly in England.
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- sibilatory — characterized by hissing or whistling
- simulation — imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sinoatrial — relating to specific tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker
- slot racer — slot car.
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- slouch hat — a soft hat often made of felt and having a supple, usually broad brim.
- slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
- small town — Small town is used when referring to small places, usually in the United States, where people are friendly, honest, and polite, or to the people there. Small town is also sometimes used to suggest that someone has old-fashioned ideas.
- small-town — of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or village: a typical, small-town general store.
- smallmouth — a river fish of the bass family
- smart wool — a textile produced by blending wool with a conductive fibre, which can be heated by means of a small battery
- snow plant — a leafless, parasitic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, having a stout spike of bright red flowers, a thickly scaled stem, and a corallike mass of roots.
- soap plant — a Californian plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, of the lily family, the bulb of which was used by the Indians as a soap.
- societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
- soft scale — any of numerous homopterous insect pests of the family Coccidae, as leafhoppers, aphids, and whiteflies, that are destructive to crops, shade and fruit trees, and various houseplants.
- soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
- softballer — a person who plays or is an enthusiast of softball.
- soil stack — a vertical soil pipe.
- solacement — a comfort or consolation
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- sole agent — the only appointed agent or representative
- solicitant — a solicitor
- solidarist — a person who adheres to solidarism
- solidarity — union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests, as between members of a group or between classes, peoples, etc.: to promote solidarity among union members.
- solitarian — a hermit
- solitarily — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- solivagant — a lone wanderer
- solstitial — of or relating to a solstice or the solstices: a solstitial point.
- solutional — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- somali cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, large ears, and a bushy tail
- somatology — the branch of anthropology that deals with human physical characteristics.
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.