10-letter words containing d, e, l, o, s
- slime mold — any of various funguslike organisms belonging to the phylum Myxomycota, of the kingdom Protista (or the plant class Myxomycetes), characterized by a noncellular, multinucleate, creeping somatic phase and a propagative phase in which fruiting bodies are produced bearing spores that are covered by cell walls.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- snow devil — a whirling column of snow
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- socdoliger — a conclusive argument, a hard blow
- socialised — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
- soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
- soil-based — having soil as the main constituent
- solderings — any parts which have been soldered together
- solderless — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- soldier on — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- soldiering — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- solemnised — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solenoidal — of or relating to a solenoid.
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solid fuel — Solid fuel is fuel such as coal or wood, that is solid rather than liquid or gas.
- solidarize — to unite or come together; become solidified.
- solidified — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- solidifies — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- sommerfeld — Arnold (Johannes Wilhelm) [ahr-nawlt-yoh-hahn-uh s-vil-helm] /ˈɑr nɔlt yoʊˈhɑn əsˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1868–1951, German physicist.
- sound file — an audio file that can be played by a computer or other electronic device
- sound hole — an opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.
- sound line — a line fastened to a harpoon and carried down into the water by a whale when sounding
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- southfield — a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- splendored — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- standalone — self-contained and able to operate without other hardware or software.
- stilettoed — wearing stiletto heels
- stoke-hold — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- stolidness — not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- stone cold — completely cold
- stone-cold — If something that should be warm is stone-cold, it is very cold.
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- supermodel — an extremely prominent and successful model who can command very high fees.
- supposedly — assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical: a supposed case.
- sverdlovsk — former name (1924–91) of Ekaterinburg.
- sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
- teleboides — Taphiae.
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- the-clouds — a comedy (423 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- unabsolved — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.